{"id":3212,"date":"2025-11-01T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:10:33","slug":"the-rise-of-cozy-creepy-games-on-nintendo-switch-and-steam-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/the-rise-of-cozy-creepy-games-on-nintendo-switch-and-steam-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of cozy, creepy games on Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year, and fall is my favorite season. The nights draw in, a cold wind blows, and the spirits become restless while things get a bit chilling. But, I don\u2019t really play horror games &#8211; my preference is rooted in the cozy, the cute, the laid-back. The good news is I\u2019m clearly not alone, as there are plenty of cozy, creepy games out there to keep us amused this spooky season, and for many more to come.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m also a firm believer that handheld is the way to go for most games of this ilk, so let me present to you a rundown of farming-y, simulator-y, \u2018cozy\u2019 games with a creepy twist so you can get your game on this spooky season, without involving jump scares or bloody murder at the hands of Ghostface, Jason, or Pyramid Head.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on Pocket Tactics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/cozy-creepy-games\">The rise of cozy, creepy games on Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year, and fall is my favorite season. The nights draw in, a cold wind blows, and the spirits become restless while things get a bit chilling. But, I don\u2019t really play horror games &#8211; my preference is rooted in the cozy, the cute, the laid-back. The good news&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3213,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions\/3213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}