Ravenfield with some mods on Workshop maybe? Or Operation Harshdoorstop with some Workshop.
Give GUN JAM a try. It's a rhythm shooting game, the stakes are as high or as low as you want them. There's only a minimal story and you just focus on the music, aiming and staying on the beat. Can be a lot of flow state fun.
I’ve been feeling this with Cyberpunk a bit. But you may think it’s too quest driven to be considered.
Cyberpunk on easy with aim assist is pretty chill. Popping heads and blowing off limbs. It’s a comfort game for me.
This might be a weird answer but I find Battlefield 1 very cozy.
INCISION and ULTRAKILL
If you're recommending Incision, might as well recommend Selaco and Hedon: Bloodrite; maybe throw in some Supplice for good measure.
Yep, I have played most of Boomer Shooter. Including these one. But, I repeatedly play INCISION and ULTRAKILL. I love that Gore Graphics.
Adding to this,
DUSK
Amid Evil
Turbo Overkill
Selaco
Zortch
There's no shortage of great boomer shooters these days, and I think they check the "brain off, cozy shooter" criteria.
Yep, Zortch is so good
I felt the first Mass Effect was cozier than the sequels, though I never finished the sequels.
I've been replaying Borderlands 3, so honestly I'd recommend any of those games for a cozy shooter. The stories don't take themselves too seriously, if you die you can just respawn immediately in the vicinity, and it can be pretty relaxing to just mow down waves of bandits or whatever other enemies.
Smash Out has that aesthetic, although it can get infuriating. I also second the recommendation of Ravenfield.
Combat Master, a free to play CoD like.
Earth Defence Force: nothing better than blowing up 5 million bugs a minute after a tough working day
What about Extraneum? It's cute as a button and very chill with plenty of things to shoot. It feels a bit like a modern wolfenstein since there aren't any stairs. Gunplay feels nice and the secrets are rewarding. Plus between levels there are funny data discs to read.
The original Sniper Ghost Warrior games were really chill. More about stealth than action
Bulletstorm. It's not about survival as much as killing enemies as creatively as possible. And the writing is brilliant in its stupidity. One of my favourite games of all times.
payday 2 was kind of a cosy game where me and my friend would do heists whilst making tea and fetching snacks.
shadow raid? More like food raid 😊
Nothing more cozzy than shoot your friend in the head
Hedon would be an option. It has actually calm moments, is cut scene free and gives you time to explore, whil still having cool combat moments.
It although has a pretty good difficulty mode.
Maybe Destiny 2? The gunplay is unmatched and popping alien heads off in an explosion of alien blood or exploding robots in an explosion of robot blood is very satisfying.
Some parts are free to play too.
Left4Dead 2
Great flow game
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