This list of games that can help foster various forms of psychological resilience is compiled with the expert help of Take This. Whether you’re saving the universe from an alien invasion or tending crops in your animal community, playing games mimics the process of resilience. Games, by design, present players with adversity and much of the joy of gaming comes from taking on and overcoming unnecessary obstacles. As much as resilience involves "bouncing back" from these difficult experiences, it can also involve profound personal growth. Psychologists define resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress - such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. In some ways the resurgence of retro games could be seen in a similar light, although here the sentimental nostalgia is for virtual entertainment rather than rural lifestyle. Unsurprisingly this has become more popular on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. These games emphasize simplicity and the slow pace of pastoral life as an escape from the modern world in favour of the bucolic. The Guardian called it a "visual and lifestyle movement designed to fetishize the wholesome purity of the outdoors."
The New York Times described it as a reaction to hustle culture and the advent of personal branding. However it plays out in the game, Cottagecore aims to satisfy a desire for aspirational nostalgia and an escape from stress or trauma. Others use Cottagecore as a guide to how they look and feel, like Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, The Stillness of the Wind and Mutazione. Games sometimes use these rural pursuits as play mechanics, like Stardew Valley, Potion Craft, Terraria and Fantasy Life. Although games are usually considered to be hard, harsh and technological, many of them play to this aesthetic that is sentimental about traditional skills and crafts such as foraging, baking, and pottery. Cottagecore is an online term celebrating an idealised rural life.
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