My comfy list to relax the mind

Initially this list was going to be a list of comfy games, but after seeing a lot of people there creating lists of relaxing stuff/mental health, I've decided to share my own list too. These lists are already partly in my head (and my media trackers sites), but it's good to put them all together on paper web to be easier to remember, and more people can find them useful too.

Comfy games

Some of these games are special because they're nostalgic, so that's why I classify them as comfy.

• ArcheAge - a Korean MMO with a really cool concept that you can farm, raise livestock, forage, fish, and sail, kinda like Stardew Valley MMO, but it was unfortunately ruined with f2w. Like all old MMOs, it's probably dead today (the game is from 2013), but it might have private servers of it.
• Chrono Cross & Chrono Trigger - both games of the same series (even though they're completely different and could be separate games) that I've played as a kid, and I am really nostalgic about them (especially with CC). Also, both are really easy JRPGS that pose no difficulty to stress myself with, and CT is hilarious.
• Hero of the Kingdom - a point-click/"rpg" wannabe that is a really charming game where you play as a simple farmer boy that ends up a hero. The music and gameplay are really relaxing, and you can finish it in a couple of hours.
• Legend of Mana - a whimsical JRPG with stunning hand-drawn scenery, pretty pixel art, and one of the best soundtracks ever, that is also highly nostalgic to me. It's also the most chill JRPG ever because there aren't any random battles and you have infinite continues after a game over without the need to retrace everything that you did to the save point.
• Pokémon Crystal, Emerald, Platinum and Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition - these titles speak for themselves because of how famous they are, and literally everyone likes them. I put here my favourites: Crystal because I liked how it had a day and night cycle; Emerald because of the tropical feel, Platinum because it was the first Pokémon that I've ever finished and is really chill; and Yellow because it was the first Pokémon game that I've ever played and you own a cute Pikachu.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue/Red Rescue Team - this game has a really cozy feel to it, you play as a Pokémon and talk to other Pokémons, you live in a cozy Pokémon town; the OST is relaxing, the pixel art is cute; and all the Pokémon have their own portraits with different expressions. The only problem is that the dungeons are probably too difficult and so not comfy (so be prepared).
• Princess Maker series (especially 3 and 5) - this series is a raising sim where you adopt a 10-year-old daughter and raise her until she is 18. It has a bunch of endings (good, neutral, and bad) where your daughter can achieve different lives based on your choices. The games follow a status-based gameplay where you create your daughter's schedule and just watch what she does most of the time. PM5, besides being a really long game, is really chill because you play in modern Japan and it is similar to a visual novel. PM3, on the other side, is actually really short and really easy to play through different endings at once (it also doesn't feature the mini rpg that the other games in the series have).
• Style Savvy series - in this series, you play as a girl who creates her own fashion boutique, and depending on the game, you also play as a stylist. You can buy clothing from different brands, resell them in your shop, design your clothing, be a hairstylist, makeup artist, and nail artist (depending on the game), and choose the look of your playable character and your customers.
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - this game is a joint between Nintendo and Square (I think); it's an awesome JRPG with Mario as a protagonist and a bunch of random jokes that are enough to lift someone's other spirit. The graphics and OST are amazing too.
• Sword of Mana - this game is a remake of the original Seiken Densetsu of the Game Boy, it has improved story, art, and OST. This game was made by Brownie Brown, a studio that was created with some of the people that were involved in LOM, so these games are highly similar. It has the same whimsical feeling of LOM, pretty pixel art, and the OST (even if the OST was made by a different person). The game is also an action-RPG and has no random battles.
• The Sims series - The Sims 1, 2 and 3 are the ideal sandbox games (to me). In The Sims 1, you don't need to build new community lots to enjoy all the stuff of the Complete Collection, no one ever grows old, and it has its own unique quirks and jokes. In The Sims 2 you can individually play with each household (like in TS1), but everything is 3D, and you can have a bunch of generations. In The Sims 3 you can customize everything, you can visit your neighbors and go anywhere you want (and you can also control pretty much anything in the game world if you download mods).
• Zoo Tycoon - a tycoon game where you build a zoo and need to fulfill your guests and animals needs plus the requirements with each scenery. With the Complete Collection, you can also have aquatic and extinct animals and a sandbox mode where you can build your zoo the way you want to.

Comfy movies

I generally classify movies as comfy where it shows the main character's normal daily life (kinda of a slice of life but for real life), so the movies in this list will be like that (probably). I also like a lot of comedies, and some movies in this list are my childhood favourites. Note: Always check IMDB for the movie's rating (if you click in the movie rating, it will show detailed info about it, but it has some spoilers).

Movies in the same line are sequels.

• Bean & Mr. Bean's Holiday
• Big Momma's House 1 & 2
• Boys Town
• Buck Privates & Come Home
• City Lights
• Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
• Fantasia
• Forrest Gump
• George of the Jungle
• How the Grinch Stole the Christmas (2000)
• It Happened One Night
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Johnny English
• Legally Blonde
• Les Triplettes de Belleville
• Liar Liar
• Little Forest (2018)
• Madagascar 1 & 2 and Penguins of Madagascar
• Meet me in St. Louis (1944)
• Microhabitat
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
• Munster, Go Home!
• Neptune's Daughter (1949)
• Practical Magic
• Pretty Woman
• She-Devil
• Shimotsuma Monogatari
• Shrek 1, 2 & 3
• Splash
• The Addams Family & Values
• The Bells of St. Mary's
• The Bishop's Wife (1947)
• The Flintstones
• The Secret Garden (1947)
• The Thin Man series
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• White Chicks

Comfy anime & manga

I don't have a general rule about comfy anime and manga, I just chose feel-good stories. There is a lot of romance, short cat anime and kids movies there.

Anime and manga in the same line are sequels or adaptations.

• +Anima (manga)
• Akage no Anne, Anne no Aijou & Anne no Seishun (manga)
• Aoi Uroko to Suna no Machi (manga)
• AQUA (manga)
• Bananya & Bananya: Fushigi na Nakamatachi (anime)
• Cello Hiki no Gauche (anime)
• Chi's Sweet Home (anime & manga)
• Coquelicot-zaka kara (anime)
• D.N.Angel (manga)
• Emma (anime & manga)
• Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki (manga)
• Gokicha (manga)
• Hoohokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun (anime)
• Iblard Jikan (anime)
• Jayne Walker (oneshot)
• Junkers come Here (anime)
• Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko (anime)
• Kuruneko (anime)
• Mado kara Madoka-chan (manga)
• Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Mahou (anime)
• Majo no Takkyuubin (anime)
• Micchiri Neko (anime)
• Mimi wo Sumaseba (anime & manga)
• Mimi wo Sumaseba: Shiawase na Jikan (manga)
• Momo e no Tegami (anime)
• Neko no Ongaeshi (anime) & Baron, Neko no Danshaku (manga)
• Neko Ramen (anime)
• Omoide no Marnie (anime)
• Omoide Poro Poro (anime)
• Otoyomegatari (manga)
• Pocket Monsters SPECIAL (manga)
• Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki (anime)
• Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san (anime)
• Shikioriori (anime)
• Shirley (manga)
• Sono Toki, Kanojo wa. (anime)
• Tansu Warashi. (anime)
• Tenju no Kuni (manga)
• Tokyo Marble Chocolate (anime & manga)
• Tokyo Mew Mew (manga)
• Uchuu Show e Youkoso (anime)
• Yome ga Kore na Monde. (manga)

Music

Playlists, radios and video game soundtracks. Check in the Wayback Machine in case the video has been put down by Youtube. Some of the videos have too long titles so I've shortened them here.

• Chinese Music World - radio that plays traditional Chinese music 24/7
• 2 Hours of Relaxing Music | Chinese Bamboo Flute | Piano
• Relaxing Chinese Music & Japanese Music
• 1 Hour | Chinese Tea Ballads
• Tai Chi Music to Relax the Body and the Mind
• Chinese Zen Music: Guzheng & Erhu music
• Relaxing Chinese Music ● Tea Ceremony ● Instrumental Guzheng
• The Pure and Relaxing Traditional Chinese Music
• Relaxing Instrumental Asian Music: Chinese Meditation Music
• Zen Spirit: Japanese Music Relaxing Songs and Sounds of Nature
• Japanese Spa Music & Zen Music
• 1 Hour of the Best Relaxing Music | Bamboo Flute
• Beautiful Japanese Garden Video with Traditional Japanese Music
• Japanese Relaxing Music
• Beautiful Relaxing Music • Romantic Japanese Music for Relaxation
• Zen Meditation Music | Japanese Flute Music
• You're a Royal falling in love in an Ancient Asian Kingdom
• Japanese Music of the Edo Period
• Traditional Japanese Music | Shamisen, Koto & Taiko Music
• Ancient Village on a Rainy Day - (this video is 6 hours long)
• Rainy Day in a Serene Ancient Temple - Japanese Zen Music - it includes rain sounds, (this video is also 6 hours long)
• Peaceful Perfect World Music
• Peaceful Perfect World Music: Untamed theme
• Peaceful Perfect World Music: Winged Elf theme
• Peaceful Perfect World Music: Human theme
• Peaceful Perfect World Music: Tideborn theme
• Peaceful Perfect World Music: Earthguard theme
• Perfect World Soundtrack Classic - PW is a Chinese MMO that features traditional Chinese music in it's OST, a bit of background: I have thist OST in my pc since 2009 when I extracted it from the game myself, I like to skip the dungeon and battles themes so I put the rest in a playlist
• Aion's Peaceful Melodies
• ArcheAge Calm Music
• All Pokemon Game Themes - Towns & Cities - check the first comment on the video for the timestamps
• Relaxing BGM of Ragnarok Online【作業用BGM】
• Login Menu - Title 1 Hour - this and the following 1 hour videos are from Ragnarok Online
• Poring Island - Peaceful Forest 1 Hour
• Prontera - Theme of Prontera 1 Hour
• South Prontera - Streamside 1 Hour
• Payon - Theme of Payon 1 Hour
• Geffen - Theme of Geffen 1 Hour
• The Sims OST - check out the video description, the Vacation Music is more agitated and Superstar is more Electronic music-like, the base game songs are the Neighborhood, Buy and Build Modes themes
• Relaxing The Sims 1 Music
• The Sims 1 & 2 | Relaxing Music & Ambience
• Brazilian Bossa Nova Jazzy & Relaxing Music from The Sims Mix
• Kingdom Hearts - Dearly Beloved - All Versions 2002-2017
• Chrono Trigger • Beautiful & Relaxing Piano Covers
• Final Fantasy: Complete Piano Collections
• Sword of Mana: Premium Soundtrack Piano Version
• Sim City 4 OST
• Stardew Valley OST
• Indian Flute Meditation Music
• Indian Meditation Music for Positive Energy
• Indian Background Flute Music
• Indian Flute Music for Yoga
• Relaxing Yoga Music
• Relaxing Armenian music with duduk
• Desert Of Love | Ancient Mesopotamia
• Winds of Persepolis | Ancient Spiritual Healing
• Arabian Music | City by the Sea
• Shamanic Meditation Music
• Rain and Native American Flutes
• Wonderful Native Flute & Nature
• Native American Spiritual Music. Shamanic Flute Music
• Dance of Life: Relaxing Celtic Music for Meditation & Sleep
• Calm Cletic Flute Music - (this video is 9 hours long)
• Music to Cleanse of Negative Energy at Home Space
• Music for Healing female energy
• Morning Relaxing Music - Happy and Positive Energy

Youtube channels

Note: all vlog-like channels in this section have no dialogue.

• BGM Piano - has playlists with relaxing Studio Ghibli's music
• My Tranquilitee - has videos of the prettiest beaches from around the world
• Nemo Dreamscapes - has videos with oldies playing in another room, each video has a unique feel to it
• The Relaxed Guy - has long videos (24-48hrs) of rain sounds, great to block annoying stupid people that put loud music at night
• The Sims 1 ASMR - literally what the channel's name says, it's a small channel with only 4 videos posted 2 years ago but I hope that the creator comes back and upload more videos one day
• Bread Story パンものがたり - has videos of different bakeries in Japan, it shows from the moment they opened their shop, to preparing the goods, until the shop's opening
• Dancing Bacons - has videos of unique asian food, vending machines, restaurants, night videos and more food-related content
• Discovery Walking Tours - has walking videos in Singapore and Asia
• I Will Always Travel for Food - literally which the channel's name says, it has videos of different/unique Japanese food and shops, vending machines and travel
• It's Time to Travel - has videos of different hotels, love hotels and cafes (maid cafes, cat cafe, dog cafe etc) in Japan, I think that the love hotels are always hilarious
• Itsuka Japan - has travel videos of different places in Japan (hotels, trains, ferries, parks etc)
• Japanese Noodles Udon Soba Kyoto Hyogo - has videos of Japanese restaurants that serves Udon Soba and Noodles
• Japanese Noodles Udon Soba Osaka Nara - same as above
• Lemon Au Lait - has videos of cute snacks and food, cute shops, and cute places to visit in Japan
• Nadawalk - walking videos of Japanese cities, I like that it sometimes it shows some rundown places
• Nami's Life - vlog videos of a Japanese adult woman living alone, it's mostly about cooking
• Sol Life - solo travel videos in Japan and South Korea by a woman and vlogs
• Solo Solo Travel - literally what the channel's name says, it has videos of hotels, trains, overnight ferries, planes, capsule hotels and cruises in Japan and around the world
• Travel Geek - has travel videos in Japan, it has restaurants, luxury hotels, ferries, capsule hotels, buses, trains and other unique/new places
• 야미보이 Yummy Boy - has videos of street food places preparing the food in different places in Asia

Links

Note: some of the links might be duplicated of my links section.

• Birds and Stars Calm down list - her list is amazing, I might have picked some links from there
• Azalea's Dolls - the best dress-up games online, their exclusives are the best
• HTML5Games - free browser games, I really like the Mahjong Master 2
• Tree FM - listen to forests around the world
• Window Swap - see the view of other people's windows around the world

Stuff to do

• Pet the cats, when I can't sleep or wake up and can't go back to sleep again (I don't know if it works with other pets, it might work too if they don't sleep all night).
• Colour colouring books (but it only works if you aren't putting pressure on yourself/aren't trying to make it look good).
• Read Webtoons before bed (manga can also be used, but I like webtoons because they are full-colour and update weekly).
• Sometimes the answer is just browsing Pinterest until I get bored of it.
• Bake a cake or make brigadeiros or eat sweets.
• Clean the house (works better when stressed and only works if it's something easy like sweep and clean the furniture or if I am not tired and have the time to clean the bathroom).
• Take a hot/cold shower (it depends on the weather), then wash my hair (works great for headaches).