I've been enjoying the flow state I get into while playing Space Marine II. It is a mix of melee and shooting, but the melee aspect is very simple - no memorizing combos and the timing of parries is fairly forgiving. It's all very satisfying once you get the feel for it. Cinematics are skippable, you can change the difficulty level to your liking, and you can set your lobbies to private if you don't wanna play with others
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Gunfire Reborn does that for me, even though I have to play with a controller. Roboquest looks like it's kind-of between Gunfire Reborn and Borderlands, but I haven't tried it yet.
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I felt the first Mass Effect was cozier than the sequels, though I never finished the sequels.
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.
This might be a weird answer but I find Battlefield 1 very cozy.
I do have a recommendation for a cozy FPS: The Signal from Tolva.
Basically you're a robot in an old robot battlefield planet and you've got to shoot other robots, sometimes team up with other robots and go around getting upgrades.
The coziness comes from the environment, which has some strong outworldliness vibe and it feels slightly lonely but in a "journey" way. Plus the guns feel good and it's probably really cheap right now.
The cons is that the game doesn't feel finished, after a while it gets repetitive and then it just ends.
If I had to describe it, I would say it's an FPS+walking simulator.
"Generation Zero" would be my second recommendation, which is a mixture of Red Dawn, Swedish 80s and big robots.
Note: I haven't played them except for the 2nd entry, but the Far Cry series feels like it is a mixture between FPS and holiday island.
Ravenfield with some mods on Workshop maybe? Or Operation Harshdoorstop with some Workshop.
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.
INCISION and ULTRAKILL
If you're recommending Incision, might as well recommend Selaco and Hedon: Bloodrite; maybe throw in some Supplice for good measure.
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Smash Out has that aesthetic, although it can get infuriating. I also second the recommendation of Ravenfield.
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.
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.
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 😊
Left4Dead 2
Great flow game