Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth, the sequel to Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, is basically the perfect example of a cozy game. It follows Moomintroll as he accidentally wakes from hibernation in the middle of winter and emerges into a snowy, unfamiliar world, where he must meet strange creatures and go on adventures in order to bring back spring. This story, familiar to generations of Moomin fans (and retold in basically every Moomin adaptation you can imagine), comes first from Moominland Midwinter, one of the original chapter books written by Tove Jansson. It's also a story that generations of Moomin fans will recognize as, uh, not actually cozy, which makes Winter's Warmth a fascinating example of the priorities and emotional landscapes that wholesome games have to conform to. To make my case, please indulge me while I recite the journey of a children's book written 68 years ago. Moomintroll waking from hibernation is textually an interruption to his normal cozy life. He spends early chapters trying to get back to sleep (he can't), change Moominhouse to be as comfortable and warm as he's used to it being (he can't do that either), and then deciding since he can't he'll cross the mountains to find Snufkin, who's always wandering in summer (he gives up on this very quickly). When he can't return to what he knows and finds comfortable, he starts looking for others to reassure and guide him. What he finds instead are the wise but cryptic Too-Ticky, who spends the winter in the Moomins' bathing house; his brash friend Little My, who's also awoken from hibernation but can't be bothered to be upset by it; and an air-headed squirrel, who immediately runs afoul of the Lady of the Cold and freezes to death, horrifying Moomintroll (but not Little My, who attempts to make a muff out of its tail.) Moomintroll sustains himself with dreams of summer. He finds the winter beings strange and unhelpful, and their blasé acceptance of his confusion and fear frustrating. When he