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Inspired by Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and The Last of Us, Way to the Woods is a game about two deer in a strange, abandoned world who must find their way home. Find food, shelter, safety, and answers on your way to the woods.
@tamagotchi44
Neko Atsume VR offers players the chance to get close and cozy with their favorite kitties. This looks like such a fun and relaxing experience! I really hope we get an English PSVR release soon.
Fittingly for
#WholesomeSnack
, our last game is a real treat! I haven't laughed this hard at a trailer since Untitled Goose Game 🤣
@LittleKittyGame
put together a good one and I couldn't resist saving it for last. Thanks to all the devs who brought this showcase to life 💖
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is an open-world adventure that, based on the trailer, is very much in the style of Animal Crossing.
"Welcome to Big Adventures Park! Join your new friends in a gorgeous world with adorable creatures, delicious food, and many mysteries to explore."
Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you deliver messages to the spirits in Tiny Echo by
@MightAndDelight
. Puzzles, quirky hand-drawn graphics, a tranquil setting, and diligent mail delivery. How lovely. 💌
You're on a mission to save your favorite toy in Doggone Hungry! "Charm humans to earn tasty treats, scavenge for snacks, and grow bigger in this short, delectable adventure." This is a student project available for free on Steam.
"inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories" is a slice-of-life game centered around a small-town convenience store in the early 1990s. Stock the shelves, have meaningful conversations with your customers, and explore how you can impact their lives with your decisions.
Do everything while lying down in Exhausted Man. Play as an ordinary but very tired person as you complete everyday challenges and work toward a better and—I assume—less exhausted life.
Introducing Tiny Glade by
@PounceLight
!
Let yourself unwind in this cozy building game. No management, no combat, no wrong answers. Just kick back, doodle some castles, and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas!
Manitas Kitchen is a game about dinosaurs and pizza! Play as a tyrannosaurus who dreams of making delicious pizza despite its little arms. "Bring together a group of dinosaurs with extraordinary skills to make up the best kitchen brigade the world has ever seen!"
"Somewhere off in rural America, there's a missing terrarium that's been lost and forgotten."
Announced during our Wholesome Snack showcase, Vivarium is a gorgeous game about life inside a mysterious terrarium.
Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you deliver messages to the spirits in Tiny Echo by
@MightAndDelight
. Puzzles, hand-drawn graphics, a tranquil setting, and diligent mail delivery. 💌
Hokko Life is inspired by games like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, but it puts a special emphasis on creative freedom: it's up to you to design, build, and decorate homes for all of your new friends! Coming to Steam Early Access on June 2nd.
Little Witch in the Woods is a witch life-sim! To graduate witch school, Ally begins work as an apprentice only to discover a tiny village with just a few residents and a worn out home... time to get to work! 🎃
@SunnySideUp_DEV
#screenshotsaturday
Blanc is a co-op adventure that follows the journey of a wolf cub and a fawn stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. "Simple gameplay and snowy landscapes lead to heartwarming discoveries. Experience them together on the same couch or from far away with online play."
Jump from shadow to shadow in SCHiM. "A schim is the soul and spirit of an object, thing, or living being... [your] schim, who is attached to a human being, is separated from him early on in the game. Can you get back to him before it's too late?"
Solarpunk is a survival game set in an advanced world of floating islands. "Alone or with friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets, and explore distant islands with your own airship."
Surprise! The dreamy rhythm game Melatonin is out now for
#NintendoSwitch
, and I've got 5 codes to celebrate.
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No game trailer in recent memory has caught my eye quite like The Plucky Squire. "Storybook characters discover a three-dimensional world outside the pages of their book and must jump between 2D and 3D realms to save their friends in this charming action-adventure."
From the Japanese version of today's
#NintendoDirect
, this Crayon Shin-chan game looks lovely! The visual style brings to mind Attack of the Friday Monsters! and the Boku no Natsuyasumi series.
Inspired by games like Townscaper, Islands & Trains is a relaxing sandbox experience where you can build colorful little worlds. "No goals, no timer, no missions, no stress. Just happy accidents."
Join Wholesome Games on May 26 at 1pm ET for the first-ever
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, live on YouTube! We'll have exclusive footage, developer interviews, and announcements from over 50 wholesome indie games.
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Snaccoon is a stealth and exploration game in which players control an above-average-intelligence raccoon searching for snack foods. "Players will engage in a series of deals that will take them all over the city to trade their way up to a coveted box of their favorite treats."
If Katjepult isn't the first hand-embroidered game, I'd love to see more! A "little game about a katje sailing on an unknown adventure." Play for free in your web browser!
✨ Magic/Witch Games
OUT NOW:
Potionomics
Witchy Life Story
Ikenfell
Little Witch in the Woods
Wylde Flowers
COMING SOON:
Kitori Academy
Witchbrook
Garden Witch Life
Mika and The Witch's Mountain
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
Songs of Glimmerwick
🌻 Wholesome Direct will premiere Sat, June 10
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✨ See the future of cozy and uplifting gaming with an hour of exclusive footage and announcements from 70+ amazing indie games!!
Build a home on wheels and live sustainably in Outbound!
You'll start with an empty camper van, free to explore and build. Advance in technology and efficiently use energy to power your home while adapting to new landscapes and changing environmental conditions.
Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation is coming to the Nintendo Switch on August 11 with PS4 and Steam soon after! "Have some summer fun catching insects, fishing, exploring, interacting with dinosaurs, and find out exactly why Shin-chan is given a strange camera"
Gourdlets is a city-building sandbox. Place buildings and scenery and then watch visiting gourdlets arrive and interact with the world. "No objectives, no points, just building!"
There are plenty of reasons to be excited for PuffPals: Island Skies to enter alpha later this year, but for me, the sassy animals are the top priority.
Breed and collect frogs in Kamaeru! "Your mission as a carbon farmer and frog protector is to restore drained wetlands to their former glory. This will allow you to practice paludiculture, the culture of wetlands!"
Little Witch in the Woods is a witch life-sim! To graduate witch school, Ally begins work as an apprentice only to discover a tiny village with just a few residents and a dilapidated home... time to get to work!
@SunnySideUp_DEV
#screenshotsaturday
Coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation, Moonstone Island is an open-world deckbuilding game with creatures to collect, items to craft, dungeons to explore, and secrets to discover.
Build your dream house, create characters, and manage their lives in Paralives! Just watching footage of the elegant and smooth customization is so mesmerizing 😍
@ParalivesGame
Wholesome Direct will return this June! A full-length indie game showcase with exclusive footage, interviews, and announcements.
Anyone can submit their game for consideration! For the first time, we also have a form for content creators who want to co-stream or collaborate ⬇️
#WholesomeDirect
will premiere on Saturday, June 11 at 9:30am PT! New game reveals, exclusive footage, and even games that will launch DURING the show!
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Moving Out from
@smgstudio
is a colorful single player and co-op moving sim! "...load as much into the truck as possible before zooming off to the next gig. How freight gets from one place to another is entirely up to players, so toss the manual out the window and get creative."
Revealed at the
@UploadVR
Winter Showcase, Neko Atsume Purrfect Kitty Collector arrives on December 14th.
"Home to uniquely charming cats like 'Calico cat', 'Odd eyed cat', and 'Big fat cat', you are sure to encounter your purrfect feline companion."
One last world premiere: here's the first-ever trailer for the hotly anticipated farming life-sim
@FieldsofMistria
, featuring guest music by the one and only
@tobyfox
!
New footage from the cozy building game, Tiny Glade! "No management, no combat, no wrong answers. Just kick back, doodle some castles, and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas!"
In DORONKO WANKO, you play as a Pomeranian whose mission is to make the house as dirty as possible! Make yourself muddy and then splash around the house - the dirtier it gets, the more gifts you'll receive.
"Will the owner be angry? Don't worry, because you are a sweet doggie."
Wholesome Direct will return this year! A full-length showcase packed with exclusive footage, developer interviews, and announcements from cute and cozy indie games. Just like last year, anyone can submit their game for consideration! RTs ❤️
"We are developing a pixel art game to experience Japanese country life! I'm sorry to keep you waiting but I am the only one making graphics and programming. I'll tweet progress on a regular basis. It will be encouraging if you follow me!"
Woah, I'm seeing news that Neko Atsume VR is finally available in North America (not Europe yet, unless I'm mistaken). I'll be dusting off my PSVR headset immediately after work, but if you get a chance to play, please let me know if it's as magical as it seems!
#WholesomeDirect
returns on June 12 at 1pm ET! 📺 We'll have new game reveals, exclusive footage, and even games that will launch *during* the show! And thanks to our pals at
@GuerrillaCollec
,
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,
@IGN
and
@GameSpot
, Wholesome Direct will reach even more players this year 🥳
Yokai Inn just debuted its first-ever trailer during
#WholesomeDirect
! A slice-of-life game in which players befriend spirits, farm, fish, cook, craft, and more in order to grow and expand their inn.
Inspired by Stardew Valley and Spirited Away, Spirittea is a life sim where you manage a bathhouse, help spirits, and make friends with the locals.
Featured in last December's Wholesome Snack showcase and coming to Switch, Steam, and Game Pass on November 13!
This month marks the 3rd anniversary of Wholesome Games! To celebrate, I'm giving away keys for...
🍄 Ooblets
🌳 Grow: Song of the Evertree
🥾 A Short Hike
📬 KeyWe
🐶 Pupperazzi
👻 Cozy Grove
📸 TOEM
To enter, just retweet and reply with the game you want! 🥳🎂
What's your most anticipated wholesome game? I imagine that for many of us, it's Haunted Chocolatier, the next game from the creator of Stardew Valley, but I would love to hear more answers!
Cook authentic South Indian cuisine in Venba, a narrative cooking game about an Indian mother who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook, restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore in this story about family, love, and loss.
Yokai Inn, one of the most exciting games to debut during this year's
#WholesomeDirect
, just received a graphical overhaul! For the uninitiated, it's a slice-of-life game in which players befriend spirits, farm, fish, cook, craft, and more in order to grow and expand their inn.
From the creator of Rakuen, I'm happy to premiere the first-ever trailer for Mr. Saitou!
"Mr. Saitou is an average worker who struggles to find meaning. After an accident, he is spirited away to a fantasy world where an unexpected friend takes him on a life-changing adventure."
Create, pack, and sell your own unique sticker creations in Sticky Business!
🎨 Thousands of unique combinations
✂️ Build the perfect sheets to get the most out of your resources
📦 Pack orders for your customers and hear about their lives
✨Unlock new graphics and foil effects
Yokai Inn is one of the many games I'm absolutely thrilled to showcase during
#WholesomeDirect
! Befriend spirits, farm, fish, cook, craft, and more in order to grow and expand your inn. We'll have the first-ever trailer on Saturday!
Camper Van: Make It Home takes the organizational relaxation of Unpacking and applies it to a cozy van. "You will embark on a journey of personal discovery while you decorate your van and create a space for all your belongings."
It's almost time! Tune into
#WholesomeDirect
this Saturday, June 12 at 1 PM ET (7 PM CET) for 70+ new game reveals, exclusive trailers, and developer interviews from the makers of Ooblets, Paralives, We Are OFK, Moonglow Bay, and many more.
Learn Japanese through photography with Shashingo, live now on Kickstarter! Experience the vibrant streets of a fictional Japan, capture creative photos, and transform them into Japanese language flash cards in this unique approach to interactive language learning.
Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café is a cozy management game where you serve cute animals. "Prepare your dishes to the beat of catchy tunes and explore creativity through design in this low-stress experience, creating delightful snacks and beverages."
📺 Wholesome Direct will return this June! A full-length showcase packed with exclusive footage and announcements from cute and cozy indie games.
As always, anyone can submit their game for consideration! ⬇️
Build and customize a cozy street in Minami Lane!
Manage shops, upgrade buildings, attract new villagers, and watch them thrive in this tiny management and strategy game.
Mika and The Witch's Mountain is a combat-free game about an aspiring witch. Earn upgrades with each successful delivery and get to know all of the quirky characters in town. Be careful, though: "Flying is a dangerous business, and packages are easily damaged!"
Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from the creator of Stardew Valley. "I’m not sure how best to describe it... But at its core, the gameplay loop involves gathering ingredients, making chocolate, and running a chocolate shop."
✨ EXCLUSIVE REVEAL ✨
Set sail on a cozy farming adventure with your animal companion in Collector's Cove! Explore diverse regions and discover rare crops and fish. Enjoy the peace and quiet while completing your Collector's compendium and rise to the rank of a Named Collector.
Introducing our first-ever
@Humble
Bundle... Uplifting Adventures: A Wholesome Games Bundle! Pay what you want for a variety of wholesome favorites that will benefit Save the Children, an organization delivering lifesaving aid in Gaza.
Stray is out tomorrow! My thoughts:
⏰ Completed in 5 hours
🏆 Should be considered for GOTY
🎮 Great mix of quiet exploration and frantic action
🐈 You can scratch and nap in tons of places
🤖 The world is harsh but the characters are endearing
👻 Some very creepy moments!
📢 Little Witch in the Woods will release on May 17th in Early Access!
Ever since we featured this game in the first Wholesome Direct, it's been one of my most anticipated releases. I can't believe we'll get to play next month!
Out tomorrow, I've got 5 copies of
@LilGatorGame
to give away! "Embark on an adorable adventure, discover new friends, and uncover everything the island has to offer."
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Do you have what it takes to be a junior paleontologist?
Goodlands is a game about dinos digging up dinos. Walk, hop, and drive around a badlands-inspired environment as you discover fossils and help restore a museum to its former glory.
Join Wholesome Games for a one-of-a-kind celebration July 31 - Aug 7! Get deep discounts on released titles and wishlist upcoming wholesome and cozy games on
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Described as "Goblin Etsy", Trash Goblin is a quirky shop sim where you uncover and clean trinkets for sale! "Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy new and better tools, and even expand your business to exciting new districts across town!"
Haven Park releases tomorrow for Switch and PC and I've got a couple copies to give away! Explore a tiny and peaceful open world and build cozy campsites at your own pace.
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Explore a mysterious island as a tiny lizard in The Gecko Gods! Complete ancient puzzles, effortlessly climb cliffs, and snack on bugs as you make your way across an island civilization lost to time.
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Play as the young witch Flora as you cook meals and craft potions in Magical Delicacy. "Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and experience a unique witchy world."
.
@UnpackingALife
is a zen puzzle game about pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part “item Tetris”, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
Good Pizza, Great Pizza is a wholesome restaurant sim now available on PC and Nintendo Switch in addition to mobile where I first played it. The process of making each pie is intuitive and relaxing. Fulfill orders, make money, and unlock upgrades like new toppings and equipment!
Welcome to Amber Isle! As the town's shopkeeper, you'll craft and sell items, befriend your neighbors, and customize the island to bring the village back to life.
Originally revealed in Wholesome Direct 2021, today the game was reannounced alongside a Nintendo Switch version.
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: create new recipes, attract customers, and experiment to your heart's content.
I don't care if the new Little Witch in the Woods trailer hasn't been translated yet! This game speaks directly to my heart 🥺
Follow
@SunnySideUp_DEV
and check out May's
#WholesomeDirect
for more info and exclusive footage:
Despite its dark environment and stressful situations, how many fans of this account are looking forward to Stray?
It's an interesting question for me as a curator because I'm always curious to know why people seek out wholesome games.
Botany Manor is an exploration-puzzle game where you play as a retired botanist! "Find seeds, pot them, and carry your seedlings to the right environment. The plants you need to grow are fussy, and finding their ideal habitat will sometimes require you to think outside the box."
I've got 5 copies of Lake to give away to celebrate tomorrow's release! Take a break from your big city job to deliver mail in a beautiful lake-side town 📬
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#Xbox
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The
@itchio
bundle for Ukraine is available now! 991 games for only a $10 minimum donation with all proceeds donated to charity.
🐔 Volk-san: Egg&Catch
🛹 SkateBIRD
🎶 Wandersong
🌱 Cloud Gardens
🕹️ Button City
⛰️ A Short Hike
🏖️ Summer in Mara
😱 Many more
⬇️ Link below!
I don't know how to properly celebrate 100k followers, but I've got 8 Ooblets keys so let's go with that!
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Introducing your hosts for Wholesome Direct 2023! Returning champion
@kimchica25
will be joined by the wonderful
@GabSmolders
and
@cozy__games
.
🌻 Tune in Sat, June 10 at 9am PT / 12pm ET for an hour of wholesome, cozy games with these three!
From the creators of Untitled Goose Game, Big Walk is a multiplayer adventure about teamwork and talking. "A wide-open world full of challenges, puzzles, and discoveries... stay in contact using an assortment of tools and toys, and figure out new ways to communicate..."