Indie Highlight
Apr 2, 2025
In Piece by Piece, you inherit Grandpa’s beloved repair shop and take on the role of fixing the precious antiques of your neighbors. Piece together beautiful bells, cheerful toys, and so much more in this casual puzzle game. Each forest friend you encounter will have something new for you to repair. But that’s not all there’s to do in this adorable little RPG!
You can also grow berries in your garden to create your own paints. Create new items to sell for a profit. Even use your paints to make them unique. Plus, you can decorate your cute little shop in Piece by Piece. Place fun rugs, counter runners, and cozy pieces of furniture. Most important of all, though, is keeping your floors clean, the fireplace lit, and the cookie jar full to keep customers happy and returning!
Release Date
Piece by Piece does not have a release date listed. You can find it on Steam, where you can Wishlist it to be notified of its release. There’s also a demo, which I highly recommend. It’s adorable and just enough of a taste to get you hooked!
- Mar 31, 2025
Spirit City just received a massive update adding tons of new features and even a new Kitchen to enhance your space!
If you aren’t familiar with the game yet, Spirit City is a unique gamified productivity tool designed to help you stay organized in a playful way while having fun.
You are given a large space you are free to make your own to fit your vibes. Set the perfect mood, enjoy the incredible soundtrack, and watch as you accomplish your daily tasks in record time!
The Kitchen DLC is here!
The latest update for Spirit City adds a kitchen that you can fully customize from countertops to a cozy breakfast nook. Even add a splash of your own personality with the all new color wheel. Change the colors of your cabinets, tables and more – the creative options are near endless.
The DLC also features three incredibly adorable spirits to accompany you in your daily tasks but you will have to find out how to unlock them yourself!
The update does not stop here, it also introduces a bunch of new activities that you can exercise in your new Kitchen space!
Additionally you will also find new decor items, avatar clothing items and just so much more!
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions Kitchen DLC is Available Now!
If you love baking, cooking or even the relaxing joy of doing dishes I recommend you check out the Kitchen DLC on Steam today!
- Mar 27, 2025
Guide Lila the Mouse Through a Heartwarming Adventure
After a terrible thunderstorm passes through the French village of Saint-de-clare, and bestows one unlikely creature with a new power and a new friend! The Spirit and the Mouse follows Lila, the mouse, as she works with her new ally, Lumion the spirit, to restore peace and balance to their village. Lila will also need to befriend the Kibblins, to help in her quests.
Kibblins are playful electricity spirits who are running wild through Saint-de-clare, and will be the key to solving the village’s electricity problem. By helping the Kibblins and the villagers, Lila will be able to return Lumion to where he came from too
The Spirit and the Mouse is a rich, narrative-focused adventure game where you play as adorable Lila. Explore every dark corner and each little hidden spot you come across to complete objectives and collect items you’ll need to aid you in your journey. Meet the villagers, listen to their problems, then go find the Kibblins to solve the problems.
You’ll complete cute mini-games to appease the Kibblins, as well as help you complete your quests for the villagers. Use Lila’s new-found electric powers to help solve puzzles and travel around Saint-de-clare. You’ll also want to collect energy and happiness to unlock new abilities through your journeys.
Available Now!
You can find the adorable The Spirit and the Mouse on Steam, Nintendo Switch, GOG, and Epic Games right now.
For more fun games where you play as an animal, check out Stray, Kitaria Fables, and Aka.
- Mar 20, 2025
If you’ve ever fantasized about running your own bookstore, daydreamed about how cozy and comfortable it is to languish between shelves full of books. Then, check out Book Bound! You run a charming little shop in a bustling city. You start with an empty canvas and through hard work, can build your dream store. Decorate with your favorite aesthetic and stock the books you think your customers will love. See where you can take your tiny endeavor!
In Book Bound, you can choose from a variety of decorations like standard wooden bookshelves, to lush plants and comfy armchairs. You can even decorate the shop based on different book genres like Sci-Fi, Romance, Fantasy, Thriller, and Non-fiction. And you’re free to place your decor wherever you wish. There are no set spaces to place your shelves or art! Then, pick the books you want to sell to customers. Sell at least one of each genre to unlock fun bonuses. You can even design your own books and advertise your business around the city!
Release Date
You can find Book Bound on Steam now. There’s even a free demo available so you can try before you buy!
Tiny Bookshop is another great book store game to check out!
- Mar 19, 2025
Step into the role of train conductor in cozy train-based life sim Locomoto! In this adorable game, you explore the countryside in your modest little train. You’ll get to discover some beautiful landscapes while you serve customers and deliver goods. Help each passenger reach their destination in comfort. Clean up any messes they make, too. And of course, tend to your train so it can continue running!
You also get to decorate your Locomoto train. Paint the outside of each car to suit your tastes. Wallpaper the insides and furnish the passenger car with comfortable seating to give your passengers a cozy experience! You can even expand your train by adding more passenger cars so you can serve even more customers. They’ll even reward you with friendship and their unique stories, so make sure you get to know everyone!
There is currently a free demo available on Steam for this cute game, and I recommend grabbing it! It was such an enjoyable little snippet. Getting to explore a new world, getting to know the NPCs, and just having a different type of gameplay was refreshing!
Release Date
You can find Locomoto listed on Steam. It’s expected to release sometime this year, but has no specific release date listed. And don’t forget! You can add the game to your Wishlist to keep an eye on it and be notified when it’s available.
- Mar 12, 2025
Calling all organizers and decorators! Whisper of the House is the perfect cozy game to dive into to scratch that organizational and decorating itch. You help out your fellow townspeople with their homes so they can better enjoy their space. Meet a cast of charming, unique characters and take on their requests. Help them clean up and organize their belongings, decorate their space to create a beautiful home, or assist them in moving to a new place. Whatever their request, they’re sure to reveal some interesting backstories as you make a difference in their lives!
This lovely pixel art game is packed full of fun details and charm. Explore a vibrant town full of beautiful scenery in Whisper of the House. Decorate homes with all kinds of furniture like beds, tables, bookcases, and more. You’re free to decorate spaces how you wish. Floor to ceiling, wall to wall, it’s all yours to create a space full of comfort and joy. So get creative and see what you can create! Then, click around and you’ll encounter fun little interactive moments. Pull out some tissues, turn a light on and off, or squeak a rubber ducky.
Coming Soon
Whisper of the House is set to release some time this year on Steam! You can pick up the demo now, and I highly recommend it. It was such a fun little look into the game.
- Feb 12, 2025
In Cauldron Tale, developed by tinymuse studio, you play as a witch or warlock who has mysteriously lost their magic powers. And in a land full of magical beings and fantasy folk, that’s not good at all! So, you pack your bags and move to a small village called Charmroot to start fresh. The village sits at the foot of a mystical lake, and is just a charming little place to live. You have been granted a cozy little homestead and a wise-cracking cauldron named Rusty in exchange for your potion-making skills. So, settle into your new life and see what the village has to offer!
Nurture your new little homestead in Cauldron Tale by growing and caring for a variety of useful crops, including fantasy variants like Griffin Orchids and Elven Berries. You’ll also forage for some other resources, too. Even raise animals and pets, and perhaps encounter a magical creature. Brew, cook, and craft with the help of Rusty. Explore Charmroot as you complete quests, and unlock new areas to see as you uncover what happened to your lost magic. And of course, get to know your fellow townspeople, learn about their pasts, and perhaps even fall in love with one!
Release Date
Cauldron Tale is listed on Steam where you can add it to your Wishlist. However, there is currently no release date available.
- Feb 8, 2025
Mystopia gives you the chance to relax and create your own worlds and to craft magical potions. This casual sandbox game lets you just unleash your creativity and build using pretty props and blocks. Discover blocks inspired by witchcraft found in different cultures across the world. Use the potions you make to see what fun reactions they have. And just build your dream world!
As you play Mystopia, letters will mysteriously appear. Open them to discover new blocks to place. Each one might be a ground piece, a fun plant, a magic hat, or any number of other possibilities. Use them all to create your ideal environment. There’s no wrong way to build, and certainly no timers or limitations. Your imagination is the only limit!
Release Date
Mystopia is coming to Steam some time soon. There is currently a demo available for you to try out, too.
