Sep 3, 2025
In Artisan Story, you play as an aspiring artisan who has just graduated from the Artisan Academy. Accompanied by your twin, you move to a small island where you’ve inherited an old farm and small workshop. There, you’ll plant and harvest crops, care for monsters as livestock, and craft items in pursuit of becoming the best artisan around. Get to know your friendly neighbors and fall in love. Complete quests, explore surrounding islands, and challenge yourself in a number of mysterious dungeons. This is your story, so craft your tale!
Relationship Update
Artisan Story has 52 villagers, and 14 of them are romanceable. This new update focuses on these relationships. You can now experience Heart Events 1 and 2 with villagers. These events can deepen your relationship with someone. Unless you choose the wrong dialogue, that is! Saying the wrong thing can lower heart levels. So, choose wisely if you’re wanting to increase your relationship with someone.
There’s also a Monster Party system now. This means you can bond with one of the creatures you have on your farm. Once they’ve reached a high enough bond, they can then join you on your adventures. Your companion will follow you around, gather items, and even carry their own inventory. There’s even a cute new monster called a Jell. This cute little slime monster can be tamed and added to your barn!
Available Now
You can grab Artisan Story on Steam right now. There’s a free demo to try before you buy, too. And next up on the list of coming updates is barn upgrades and more heart events!
- Sep 1, 2025
In ChefRPG, you get to craft your very own culinary adventure. You’re an aspiring chef who is tasked with reviving a once famous restaurant. Le Sequoia was once the place to be, and brought tourists from all over to charming White Ash Harbor. Now, both the restaurant and town need a little love as they’ve seen better days. With your loving touch and a lot of hard work, you can revive both!
Spend your days exploring the gorgeous forests and murky swamp to gather ingredients like watercress and asparagus. Hunt boar, deet, and pheasant. Fish off the town pier for shrimp, salmon, and more. Then, use your fresh ingredients to craft the most delicious dishes to serve at Le Sequoia. Get to know over 20 beautifully designed characters and romance some of them. Complete quests, buy a house, decorate, and collect 240+ recipes. And with the latest Food and Festivals update, you can engage in some exciting seasonal fun.
Food and Festivals
The latest ChefRPG update adds some really cool things that I had a blast playing through. There were some bug fixes, of course, but there were mostly some added things. Random NPCs will interact with objects on the map and some can fish or water plants. Chatting with an NPC twice in a day will earn you a final chat with dialogue that’s dependent on your friendship level. All of this brings some great life to the game, while the increased magnet and pickup range makes collection a little bit easier. There’s also 10 new music tracks to enjoy and 100 new lines of dialogue to read.
Even the cooking got some updating. The Barista Machine mini game was totally redesigned into a physics-based game with no fixed time to complete. The Blender is now a Mixing Station with a redesigned mini game. The Stove, Oven, and Cooking Counters all have overhauled visuals and gameplay polish.
The best part of the Food and Festivals Update, though, are the festivals! ChefRPG is such a charming game set in a beautiful little town and the festivals just add even more charm to the world. There are 5 festivals that take place over the year and each has a token shop you can buy themed decor from. The Spring Harvest is a non-competitive festival that lets you enjoy the food stall, some small tasks, and fun low-stakes gambling mini game. Then comes Beach Solstice in the summer. This festival celebrates the seaside with its ocean-themed lamps, booths designed like elaborate shells, and is complete with beach chairs to sun on. There you’ll team up with an NPC of your choice to collect materials and craft lanterns that you then light. Compete against other NPC teams by building the most lanterns, with more points for accuracy.
Autumn is a busy season in White Ash Harbor with two festivals to enjoy. The first, which is my personal favorite, is the Pumpkin Hunt. This festival takes place in the swamp, which is fitting for the celebration’s slightly spooky vibes. You’ll compete against NPCs to earn the most points by running around town smashing pumpkins. The more points you earn, the better your reward. Then there’s the second festival of autumn which is Night of Spirits where the town comes together to honor and remember the spirits of the area. It’s a more somber affair, but still has a competition where you must collect resources, craft oil, and light lamps to lead the deer, boar, and dog spirits to their feast. Light the most lamps to come in first and earn the best prize.
The last festival of the year in ChefRPG is the Gingerbread Bake-Off. This joyous affair not only draws tourists from all over, but the whole town competes in it. While it is a competition, the ultimate goal is to build a life-sized gingerbread house! You’ll team up with an NPC, then take off across town hunting down gift boxes that contain the ingredients you need. Take them back to the temporary kitchen in the event space and bake gingerbread, whip up icing, and create gumdrops. Earn points and festival tokens when you turn in a finished product and win the competition by earning the most points.
Available Now
You can pick up the excellent ChefRPG on Steam, and the Food and Festivals update is live now! Which means now is the perfect time to start this game if you haven’t already. These are some of the most unique, engaging festivals I’ve played in a cozy game. I mean, who doesn’t love smashing pumpkins? Plus, the token shop decor from each festival is excellent, too!
- Aug 21, 2025
If you love the quiet slice of life films produced by Studio Ghibli that show a piece of idyllic countryside living, then Hotel Galactic might be perfect for you! Inspired by those very same movies, this game is a cozy management and colony sim where you’re working to build the tourist destination of your dreams. Grandpa Gustav once dreamed of opening his own hotel, but never got the chance. Instead, you’ve taken his vision and brought it to life on a magical floating island.
Grandpa Gustav might have originally envisioned the place, but you’re in charge. Of course, Grandpa’s ghostly form is there to guide you in your endeavors! Express your creativity and management skills in Hotel Galactic by optimizing the hotel. Ensure guests and staff can reach their destinations efficiently for best results. Decorate and provide services to suit the tastes of your growing guest list. Collect necessary resources like tasty ingredients from the island and create delectable dishes with the unique cooking system.
Your Hotel Galactic staff is a cast of quirky characters who possess unique abilities that will come in handy around the hotel. Set action priorities and tasks for staff members to complete to keep the place running smoothly. The smartest of the bunch are great for crafting necessary tools, equipment, and technology. Others are better suited to resource collection. Conduct research, discover new materials, encounter new creatures, and expand the hotel to achieve cozy success.
Release Date
You can find Hotel Galactic is on Steam now! Grab a copy today and live your own Ghibli life.
- Aug 20, 2025
Welcome to your brand new cafe! Critter Cafe by developer Sumo Digital sets you on a fantastic journey after a mysterious portal opens up in your home. Inside, a Critter is stuck and you decide to begin the mission of rescuing all Critters! You also build a cafe that welcomes Critters and humans alike for the ultimate cozy adventure.
Explore the beautiful world around you to find other rifts and portals in order to rescue more Critters. Welcome them into your cafe and grow your bonds with each Critter. Growing that bond will unlock more rifts, which means more Critters to love! Just don’t neglect your cafe. As it grows, the island inhabitants will give you inspiration for new ways to decorate so you can make the cafe the coziest sanctuary possible. Of course, your wardrobe has options, too. Swap your character’s style and appearance at a whim throughout the day to display your mood and savvy!
Release Date
Critter Cafe is on Steam now. You can also try out the demo before buying!
- Aug 15, 2025
Chef RPG is a beautiful culinary adventure where you must prove your skills by resurrecting the once famous restaurant Le Sequoia. Once owned by a renowned chef, Le Sequoia attracted tons of tourists from all over the world and made White Ash Harbor a fascinating travel destination. Now, both have fallen into disrepair. Can you master cooking and restore not only the restaurant, but the town too?
Becoming a master chef isn’t the only you’ll do in Chef RPG, though it is the main focus. Hunting and harvesting resources are necessary for running the restaurant. Pick the menu items you wish to serve. You can make the restaurant fully vegetarian, meat lover’s paradise, or anywhere in between. Even decorate the dining area to create an inviting environment for your customers. There are over 20 incredibly unique and excellently designed characters to befriend. Some are even romanceable if you’re looking for a soulmate. Making friends can prove beneficial to increasing the reputation of Le Sequoia, too. Word of mouth can be a powerful tool in gaining customers!
Food and Festivals
Chef RPG released on Steam September 2024, and while it is still Early Access, the developers have been hard at work updating and adding new content. And August 31 will see another new update! The Food and Festivals update details are being kept under wraps by the developers. We’ll have to wait until August 31 to see exactly what’s included.
What the developers have said is that this update will add 5 seasonal festivals where you can compete against NPCs for fun prizes. Several cooking minigames are getting new visuals, smoother gameplay, and better feel on controllers. You can also look forward to new quests and general gameplay improvements. Plus, you’ll get to enjoy new music, 100+ new pieces of furniture, and 1,000+ new lines of dialogue!
Release Date
Chef RPG is available on Steam. You can grab it now so you can be ready for the Food and Festivals update coming August 31!
- Aug 15, 2025
With Palia’s open Beta release on the horizon, and its lofty promises of a free-to-play cozy experience, I’ve gotten more and more excited at the idea of having cozy MMOs. We have a hoard of relaxing, cozy games to play these days, but sometimes you just want to have a whole community you can play together with. And now, Palia isn’t the only cozy MMO coming to the market! Loftia is another adorable MMO for the cozy gamer crowd.
A Cute Solarpunk MMO Packed With So Much To Do
Loftia is still in its early stages, but it shows great promise. Drawing inspiration from fan favorites like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, the game seeks to carve its own path into the genre with some familiar elements.
Set in a new, solarpunk world you’ll be able to play solo or even build your very own community of people. Loftia encourages socializing by utilizing group quests and server events. You’ll be able to celebrate events like Halloween together by playing special mini-games that will give you the chance to win prizes like wallpapers, skins, outfits, and more! Group quests will take you on adventures across breathtaking biomes with friends so you can uncover the secrets of Loftia.
Loftia allows for total customization, too. Design your character and dress them up in a number of different styles. Then, you can decorate your home to fit your aesthetic. Want to live out your cottagecore dreams? Or perhaps you want to set up the gothic home you’ve always hoped for. Maybe you even want to create a gamer’s paradise. Whatever you choose, you’re free to make your home however you wish!
While you build up the perfect set of decorations for your home, you can go out and explore the world or even settle in for some farming! Loftia has over 50 different crops you can plant and harvest. The game even focuses on sustainable efforts, so you’ll get to use a community garden or hydroponics to grow your crops. Plus, you can level up your farming by becoming a beekeeper or wine maker. And when you get tired of farming, gather resources to upcycle items! Turn an old tire into a pretty little garden planter for your home.
Plus, so much more. Loftia is absolutely packed full of things to do. Just chill with friends. Hang out with the local NPCs. Explore the world solo or with friends. Join an existing club or create your own. Even adopt a pet! You get to choose how your adventure goes.
Release Date
There’s currently no release date. Loftia was successfully funded on Kickstarter so expect to see this lovely game on PC and Switch once it releases sometime this year!
- Aug 13, 2025
Coral Island is a vibrant farm sim where you’ve left behind the big city life you once enjoyed to live a new chapter. One where you can craft your own story and create the farmstead you’ve always dreamed of. Tend to a variety of tropical crops. Care for a host of adorable barnyard creatures. Even restore the beautiful island to what it once was as you form bonds with the natural world around you.
Experience the different seasons and what they bring as you get to know over 70 unique characters. You might even find your soulmate in one of the 25 dateables, too! Enjoy the magical underwater world where you can explore and restore the coral reef. Or go mining in the caves. Even fish all across the island or simply help improve the town. Decorate your home, deck yourself out in your favorite clothes, and live the relaxing island life!
1.2 Update
Coral Island released 2 years ago and has been receiving updates to flesh out and improve the game since them. And tomorrow comes one of the most anticipated additions! Releasing August 14th is the Multiplayer and Romance update. This means you can freely joins forces with friends to tackle fieldwork, farm, and build together. You can even marry each other!
Or if you prefer sticking with the dateable NPCs, you’ll get to experience new hangout events like picnics and beach bonfires. Each hangout has a unique cutscene that’s separate from Heart Events. As for the Heart Events post marriage, there will be new dialogue and special cutscenes . All of this aims to liven up and deepen your relationship with your spouse. However, there will still be no divorce option, so date everyone and pick your spouse wisely!
Release Date
As mentioned before, Coral Island released two years and you can grab it now on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation. The Multiplayer and Romance update releases August 14th. So, get ready for multiplayer fun and pick up a copy today!
- Aug 9, 2025
Cat Cafe Manager is getting a sequel and one of the new additions are cute little kittens!
For anyone who is not familiar with the game, Cat Cafe Manager is developed by the tiny indie studio Roost Games, they are currently working on the sequel to the adorable and casual cafe management game that is full of cats.
In Cat Cafe Manager, you adopt stray cats to bring them into your restaurant. It’s a restaurant that you get to renovate, furnish, expand, and decorate! Train your staff and decide what goes on the menu to keep those customers coming in! Furthermore, you can forge relationships with the locals, help them with their personal problems, and even get them to divulge secrets of the town!
Cat Cafe Manager 2: City Bliss introduces Kittens!
Cat Cage Manager 2: Big City Bliss pretty much prove upon everything the first game in the series had to offer and today the developer announced that it will welcome kittens to the party, Kittens!
Of course this is not the only new addition to the series. You can also look forward to all new visuals, new secrets to uncover, more unique cat personalities and just so much more!
The sequel to the beloved cat cafe game will release later this year. If you want to be one of the first ones to play you can join in on a giveaway for a copy of the upcoming game over on X ( Twitter ).
Cat Cafe Manager 2: Big City Bliss Release Date and Platforms
Cat Cafe Manager two is still in development, you can follow the developers over on X ( Twitter ) to stay up to date on the progress of the game! It is expected to release sometime later this year on Steam Early Access first then on Nintendo Switch.
Don’t forget to wishlist Cat Cafe Manager 2 on Steam!
