All posts tagged in Relaxing
Oct 3, 2024
In Map Map – A Game About Maps, you’re tasked with making maps! Indeed, you’re a cartographer whose job requires you to explore the world and create accurate maps. You’ll need to use your sense of direction to explore the different islands. Use your skills and an array of tools to expertly create maps that mark the interesting landmarks on each island. But there’s more to this grand adventure than just marking landmarks on paper!
There’s treasure to be found on the islands in Map Map. Explore ancient ruins and beautiful environments as you search for exciting pieces of treasure. Of course, you’re not alone, either. In fact, you have a whole crew with you! Each one is unique and you’ll have the chance to get to know them as you explore the beautifully handcrafted world before you. Each one has their own story for you to get to know, after all.
Release Date
Map Map is set to come to Steam some time. There is no release date available, but you can add it to your Wishlist to keep an eye on it!
- Oct 3, 2024
If you love the plethora of room design games that have hit the gaming market lately, but are truly craving one that lets you design fantasy themed rooms instead of modern ones, look no further! Fairytale Furnishing by developer Challenging Games is exactly what you’re looking for. You’re furnishing and customizing homes for fairytale heroes like princesses, the hero of the story, and even the wicked witch the hero fights. You’ll even uncover the story that connects each character together as you progress through different homes!
You’ll start each home, like the princess’s tower or witch’s den, completely empty. That means you have the freedom to decorate everything as you see fit. Carefully place furniture and decor items and reveal the personalities and stories of the owner. There’s no rush in Fairytale Furnishing, though, so take your time! There aren’t any challenges to overcome, either. As you decorate each home, you’ll unlock new items and furniture to use in each home. You can even hop back to previous levels and redesign them once you have new stuff. It’s a relaxing sandbox game without constraints, after all.
So, kick back and relax with some fairytale decorating!
Release Date
You can find Fairytale Furnishing on Steam now!
- Oct 3, 2024
Hell’s Gate Cafe is an adorable little restaurant management game that you can play for free right in your browser. You play as Baabette, the cute little Baphomet-like character as she’s stuck in Hell. It’s not a fun place to be, at all, and your options are limited. To leave, your only choice is to open up a cafe, earn soul shards, and open the portal out of Hell!
So, you do just that! Run your surprisingly cozy little cafe every day in order to earn soul shards. Purchase items like coffee beans and dragons to roast those beans. An octopus who makes cookie and donut dough will help you serve even more fun treats. Then, interact with the cast of fun characters in Hell’s Gate Cafe as they show up in your cafe. Serve them freshly brewed coffee and fresh baked cookies. Even talk to some of them to learn their stories. Satisfy them, and they’ll pay you in money that you can use to buy more upgrades, but they’ll also leave you precious soul shards! Can you make it out of Hell?
Release Date
You can find Hell’s Gate Cafe on itch.io right now and play for free!
- Aug 29, 2024
If you’re unfamiliar with Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, it’s more of a productivity tool than a game. However, it’s the perfect cozy experience for getting work done with some gaming aspects. With the perfect lofi soundtrack playing in the background, you get to customize your character with a variety of fun clothes and hairstyles. Then, make your space the coziest possible place you could be by changing the furniture, decorations, and wall colors!
Set your character to do different things in their room while you get real-life work done. Sit by the fire, chill on the bed, sit at the desk to get some virtual work done, or sit at the large window and contemplate the view. Choose the time of day, the weather, and other background noises to create the perfect setting for you to get some tasks done. Create to-do lists, set a pomodoro timer to get work done while also taking breaks, track habits, write in the journal, and earn experience. As you play, you can discover different adorable spirit companions that will accompany you in your virtual cozy room. And you can pet them!
The Update
This new major update adds so much more to the already great Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, and I’m excited! First up is item previews. When choosing a new item, you can preview it on your character or companion before buying it. Which is perfect for new clothing and companion options (though the devs have left those a surprise).
There’s also a new activity for your character to engage in, and that’s gaming! What’s more perfect than cozying up on the bed with your console and playing an equally cozy game? Well, sitting by the fire to game, perhaps. Use your MON-ki Portable to do just that, or sit at the desk and play on the computer instead. This update will allow you to adjust the productivity tools, too. Scale them and reposition them how you see fit to make the layout suit your tastes and needs. But perhaps the most exciting of all is the addition of a new spirit companion! APE-bit is the mascot of the MON-ki Entertainment company, and is the perfect companion to accompany you in your gaming sessions.
The Spirit City: Lofi Sessions update doesn’t quite end there, though. You’ll get a whole bunch of new room customizations to experiment with, too. There are new desks and chairs to create your favorite study area. Add decor to the right side of the desk now, and make it even more personal. Choose your favorite side table, and decorate with a new Spiritdex skin or decor items. Plus, there are more bed covers and headboards to choose from, hanging lights to light up the room with, decor that can hang from the beams around the room, and new chairs for relaxing in front of the fireplace.
Release Date
If you didn’t already love Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, then now’s the chance to start with this incredible update. The update is OUT NOW, so get started now with improving your productivity and enjoying soothing lofi beats by finding the game on Steam – at the time of publishing this article, the game is on sale as well!
You can also check out my review of it here if you’re interested!
- Aug 28, 2024
Horticular is a relaxing gardening game with a magical twist. Developed by inDirection Games, this beautifully vibrant game begins with you being magically summoned by garden gnomes. They want you to restore a garden that was abandoned by its previous caretaker. So, take on this huge task, but at your own pace, and build a lush garden to be proud of!
You have total creative freedom to turn this garden into whatever you want. Use hundreds of unlockable surface types to create biomes with different terrain. Plant tons of different kinds of flowers and plants. Even place fun decorative items like pillars, planter boxes, and more to create your dream garden. Of course, you want to build the garden in a way that it’ll attract creatures! Each critter has requirements before it will move in, though. So, plan accordingly and soon your garden will overflow with plants and animals!
You also need to maintain the magic of the garden in Horticular. Animals will become unhappy, the garden will decay, and you’ll see corrupted agents sent by your nemesis show up. With the help of the garden gnomes and your abilities, though, you’ll be able to prevent all of that. There are also garden upgrades you can purchase. These upgrades will increase your skills and unlock new items. And while each playthrough will be different, no choice locks you out of upgrades. You’ll be able to unlock everything every time!
Release Date
You can find Horticular now on Steam!
Like gardening? Try Botany Manor!
- Jul 25, 2024
Developed by Humble Reeds, Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge is a super relaxing simulation game that focuses on restoring nature and collecting frogs. Step into the beautifully illustrated wetlands of your childhood that have been reduced to nearly nothing over time. Alongside an old childhood friend, work hard to restore the wetlands to their former glory and make it the perfect safe haven for all the adorable frogs!
Restore the Wetlands
The first step in creating an inviting refuge for all the cute little frogs is restoring the wetlands. To do this, you need to work hard to dig ponds for the frogs to relax in. Each pond also attracts different kinds of bugs that you use to tame the different frogs. Plant native foliage to harvest berries, cattails, and other items from. Then, use those crops to create special products like jam to sell. You need money to turn the sanctuary into a fabulous refuge for frogs, after all!
Collect Frogs
As you get the wetlands in Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge running, you’ll start seeing all kinds of different frogs show up. In fact, there are over 500 frogs to collect! You’ll encounter victulus, doblex, zebra, leopard, smoky, and sparkly types of frogs. Each kind also has a huge number of different color combinations to discover, too. There’s even some rare colors for you to unlock through the breeding mechanic! To breed frogs you pick which two frogs you want to breed together, then play a simple little tic-tac-toe game using one of a few different genetics. It’s a fun and engaging way to breed critters. Pick from the colors or the pattern to place on the board and play against the computer to see what kind of frog turns out!
Place different furniture options like beds, swings, or even a wheelbarrow in the sanctuary to attract more frogs. Feed bugs to the amphibian friends who show up to tame them and see them come back to visit. Even take pictures of them sitting comfortably in chairs, triumphantly standing on tables, or floating happily in the wetland ponds to build up your Frogdex more. As the refuge grows in size and success, there will even be new people who come around to help out with different services, like repainting furniture. So, you can set up the absolutely perfect refuge for your frog friends all the way down to the color of the toys and furniture!
Kamaeru is currently on Sale!
You can find this lovely little creature collecting game on Steam now – where the game is currently on sale!! You can also pick Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge up for your Xbox or Nintendo Switch.
- May 15, 2024
First came Rusty’s Retirement, a farming idle game that chills at the bottom of your screen while you do other things. Next comes Idle Waters! Only instead of being a farming game, this idler focuses on fishing! This game also sits comfortably at the bottom of your screen so you can focus on other tasks while it runs.
Idle Waters fishes while you’re busy doing other things. Simply click to catch the fish at your leisure. You’ll catch different types of fish from several different ecosystems, too. It looks like there’s at least 100 “common” fish varieties, which seems to indicate there are other rarities to catch! Plus, there’s a fish tank feature you can edit and decorate to observe the fish you’ve caught over time.
Release Date
Idle Waters will release on Steam at some point. There is no date listed, but you can add it to your Wishlist now!
- Apr 18, 2024
Moving Through Life by developer Challenging Games is a relaxing 3D game about nostalgia, creativity, and identity. Play as a young girl living in 1990, who moves from her beloved childhood home to new places at different stages of her life. Discover the story as you make choices and arrange furniture and other items in each room.
Every choice you make in Moving Through Life, and where you place each item determines the direction of your story. Will you become a writer or an artist? Will you be career-driven or pursue a relationship? All of this is determined through your choices. Plus, you unlock new items and features as your progress that affect the game’s ending.
Celebrate the joys of exploring life’s different stages with this lovely game!
Release Date
You can find Moving Through Life on Steam now!
If you enjoy relaxing decorating and management, check out Minami Lane!
