Jun 12, 2025Indie Highlight
Cottonville is an extremely adorable life sim where you operate a sweet little atelier. A friend offered you the opportunity to leave behind the hustle and bustle of Friglight, and it turns out that Cottonville is just what you needed. The peaceful town gives you the chance to start over and build your career as a sewing master. You’ll spend your days wandering the beautiful open spaces looking for resources to collect. Plant useful flowers and textile plants to harvest and use for your craft. And of course, there’s sewing!
There are over 60 different clothing patterns to make with different color options for each. Carefully create each item and sell it to the perfect customer who visits your shop. Sell pieces most suited to a customer to earn the highest amount of money. You can even get creative with your own fashion sense as you unlock new wardrobe pieces over time. Show off your style with fun hairstyles and colors, clothing, and eyes.
There is no release date yet for Cottonville. The Kickstarter is live, however! So, if you want to support this adorable game, then check it out over there. Stretch goals include fun things like a Switch release, fishing, knitting, farming, magic, a moth sanctuary, and more! And don’t forget to Wishlist on Steam! There’s also a demo you can try out as part of Steam’s Next Fest, going on until June 16th.
May 15, 2025Indie Highlight
Starsand Island is a tranquil farming and island life game inspired by classic Studio Ghibli films. In this game, you’re more than just a farmer, too. You’re a creator, explorer, and guardian to the island. Shed your real life burdens and set out on a wholesome adventure that seeks to evoke feelings of comfort and relaxation. Build your cozy little home in the mountains or seaside and get creative with your decor. Then, lead your quiet farming life and experience a whole bunch of fun things to do on your beautiful new island home!
Of course, there’s farming in Starsand Island, too! Care for your crops and watch them grow from your careful nurturing. Otherwise, you can set out and explore the island to see what all there is to see. Gather treasures like shells from the crystal blue waters, capture colorful fish, or go diving for fun underwater items like pearls. Even go mine for minerals and gather tropical plants as you traverse the island. Or go into the town in Starsand Island and get to know the 40+ unique townspeople. Each one has their own story to tell, and if you build your friendship, you’ll get to hear it. Some of the townsfolk are even open to romance, so you might just find the love of your life! Whatever you do and however you do it, you’re sure to find a fulfilling sense of community and belonging as you progress through this lovely life sim.
Starsand Island is expected to release at the end of next year on Steam!
May 14, 2025Indie Highlight
Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is a narrative cooking RPG where you manage your kitchen, customize and optimize your set up, and build your relationships with others. Play as one of two siblings as you take on kitchen management duties in order to reopen your family’s restaurant. Master delectable Hawaiian cuisine and explore the island paradise you call home!
In order to run your pop-up kitchens, you need to recruit up to 8 other chefs you meet on the island. Partner them up based on their compatibility to watch their friendship grow or even watch love bloom! You unlock conversations, side quests, and special abilities as they get to know each other. Then, you’ll coordinate your teams of two chefs so they can run the kitchen and serve guests. Use each chef’s abilities to optimize how things run.
Of course, no kitchen is complete without your own personal touch! Select your own menu and add something special to each of your recipes. Kitchen Sync: Aloha! lets you rearrange the layout of the kitchen to better suit the workflow for your chefs. Even improve your chefs by upgrading their abilities with ability books you collect throughout your adventure. But don’t get totally caught up in running a restaurant, as you get to make your own friends (or even rivals!). Enjoy local food and art as well as Hawaiian music. There are even different minigames you can play for some added fun!
Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is set to release on Steam sometime. However, there is a demo you can try out in the meantime!
Apr 30, 2025Indie Highlight
Step into a brand new life as soon as you hop off the bus in To Pixelia. You’ve left behind your old life to begin an exciting new one doing whatever it is you desire. Carefully design your character and make choices to steer their life how you wish. Rent your first apartment, a dingy little thing, until you can upgrade to bigger and better things. Start work wherever you can just to make rent, then move into the career path you want. Become who you want to be!
The character creator lets you create whoever you want. Pick from a number of different hairstyles, facial hair, tattoos, accessories, and clothes. Even decorate your home with tons of different floors, walls, furniture, and decor options. To Pixelia lets your individual style shine through in almost every aspect. You also get to pick your career path. Start working at an entry level position like waiter, cleaner, baker, or others. Then, through dedication and hard work, you can pivot into the career path you desire. Become a famous musician, a renowned supermodel, a popular painter, or even the president. Just remember, there are hundreds of Pixelians in the city with you, and you can’t get along with everyone. Sometimes you just have to fight it out to get your point across!
I got to play To Pixelia a while back, thanks to the devs and publisher, and it really is the ultimate life sim. There’s just so much to do and accomplish. Not a moment went by where I was bored, because I could engage in small jobs or take on new hobbies or even train for a new career. Decorating my home was satisfying and easy to do. Plus, exploring the huge city by walking or using the bus system was fun all on its own. Each character you meet is unique and fun to interact with, too. You can even look forward to leaving the city for greener pastures (literally). There’s a nice farmland area you can eventually settle down on if city life becomes too much for you. So, there’s something for everyone in this unique life sim!
To Pixelia hits virtual shelves tomorrow, May 1st! You can grab a copy over on Steam. Grab the game and see where your new virtual life takes you.
Apr 23, 2025Indie Highlight
From the creators of Sticky Business, comes Ritual of Raven, a cozy story-based farm sim set in a magical world. Different traditions of magic live side by side in this adorable little game. There were once grand plans to open portals between worlds, but the ritual to open those portals went terribly wrong. Everyone involved in the ritual lost something precious to them and the portals began producing random new arrivals. You became victim to such a portal and were tossed out the other side of one, where you met the local witch. This witch, Sage, deems you perfect to help her with her quest and off you go to search for her companion Flutterstoop!
Don’t worry, you’re not alone in this new place. Your cheeky raven companion will accompany you as you settle into your new home and get to work. Make friends with the Ritual of Raven cast of unique and quirky characters. Each one has a different backstory for you to hear about. Plus, you can trade valuable ingredients with them! Care for a flourishing herb garden, too. Use your magical abilities to collect and enchant Arcana Constructs to care for your crops. Harvesting by hand ruins the magical properties of the plants, after all.
Best of all is you can unleash your creativity to decorate! You’re in a brand new land, and it’s important to find a sense of belonging. The best way to do that is to personalize your home to suit your tastes. Visit Pistachio’s to pick up all the decor you could possibly want. Then, decorate your homestead, your garden, and even the town!
While it has no release date yet, Ritual of Raven will be coming to Steam and Nintendo Switch! Add it to your Wishlist now to receive notification of its release.
Apr 2, 2025Indie Highlight
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!
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!
Feb 12, 2025Indie Highlight
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!
Cauldron Tale is listed on Steam where you can add it to your Wishlist. However, there is currently no release date available.
Dec 22, 2024Snack Size News
Infinity Nikki is the fifth installment in the popular Nikki series by Infold Games. Embark on a journey and travel across the nations of Miraland where you’ll encounter various cultures and environments. Miraland is a place for you to relax and just enjoy as you take in the beautiful vistas and frolic across the landscapes. Witness pretty sunrises and sunsets, get swept up in weather changes, and discover the different creatures that roam the world.
Collect and wear beautiful outfits to accomplish different tasks. Each Infinity Nikki outfit possesses a different ability, so collecting several will be key. Want to fish at the river, catch bugs, or float short distances? There’s an outfit to help with each one! Gather useful resources in order to craft these elegant outfits. You can also buy outfits from merchants you come across. Different outfits will even help you solve puzzles and reach new heights in your adventures!
So, don the Gliding Outfit to get across chasms, the Shrinking Outfit to get through small spaces, or The Floating Outfit to gracefully glide across small gaps in order to solve puzzles and explore every corner of the world. 3D platforming is interwoven with the exploration in Infinity Nikki, so you need to use all of your skills to explore everything. But it’s so worth it when you do as you’ll get to along peaceful mountain streams, stroll through meadows bursting with blooms, and see so much more!
Inifinity Nikki recently released on PlayStation and Epic Games. You can also find it on Apple Store and Google Play.