This year's Wholesome Direct gave me so many more games to add to my wishlist
We've 💃been spoiled with upcoming cozy games lately

We wer🍷e treated to another Wholesome Direct this past weekend and now ♔my wishlist is twice as long as it was last week.
On June 10, cozy gaming fans were spoiled with another Wholesome Direct showcase which gave us so many exciting games to look forward to. The presentation lasted a whole hour and featured a tonne of upcoming indies such as Mineko's Night Market, Venba, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Unpacking, Button City, and many more.
. This coming-of-age story takes place over a month and follows the daily life of twenty-one-year-old Alo. Players will need to stay in touch with friends via video call, work from home editing videos, sort through Alo's late grandmother's belongings, and take care of things around the house. We're currently still waiting on a release date for this one.Next up, it was impossi⛄ble for me to not include . In this simulation game, players will find out what it takes to run their own online sticker business as they design products, upload them onto the online store, interact with customers, package up their orders, and more. Sticky Business is set to rel🌼ease later this year, but if you can't wait until then there is a demo available now on Steam.
After that, we've got , a nostalgic narrative adventure set in the 90s that follows a young boy named Sanya and the stray dog he finds. This slice-of-life story lets you experience being a kid again (or being a kꦍid in the 90s at all) as you explore your local area, meet with friends, play mini-games, and more. Sanya is set to release in 2024, but just like Sticky Business, it also has a demo available right now.
Along similar lines, we're now moving onto , another slice-of-life adventure game this time set in 90s rural India - 𒀰I'm sensing a bit of a theme here. In this game, players will take control of t🦂eenage boy Vir as he explores ancient palace ruins, tends to his garden, cooks Indian food, runs errands, learns more about his history by making art, and maybe even pursues a romance. You can play the prologue of The Palace on the Hill right now.
Last, but certainly no🐷t least, we've got which, you guessed it, sees players manage a tiny book ♓shop in picturesque locations. The cozy management sim will require players to keep the bookshop stocked up, get to know the locals, collect second-hand books to organize in your store, and more. Tiny Book Shop doesn't have a release date just yet so we'll have to keep our eyes peeled for more on this one soon.
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Because𝐆 I can't help myself here's a few honorable mentions that als🔜o featured in Wholesome Direct 2023 and that also belong on your wish list: , , and .
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After studying Film Studies and Creative Writing at university, I was lucky enough to land a job as an intern at Player Two PR where I helped to release a number of indie titles. I then got even luckier when I became a Trainee News Writer at GamesRadar+ before being promoted to a fully-fledged New♏s Writer after a year and a half of training. My expertise lies in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, c💖ozy indies, and The Last of Us, but especially in the Kingdom Hearts series. I'm also known to write about the odd Korean drama for the Entertainment team every now and then.