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Sweet beekeeping sim APICO v4.0 brings new goodies on May 20th

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2024

Laid-back sweet beekeeping sim APICO from TNgineers is set for another big upgrade, with version 4.0 landing on May 20th.

Check out the demo for Just Crow Things, a cute sandbox puzzle game

By Liam Dawe, 18 Apr 2024

Unbound Creations who made the sweet Rain on Your Parade have put up a demo for their next game, Just Crow Things, and it's just as cute.

Trackline Express is a bit like Unrailed! with even more chaos

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Trackline Express is a train and track building game from Bubblebird Studio that's planned to release on April 18th, and it sure does look like some wonderful chaos. From the same developer that created the chilled Haven Park.

Nature-expanding tile-stacking puzzler 'Preserve' has a demo up on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Preserve looks very sweet. A tile-based puzzle game all about nature that features both horizontal and vertical building and there's a Native Linux demo now available to try out.

Stardew Valley 1.6 is out now - player count on Steam explodes

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2024

ConcernedApe has released the huge Stardew Valley 1.6 update now, and it's absolutely crammed full of new content. Time to get farming again?

Stardew Valley v1.6 confirmed to release in March, hits over 30 million sales

By Liam Dawe, 27 Feb 2024

The next big free upgrade for Stardew Valley now has a release date in March and there's plenty to look forward to. Stardew Valley also just celebrated its 8th anniversary.

Enjoyed Unpacking? Check out Furnish Master to design apartments, houses & more

By Liam Dawe, 21 Feb 2024

If you enjoyed Unpacking and want perhaps a little something more to design the entire room and then some, Furnish Master looks like one you may want to try.

Which Way Up: Space Olympics is anti-gravity party game chaos

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2024

Turtle Flip Studio plan to launch their physics-based anti-gravity party game Which Way Up: Space Olympics sometime in Q1 2025 but there's a demo up on Steam you can try with Linux support.

Stardew Valley 1.6 bigger than expected - now in bug-fixing and polishing stage

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2024

The next major update to the wonderfully calm Stardew Valley looks like it's coming soon, as the developer noted it's now moved into the "bug-fixing and polishing phase".

Former dev on Stardew Valley reveals their life-sim Sunkissed City

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jan 2024

From developer Mr. Podunkian, who previously worked on Stardew Valley, a new life-sim is coming named Sunkissed City and it looks rather colourful and inviting.

Check out the demo for the relaxing exploration-trading game Townseek

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2024

Available for a limited time during the Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest, you can try out a new demo for Townseek, a casual and relaxing exploration-trading game that looks real sweet.

MineClone2 'The Fire and Stone release' is out now

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2023

MineClone2 is a free and open source survival sandbox game built to resemble Minecraft on the Minetest game engine, and their latest release Fire and Stone is out now.

Brocula is a life sim with a dark side - grow crops, go fishing, grow a cult as a Vampire

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2023

I'm all for playing more life-sims but they're all just a bit too cute aren't they? Brocula looks like it's going to be the opposite, with you being a Vampire.

The Garden Path, a quiet life sim about the joy of gardening releases Spring 2024

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2023

The Garden Path was originally due to release earlier this year, but the developer pushed it back to continue improving it and now you can again grab an early copy with a new full release window revealed.

Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) announced - a game about being kind to real people

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2023

Remember the game Kind Words? A tiny little thing that came out in 2019 that let you send letters to real people, along with listening to some chill beats. Well, it's getting an expanded sequel with Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop).

Check out the demo for Planetiles, a chilled city-builder like Dorfromantik

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2023

Enjoy games like Dorfromantik that have you build tiles and expand while mostly just chilling? Then you're going to want to look at Planetiles.

Minetest 5.8.0 is out now with improved settings, Minetest Game no longer default

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Minetest, the popular free and open source voxel game engine, one that can be used to play various different games (like a Minecraft clone) just released version 5.8.0.

Roots of Pacha 1.1 adds new content and a fix for Steam Deck external controllers

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

The single-player and co-op life sim / farming game Roots of Pacha has a big update out now, with it there's plenty of new content and a nice fix for Steam Deck players docking to the big screen.

Please save me I have discovered Leaf Blower Revolution

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2023

It's cold and blowy outside, there's leaves everywhere and so the obvious solution to keep warm is to stay inside and play a game about blowing away leaves.