The cutest games from Wholesome Direct 2024

Jun 09, 2024 12:00 AM - 4 months ago 54180

Despite its cozy appearance, Wholesome Direct 2024 is really shaping up to beryllium nan astir packed arena of Summer Game Fest. The hour-long position featured much than 70 different games. Some were brand-new announcements, immoderate were antecedently known games that sewage a caller trailer aliases merchandise date, and a fistful of titles moreover launched during nan event.

Now, 70 is simply a ample number, truthful to help, I’ve curated nan games that stood retired to maine nan most. You tin besides watch nan afloat position right here to soak successful each detail. Even better: galore of nan games person demos connected Steam that you tin cheque out. Anyway, present are my picks, successful nary peculiar order.

Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge

Launching coming connected PC and Switch

Kamaeru looks for illustration a much interactive return connected Neko Atsume, only pinch frogs alternatively of cats and a beautiful painterly creation style. The extremity is to not only build a sanctuary to raise those frogs successful but besides reconstruct their wetland habitat. Best of all: it’s retired today.

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home.

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Squeakross: Home Squeak Home

Launching connected Steam; nary merchandise day announced

This is what would hap if you mashed Animal Crossing pinch Picross. The crippled is each astir solving nonograms, which past create items (out of cheese, naturally) that you tin usage to decorate a cozy home. It besides looks to beryllium jam-packed pinch rodent puns.

Discounty

Launching 2025 connected PC, Switch, PS5, and Xbox

Calling Stardew Valley fans. Discounty looks for illustration it has a likewise charming vibe, only pinch little farming and much business. Instead of building up a farmstead, you’re tasked pinch moving a market shop successful a mini town, which people intends getting profoundly progressive successful nan community.

Kitsune Tails

Launching August 1st connected PC

A side-scrolling platformer that looks a spot for illustration Super Mario Bros. 2, if only it was coated successful Japanese folklore and mythology. It besides comes from nan aforesaid developer down nan oddball governmental platformer Super Bernie World.

Moonstone Island

Launching June 19th connected nan Nintendo Switch

Moonstone Island is already retired connected PC, but its operation of life sim and animal postulation feels for illustration a cleanable fresh for nan Switch. There’s a batch going connected successful this game: farming, potion brewing, card-based battles, and spirits to tame. Plus, you tin thrust astir connected a broom.

Caravan SandWitch

Launching connected PC, Switch, and PS5; nary merchandise day announced

The extremity of nan world is usually dark and dire, but Caravan SandWitch takes things successful a somewhat much wholesome direction. It’s an exploration crippled astir venturing done a wasteland successful your trusty van, and it has nary combat aliases death, truthful you tin thrust astir astatine your ain pace.

Lost and Found Co.

Launching connected PC, iOS, Android, and consoles; nary merchandise day announced

This is looking for illustration nan astir charming Where’s Waldo?-style crippled since Hidden Folks. But whereas that was a black-and-white world, Lost and Found Co. is bursting pinch color. It moreover has a tiny small dragon.

Afterlove EP

Launching connected Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox later this year

From nan creators of Coffee Talk, Afterlove EP is described arsenic “a colorful mixtape of genres” that’s portion making love sim, portion hit game, and portion story-driven adventure. Whatever it is, it some looks and sounds great, pinch hand-drawn creation from Soyatu and a soundtrack of Indonesian pop-rock from L’alphalpha.

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