Tag: Life Sim

I’ve played my share of cozy games, and Tales of the Shire is definitely one for the maximalist decorators

I’ve played my share…

I love clutter. Just tons and tons of crap stacked precariously on a shelf—all of it mismatched, sorted into…
Paralives finally has a release date so I can finally go wild on its delightfully tactile building and endlessly cozy vibes

Paralives finally has a…

Not a single word is spoken in the Paralives trailer—seen at our very own PC Gaming Show 2025—but it…
Innkeep lets you play an extremely suspect fantasy innkeeper, though I’m sure the bloodstains on your apron can be easily explained

Innkeep lets you play…

The classic life sim begins with you inheriting property—a farm or a shop that you take over in a…
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma review

Rune Factory: Guardians of…

One might assume that if you fell out of the sky, crash-landed through the roof of a shrine, and…
A beginner’s guide to installing Stardew Valley mods: SMAPI, Stardrop, and more

A beginner’s guide to…

There’s plenty to do in the vanilla valley, but the sky is the limit once you learn how to…
All the Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy cheats you need to attain a noble lifestyle without the effort

All the Sims 4…

The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy expansion allows players to join dynasties and become nobles for the very first…
‘I am about to cry my eyes out’: 2000s toys-to-life phenom Webkinz, which I may or may not still have a shelf full of plushes from, is somehow back 5 years after the death of Flash

‘I am about to…

Put down the frog: There’s no need to do anything rash. That’ll apply to you, reader of a very…
Stardew Valley fan left their Switch running for ‘over 3 weeks straight’ to sleep for 1,000 years, waking up to immortal villagers, giant mushrooms and debris everywhere

Stardew Valley fan left…

It was only a matter of time until the cabin fever started setting in, I suppose, what with all…
Tales of the Shire embraces a ‘clutter-core experience’ with grid-free decorating for your Hobbit house

Tales of the Shire…

Cozy Lord of the Rings life sim Tales of the Shire is embracing the comforting mess of Hobbiton by…
‘I kind of failed in that particular aspect’: Eric Barone doesn’t understand all the Pierre hate and wishes that he’d been ‘a little bit more nuanced’ when it came to creating JojaMart

‘I kind of failed…

It’s hard to imagine Eric Barone saying that he failed in any aspect regarding Stardew Valley. What started out…