On the hunt for your next cozy game that sparks optimism, joy, and introspection? We’ve got the Steam event for you. Wholesome Games, indie games publishers and hosts of the annual Wholesome Direct showcase, has just launched their annual Wholesome Games Steam Celebration!
Happening from August 15th to 21st, the Steam event features world premiere game announcements, deep discounts, free demos, and new game releases including titles like ODDADA, Gourdlets, Mirth Melody, Love, Ghostie, Just Crow Things, and Sticky Business: Camp Zinnias DLC.
This year, Wholesome Games is also celebrating eight world premieres that you can wishlist and support now! Here’s the full list of games to check out:
1. Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
Test your skiing skills in serene mountain scenery. Perform tricks, discover shortcuts and try to best your time in the snowy followup to Lonely Mountains: Downhill. Enjoy the slopes alone, participate in thrilling online multiplayer races or gather your friends and conquer the mountains together.
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2. Cat Cafe Manager 2: Big City Bliss
In this sequel to the hit cozy management sim, build the cat cafe of your dreams and explore a folkloric city full of secrets and stray cats. After a faerie feline possesses your smartphone (it’s a whole thing), you discover a magical force is twisting people’s hearts to feel lonely and isolated. It’s up to you to ease their worries and fill their hearts with delight using the power of cats, coffee and community.
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3. Wasteland Waste Disposal
Embark on a journey to CLEAN THE WASTELAND, ravaged by a catastrophic event known as the Megapocalypse, that combined every worst-case apocalyptic scenario imaginable. Hop in to the moving waste refinement fortress and enter the small open-world wasteland with a dynamic ecosystem, that reacts and evolves with your actions.
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4. Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts
Run your manuscript workshop, receive orders to illustrate medieval books, decorate them any way you like, send them back to clients to get paid, and unlock new jobs, decorations, and items. Welcome to your very own medieval scriptorium!
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5. Instants
Welcome to “Instants,” a captivating journey that blends puzzle-solving, crafting and heartfelt storytelling. Build up a collection of family photo albums piece by piece and learn their stories in a nostalgic narrative puzzle game. As you solve the puzzle, a heartwarming story will gradually emerge.
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6. MainFrames
MainFrames invites you to meet Floppy and to browse a clever and charming platformer that plays out entirely within the windows and desktop of a PC monitor. You won’t want to press the escape key on this cozy outing!
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7. Ritual of Raven
Ritual of Raven is a story-based farming sim – but you don’t do the farming yourself! Enchant Arcana Constructs to grow a magical herb garden, befriend a cute bunch of weirdos and use your witchy skills to perform powerful rituals to stabilize the portals that are causing trouble for the village.
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8. Super Loco World
Build railroads and deliver goods in a dynamic world. Move your cursor like a painter moves a brush, and the game will figure out where to place T-junctions, bridges, or curved rails. Carefully use rail signs to avoid traffic jams, achieve peak efficiency (if you want to), and watch villages grow into towns.
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For more cozy games, check out the Wholesome Games Steam Celebration here — and don’t forget to top up your Steam Wallet using Codashop for bonus rewards.
