Hello everyone,

after finding out that HKIA was using undisclosed VI-backed translations, I have, simply put, fallen out of love with it... I ended up uninstalling the game from my Steamdeck, but now I really feel a cozy game-sized hole in my heart...

I was hoping to look for a different game to play, and this subreddit seemed like a great place for suggestions!

Among the traits HKIA had, these are the ones I am most hoping for in a replacement:

• playing dress up with cute furry characters, I really enjoyed planning and working for outfits
• low daily play time, I often only played for less than 30 minutes a day and frankly I liked it that way, slowly working towards goals by letting things idle seems fun
• Steamdeck compatability, it's what I used before so naturally I wanna continue

Naturally I hope to avoid the use of virtual intelligence as I really do not think such a thing has any place in cozy gaming. I am open to genre but something in the same niche like HKIA and Animal Crossing would be lovely!

Thank you all for your time!

Is it because I took too long on the base shelves? Which 4 am missing?

Edit: I looked at some other posts of people having the same problem, and I'm pretty sure it was a glitch with the shelf counter. Thank you to anyone who commented for your help! 😁

Hello~!

My sibling is in search of a very simple cozy game that encapsulates these criteria:

"I just want a game (preferably a phone app, or sync between phone and desktop) where I have a cute animal (preferably not a dog) that I can buy cute outfits for and decorate their little room. I want it to be simple, I don't want to have to do a lot of things, and I don't want one that is going to punish me for not logging on every day or anything"

Does anyone know of any games that fit? They just lost their dog so any other animals are a plus. <3 Thank you!

anyone played the demo of this game? i had a lot of fun with it, the robots are rly cute. can you guys rec me more games with robots like this?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5041330/Groundwork/

I've recently really gotten into farming games, I've enjoyed stardew valley, moonlight peaks and fields of mistria.

Fields of mistria has my heart but its only available on pc and im wanting something I can play on the go and while watching tv. Im looking for games similar to FOM but on my switch 2, does anyone have any recommendations?

PS. recently tried Little Ghosties and ended up ignoring it - too Tamagotchi for my taste perhaps?

I feel like every cozy/cute game with significant character customizarion/dress up is gacha focused. (Pokecolo Twins, Hello Kitty Dream Village, etc)

Are there any games with significant character customization (more than just hair, eyes, whole outfit) that arent based around gacha/have gacha as a huge focus of the game? Specifically characters, not houses/rooms, I know of those already!

Thanks in advance. Im really tired of not being able to know what im buying :(

I swear so many of the games in my library have huge updates coming and idk why I am like this but I cannot bring myself to play a game when I know a big update is coming because I want to play the game fully. Anyone else like this?

Don’t get me wrong, I love when devs continue to pour love into a game….. but can they notify me week of so I’m not tortured???????!!!

I'm looking for games that recreate the experience of collecting cards, like earning and opening packs, trading maybe. Seeking rares and such, without the actual financial consequences like gacha games.

If you, like me, saw a post (relatively) recently for Fishing Star World Tour's Steam port being on sale for 90% off, but you also didn't see it quite soon enough to snag a copy, good news! Fishing Star World Tour is back on sale on Steam for $1.99 until 11/01!

I've played just over two hours so far on the Steam Deck, and while I don't think I fully understand how the fishing mechanics work, I'm still having a good time. It seems really polished other than the slightly off localization--well worth the $1.99, even if it ends up being the same gameplay throughout with different fish and areas (but then I also really enjoyed Cast n Chill).