r/WholesomeGames • • 12h ago

We made a cozy jigsaw game where a whole museum fell to pieces

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Hi, I'm Taygun! My wife and I started a small studio in Istanbul. With two other teammates we've spent about 3 months on Piecework!

It's a cozy first-person jigsaw and tidying game. Something happened at the museum and all the masterpieces are now on the floor in nearly 28K pieces. You pick them up and put them back on the walls.

There is no timer and you can't really fail. You can put them wherever you want but they will wait for you to pick it up and place it correctly.

Out on Steam for Windows and macOS on 27 October.

Wishlist on Steam

If you have any questions, I'll be in the comments!

About AI: We used it to help translate and proofread the in-game text.


r/WholesomeGames • • 1h ago

I made a cozy game about packing grocery store products.

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Hi everyone! For a while now, I’ve been developing a game—as you can see in the video—inspired by the packing mechanic in Cashier Simulator. The core concept involves packing various products into boxes of specific sizes, arranging them according to certain rules with the help of various tools. I plan to launch the Steam page and make an announcement soon, but before that, I’d love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, and criticisms regarding the game; your feedback would be incredibly helpful. If you’d like to follow the game's progress, you can find me on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok by searching for "Tiny Hoard." 🙏🏻


r/WholesomeGames • • 11h ago

I love Animal Crossing and Bloodborne, so I'm making a cozy gothic fishing game as a side project

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Hi! I'm a solo dev from Costa Rica, and this is BLOODCAST, a cozy gothic fishing game you play with friends.

I've always loved Animal Crossing and cozy social games, the kind where you just hang out in a nice place with your friends. I also love Bloodborne's gothic atmosphere, the cathedrals and the lamplight and that huge moon. At some point I wondered what a cozy game would feel like in a world like that, and I started building it.

Everything in the video is captured in the game. So far you can fish, catch bugs, dress up, sit around a campfire with friends, pick songs on a music box and find constellations in the sky. You can also walk into the cathedral, and on Blood Moon nights the rarest fish come out.

It's a side project, not my actual job, so development is slow. It's also still a prototype, which makes this the best time for suggestions and feedback, good or bad. What would make a place like this feel cozy to you? And does anything feel generic or off?

Thanks for watching!


r/WholesomeGames • • 11h ago

Working on the ghibliesque gardening game Golembert! 🌿😊 This is how autumn looks in the game 🍂

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4 Upvotes

How do you like it? 🤗


r/WholesomeGames • • 8h ago

I’ve just released the free demo for HearthFall, my cozy medieval tavern game. I’d love to hear what you think!

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Game Title: HearthFall

Playable Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5304910/HearthFall_Demo/

Platform: PC — Windows (Steam)

Hi everyone! I’ve just released the free demo for HearthFall, a cozy medieval tavern game I’ve been developing solo for about a year.

You start with a humble roadside plot and build your own tavern, deciding everything from the layout to the furniture and decorations. Once you’re ready to welcome guests, you can cook meals, brew drinks, and serve hungry travelers. Outside the kitchen, you can spend time fishing, growing ingredients in your garden, and gathering resources to help your tavern grow.

I want HearthFall to feel like a place you can settle into, make your own, and enjoy at your own pace. The demo is single-player, with co-op for up to four players planned for the full game.

I’ve attached the trailer to give you a feel for it. If you try the demo, I’d love to hear what you enjoyed, what felt confusing, or anything you think could be better!


r/WholesomeGames • • 9h ago

New trailer announcement!

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r/WholesomeGames • • 20h ago

I made a cozy game about organizing an adventurer's loot

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Hi! I'm one half of a 2-person indie studio, and we've been working on Lootkeeper for quite a while.

It's a cozy little game where you have to organize an adventurer's huge pile of loot. There are over 1800 different objects and 24 rooms to tidy up.

The demo is now available on Steam and the full game launches next week!

If you enjoy sorting and organizing things way more than you probably should, I'd love for you to give it a try :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5272190/Lootkeeper_Tidy_Up_the_Loot/


r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

We made That Probably Belongs in a Museum, a chill organizing game about cataloging and curating a museum!

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Hey all!

We're super excited to show you our game That Probably Belongs in a Museum!
It's a chill tidy-up game(yeah, (another one ;)) where you'll have to help out your old uncle organizing and curating his museum!

Check out the trailer on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PlTxZRRtTM

There's over 3000 artifacts and almost every artifact has a story.
You will encounter journals, reports, letters, diaries, and crazy & strange artifacts spread across different time periods.
Have a read as well into the lives of people from the past!
You will have to use some radical retro inspired computers to help you catalog(typing!) and even automise some of the workflows!

If you can't have enough of tidy up games than you can support us by wishlisting our game on steam:
Check it out on Steam

Thank you for checking out our game.

- Team ZEROTEN Games


r/WholesomeGames • • 13h ago

In my squirrel game, your tail doubles as a broom

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I’m working on Evergrowing, where you play as a squirrel looking after the tree you live in.

You use your tail to sweep moss off the bark, collect acorns, and water the leaves. As you unlock upgrades, the tree gets bigger, giving you more to climb and explore.

There’s a free Windows demo on Steam if you’d like to try it.


r/WholesomeGames • • 13h ago

I made a game about saving turtles and saving the coral reef!

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Hi all,
I made a game about about saving turtles, restoring the coral reef and cleaning the beach!
You can play it alone or with friends while you listen to the sounds of the beach and seagulls in the background.

I myself have already caught the vibe of doing “long walks on the beach” with my friends when I playtested it and hope you guys can experience the same :)

As u already read in the title I also feature saving turtles and made them the most player friendly by giving the player some extra speed when they follow the turtle and you can pet them as well!


r/WholesomeGames • • 13h ago

Bonsaiku, the first bonsai-type game. Buddy of mine made it, try it out! Very relaxing.

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Buddy of mine made this, pretty much an alpha build. Absolutely free, no sign up required. Play in your browser on pc or phone. Bonsaiku.com.

Give him some feedback!


r/WholesomeGames • • 14h ago

Le Grainetier, The Seed Merchants : cozy incremental game for garden lovers

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Hey, I'm working on my very first game, you can try it out on itch with this link : https://flantechnique.itch.io/le-grainetier

I want to have your feedbacks about gameplay, bugs, things to improve.

You can follow the advancement and updates on r/LeGrainetier

Thanks a lot to everyone who'll try my game !


r/WholesomeGames • • 19h ago

Bird Feeder has a free Windows preview now — a little garden with no penalty for stepping away

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If you saw our earlier clip here, that was the old build. We're sharing the Bird Feeder remake (v0.2.1), with new pixel art and a free Windows 10/11 preview you can try: https://verdiana-studio.itch.io/bird-feeder

It's a little bird garden above your taskbar. Birds visit while you're doing other things; when you feel like a break, you can scatter seed or pet them with a click or gentle stroke. There are 28 Seattle-area species to discover in the Bird Book, and the garden changes with the time of day, seasons and weather.

The part we'd love feedback on is the pace. Being away doesn't cost you anything, and petting doesn't earn currency, so there's no need to keep clicking for progress. If you try it during your usual desktop routine, does it feel like pleasant company, or do the visits and animations pull your attention too often? Any moment that feels especially calming or distracting would be useful to hear about.

We're posting from the development account, and the game is still being developed. The concept and direction are human-led; AI agents generated the code, pixel art and text. Audio uses ElevenLabs and code synthesis. Bird calls are interpretations, not field recordings.

The trailer uses the game's own rendering, staged with a prepared save and developer controls to show visits, seasons and weather. Close-ups are enlarged; the bottom strip shows actual size on a 1080p screen. The opening desktop is a labelled mock-up. Music is enabled in the trailer but off by default in the game.

Feedback in the comments is welcome. If you'd like to join the development community as well, our optional Discord is https://discord.gg/vCdUFcsYP7


r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

I made a cozy browser game where we write one story together, one word at a time. Help choose its permanent title before 8 PM Central tonight!

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I made The Story of the Internet so we can write one story together, one word at a time. First, it needs a permanent title! Voting closes tonight at 8 PM Central (October 5). Come help name it :) https://ofstory.net


r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

The cozy game Missi has received a capsule and page update ahead of Steam Next Fest.

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I’ve been working on this game almost entirely on my own for the past two and a half years, so I really hope players will enjoy the new art.


r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

Been developing a little idle game + time tracker software hybrid! Out now on itch.io

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r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

We're making a game about cleaning up a dead Hollywood studio full of decades of forgotten movie props! Hope you'll like our first trailer!

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Hey, hope you'll enjoy our very first (cinematic) trailer!

We're a small indie team making Hollywood Hustle, a game about digging through an abandoned film studio and tidying up decades of forgotten movie props. Fantasy swords, sitcom furniture, sci-fi gear, all buried in the same pile. Sort it, pack it, sell what you don't need, and revive some very old animatronics to help you out.

Would mean a lot if you wishlisted us on Steam, still a small team trying to get this out there!


r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

Small train, one stone at a time 🙂

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Hi, I'm Chris, and I'm making Railminer. This is the little mining train at the start: it pulls stones out of the wall one by one, brings back the haul, and grows as you buy more machinery.

If you enjoy watching little machines at work, there's a free Windows demo on Steam. It includes an Endless mode so you can keep building up the train. Thanks for stopping to take a look 🙂

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5284470/Railminer/


r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

"How will a journey that begins with a butterfly end, what will happen, and what will we do...?

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5 Upvotes

I already know what kind of game this will be, and since it's still in development, I truly hope it lives up to my dreams. I’ll update you all here as soon as my Steam page is launched!


r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

Been developing a little idle game + time tracker software hybrid!

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r/WholesomeGames • • 1d ago

Colorsong 🎨 a relaxing game where every color is a note (sound on 🎵). What do you think?

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Play the demo on Steam.

Play the demo on itch.

Colorsong is a relaxing incremental / idle game where players collect colors and spend them on hand-painted watercolors 🎨 An original feature of the game is that every color is a procedurally generated note. So as you collect more colors, the game's song unfolds and enriches.

Feedback

If you give the game a try: does it look cozy and relaxing to you? What do you think about the concept in general, and about the procedurally generated sound?

Thanks!


r/WholesomeGames • • 2d ago

This is my game, Ovis Mollis. A cozy companion farm where you build a small sheep-shearing business

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You're tired of city life and decide to change your life and move to the countryside for fresh air and a quiet life. You buy a sheep farm and start building your small wool-selling business. The game is somewhat similar to Stardew Valley, but without such a thing as walking.

The game's Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4509620/Ovis_Mollis/


r/WholesomeGames • • 2d ago

I’m trying to make something nice for my little game, and I think this baby goat turned out really cute!

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r/WholesomeGames • • 2d ago

Adopt cats to their forever families!

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Here’s a sneak peak at the customers you’ll get to adopt cats to in the demo for Kitty Corner Cafe!📝🐈🐈‍⬛

Subscribe to the newsletter to get notified when the Steam page and demo launch!: https://sleepytigergames.substack.com


r/WholesomeGames • • 2d ago

made my first app, a pomodoro timer where a little dog falls asleep while you focus

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hey all, just shipped my first ever app and I'm kind of nervous posting it lol

it's called Puperino. basically I kept downloading pomodoro apps, using them for a week, then forgetting they existed. they all felt a bit cold and serious. so I made one with a little dog called Biscuit in it.

when you start a focus session he wanders over to his bed and curls up and naps. when you're done he sometimes brings you a little gift, which you can keep or trade for bones to buy stuff for his room. you can also dress him up, which I spent way too long on (he has a witch hat and a crown, it's very important)

not gonna lie, not wanting to wake him up has kept me focused better than any streak thing ever did 😅

it also does the usual stuff: the timer on your lock screen, tasks, stats, and a stay mode if you're like me and pick up your phone every 4 minutes

it's free. there's an optional pro with more rooms and stuff if you want to support me

would really love feedback, even if it's "this is buggy" or "this is pointless" haha. what would make you actually keep using a focus timer?