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Instants, a story-rich puzzle game that tells its narrative through a series of family photo albums, has launched alongside the Wholesome Direct. Throughout the game you’ll watch the family grow and experience significant life events like learning how to ride a bike, family vacations, and moving house. You know, all that sentimental stuff that brings…
When Spring rolls around each year, so many people I know will flock to fields and forests to gather wild garlic. But, that’s as far as their foraging goes. When woodlands are filled with mushrooms ripe for the picking, the same crowd of enthusiastic gatherers don’t trust themselves to collect everything edible because there’s more…
Now that I’ve put aside Balatro (for now) and Blue Prince (for now), I’m on the lookout for the next creative and unusual roguelike. And I may have just found it: at Wholesome Games Direct today, there was a trailer for Omelet You Cook, a game where you make breakfast for a series of picky…
Powerwashing is great, but sooner or later everything is clean. And yeah, it’ll get dirty again one day and you’ll be able to leap back into industrial cleaning action, but what to do until then? Here’s one idea: Blowing leaves. Leaf blowers in the real world are a scourge upon humanity: Howling noisemakers that irritate…
I’m sure that owning an enterprise of vending machines in Japan probably hasn’t ever climbed onto your lifelong bucket list. It definitely wasn’t anywhere on mine. But after spending more time than I’d like to admit in Vending Dokan!: Kozy Kiosk, I’m starting to think it’s a business I should tap into. I played the…
Haunted Paws has received a new trailer as part of the Wholesome Direct this year, giving a further look into what the life of a puppy trying to track down their owner would look like. Except it’s not your normal manhunt; you’ll have to work your way through a haunted house instead. At least you…
Ever since the sandbox city builder Gourdlets was released last August, the most requested feature players have been asking for is co-op. After almost a year, Gourdlets Together has now been announced with a new trailer as part of Wholesome Direct. It’s a multiplayer spin-off that lets you and your friends come together for an…
I strapped on my crampons for an initial peek at Abiotic Factor’s Cold Fusion update back in April, but at the time it wasn’t wholly clear how it would tie into the run up to the game’s 1.0 launch. Now though, developer Deep Field Games has stated explicitly that Cold Fusion is the 1.0 launch,…
Forever Skies was one of the more intriguing early access survival projects that sprawl across Steam like a forest of (choppable) trees. The premise was basically “What if Subnautica, but in the sky?” which given Subnautica is one of, if not the best survival game in existence, is a pretty exciting concept. Plus, you get…
While opening last night’s Summer Game Fest showcase, host and Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley noted how 2025 has been marked by the surprise successes of smaller game projects. Alongside “indie creations” that “stand side by side with heavyweights,” Keighley shouted out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive, which he called “a monumental achievement”…