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"Just making a cozy game isn't enough to heal a person": Why Wanderstop and its blend of introspection and tea-making has stayed with me throughout 2025
By Heather Wald published
Year in Review Year in Review 2025 | Speaking with Ivy Road founder and writer and director Davey Wreden about Wanderstop's comforting, dark infusion

After telling fans not to "expect hundreds of hours of gameplay" and delaying their indie life sim, Paralives devs unveil new footage that leaves the community worried: "Oh boy"
By Anna Koselke published
News "Definitely looks early access"

inZOI tells The Sims 4 wait, I've got this – actual schools are coming to the life sim for free, in a move fans of EA's own game have waited 11 years for: "We aim to create a real school – not a rabbit hole"
By Anna Koselke published
News All before 1.0, too

"Players should be able to see themselves": Witchbrook, the magical Stardew Valley-like life sim, unveils detailed character customization and clothing options that don't have "any limitations"
By Catherine Lewis published
News As well as a variety of skin tones and hair textures, "any hairstyle, clothing type, facial hair is up for grabs for the player"

Former Stardew Valley dev has to delay adorable new life sim for the second time, shortly after adding the most perfect piles of snow: "I've been working very hard on the game"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Sunkissed City needs more time in the sun, not the spotlight

The best Sims 4 expansion packs to buy right now
By Emma-Jane Betts, Rachel Weber last updated
Best List To celebrate the release of the Adventure Awaits pack, here are the best Sims 4 expansion packs to play right now

After 11 grueling years and 6 different versions of the game, management sim devs decide they've finally made something that doesn't suck: Tavern Keeper "wasn't fun for ages"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "It's a systems game, and it wasn't fun"

Creator of drug lord hit Schedule 1 had a backup plan so that "if Steam wouldn't take it for whatever reason, I could just pivot it to be a farming game" and "strip all the drug stuff out"
By Anna Koselke published
News Schedule 1 might've looked more like Stardew Valley
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