Remember Sticky Business, the cozy sticker simulation game with over 4,000 overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam? Well, Spellgarden Games is returning to its sim roots with Thrifty Business, originally announced during December 2025’s Wholesome Snack. Today, the developer announced the cozy thrift shop management sim’s mid-May release date, launching for PC and Mac.…
During today’s Xbox Partner Preview 2026, AdHoc Studio announced that its superhero workplace comedy game Dispatch is coming to Xbox later this year. The game is by the writers and directors of games like The Wolf Among Us, and is set in modern-day Los Angeles.…
Originally announced for a Western release in December 2024, K-pop Idol Stories:…
I’ll be honest: I’m still obsessed with Sticky Business. I’ve been obsessed…
I have been intensely craving a cute, cozy, stress-free management sim for months now. I’ve played games with some of those elements, sure, but nothing has really captured my attention or had every element. I’ve had my eye on Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge for a while now; it checks all…
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Promise Mascot Agency has the most curious genre description I’ve seen in quite some time: open world mascot management crime drama. Management, crime, and drama are all great (and common) genres. But mascot management? What the heck?! That’s so cool it should already be a thing! I love when developers…
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If you want an accurate game about dinosaurs, please avert your eyes. Newly-announced shop sim Amber Isle features prehistroic animals from a range of eras, living side-by-side. (Fun fact: Stegosaurus lived more than 80 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex.) And as a bonus, they are all adorable. Amber Isle has…
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Developed by Introversion Software, prison architect is a management game about construction and maintaining a maximum security prison. It won a BAFTA in the Persistent Game category and sold over two million copies. In 2019, Paradox Interactive acquired the rights for the Prison Architect franchise for an undisclosed amount of…
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There are very few feelings as odd as being a video game journalist and playing a video game about being a journalist. News Tower gets very close to this, except it is more about managing journalists and newspapers. The newspaper tycoon management sim is set in 1930s New York City,…
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I get that voxel art is super trendy right now, and normally I’d rebel against the trends… but I’m super into it. It’s retro yet contemporary at the same time. As Britney Spears says, gimme more! Station to Station is a cozy, voxel art railway sim that falls solidly into…
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Tea Garden Simulator first launched in early access back in April 2021, but today it’s been fully released for PC via Steam. The immersive experience has players exploring the world of tea production, from selecting terroir and clones to mastering plucking and processing. Basically, become a tea scientist and make…
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Not to be confused with Quilts & Cats of Calico, Calico is a cute, cozy, and magical café game. It’s available almost everywhere right now, with one noticeable gap: PlayStation. This will be remedied later this year, as the game plus updates (known as Calico: Pawsome Edition) will be coming…
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I adore stickers, though I’m super picky about where I put them. As a kid in the early ’90s, I had one of those books (okay, many of them) of stickers that let you stick and peel and stick and peel; it was a huge playground pastime to trade. Smelly…
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Pathea Games has been busy: in addition to My Time at Sandrock, launching later this year, the developer now has another game launching this year. Let’s School is a charming low-poly sim-management game where players take on the role of a school principal trying to make their school the best…
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