Sky: Children of the Light

It's Journey, but bigger, and with more budget. There's plenty of emotes and cosmetics to unlock for your character through gameplay, seasonal events, and tons of content. No combat, all the same emotions as Journey. It is an MMO, so there is some MTX monetization, but nothing crazy. All social contact is opt-in by consent. If you or another player don't want to see each other's character model, you don't have to. If you want to be able to talk to someone or learn their username, you both have to either sit down on the same bench, or both have to consent and spend resources to make it permanent, otherwise you are left with the chirping you get in Journey. Beautiful art style. story and locations very reminiscent of Journey.

I tried to write a long more felt review a long time ago but.. I never finished it. So let me try to more shortly convey again what this game means to me :) This is a special experience. It's not for many people. I don't think any of my steam or irl friends really tried this game. It's a very human special experience where you really get to bond with people. Not always with words. I can still remember chatting with my friends and strangers for the first time :) spent hours in the Cafe just chatting with random people. You can also get instruments and play with 15 keys. I really fell in love with this system. I played and played. for fun and enjoymenet and for fulfilment. for hours on end. Eventually I got pretty damn good :) And it EVEN lead me to buy my very own digital piano and start learning to play with all 88 keys. I still play the piano. In game and IRL. some weeks more, some less, some not at all, and sometimes playing and music is all I can think about :) It's monetary practices might be awful (and they kinda are) the devs might be slow to introduce actual content the game might have bugs and conectivity issues (it does) But for me the experience here was and is beyond words :) I will fondly think of my memories and feelins from existing within this game as I keep growing older <3 Thank you to the wholesome community. Every single player who stopped to help someone or just sat with someone for a little bit :) it all really matters. and it shows here. My rating: [b]Really Human and Wholesome 5/5[/b]