Spirittea

Beautiful pixel art, addictive gameplay, fantastic writing, and very cozy Ghibli aesthetics. Much love to this little gem!

Davvero molto cozy! Carinissimo.

very cozy game with cute graphics and large map! love the Stardew Valley vibe with Japanese elements like the bathouse and shrines! highly recommend! :)

I've seen many people complaining about the art style in this game. I don't really agree. I think it's cute and charming. It definitely does lack a certain cohesiveness, but it doesn't take away from the gameplay at all. The aesthetics are made through the subject matter more than actually how it looks. I will say though, that while exploring and clicking on random stuff is definitely fun, the art style makes it very difficult to tell interactable items between just decoration, which can get frustrating. So far, the gameplay and story has been very fun, and somewhat challenging. The game doesn't walk you through everything, or when it does, it can be easy to forget. Some googling required. But I think that's better than super easy. Dialogue is cute, stories haven't gotten repetitive yet but I could see them possibly turning into that.

I loved the demo of this game and finally was able to buy it. I'm finding mini games that you normally don't find in the genre. It doesn't hold your hand with anything other than how to run the bathhouse. It took a bit to find where to get a shovel and fishing rod. I think it's pretty well balanced so far. I make just enough money to buy an upgrade every few days or a new tool. I also really like the theme and the overall vibe. Super cozy. So far I've found a cooking mini game, plus you can cook at your house. There does seem to be bug catching and fishing. There is a karaoke game too. All that on top of running the bathhouse. There are also locked areas and areas of the map that are covered in clouds, so I think there's lots to do.

Very unique farm sim, feels like a lot of love went into this game. I enjoy all the odd mechanics and figuring things out, as well as all the minigames!

Can't run. My run button doesn't work. I can only walk at the slowest pace ever. It seems to work fine for a minute or two but once I walk north and south he can only walk at the slowest pace. Sometimes walking inside a house fixes it but only until I walk n/s again. There have been reports of other people having this problem. Walking to the bathhouse takes forever. https://www.reddit.com/r/Spirittea/comments/17ugh1v/slow/ Update: it works fine on GeForce but not my laptop. Yes, I have minimum specs. I will not change my review because even though I like this game and will spend more time in it, I shouldn't have to subscribe to geforce to play a game that should run natively. Especially one with such low spec requirements.

If you love Japan, yokai, and Stardew. I really think you will love this game too. It's is very relaxing. There are lots of mini-games. There are lots of characters to talk to and become friends with; I'm assuming there is a quest-line to woe some of them, but I haven't gotten that far yet. The mini-games are karaoke, cooking, fishing, and bug catching so far. The hunt for the spirits is very fun. There's plenty of tips to find them. The bath house makes decnet money. The only thing is I would get the guide. Guessing about the spirits and who to sit next to who is a bit of a pain. There are a few things I have had to look up besides that, but overall I am really enjoying this game.

I actually love this game. At 38 hours of playtime I have now finished majority of the NPC quests, unlocked about 2/3 sections of the Onsen, & still have a large amount of the end-game spirit quests to complete. This game tickled every part of my brain & I really hope the developer expands the world of Spirittea in the future, or makes more games like this as I have been left wanting more! Some random things I enjoyed/found refreshing: - Completing quests for NPCs was actually fun! They each were unique & had me doing something different gameplay-wise every time. No repetitive endless fetch-quests to be found here unlike many other similar games in the genre. - I loved how there is a large amount of unique objects you can find (or steal!) in the world/town that you can just collect & place in your home or Bathhouse as furniture/decor (as long as they aren't required for a quest which some things you find will be). - Managing & upgrading the bathhouse is it's own self-contained Management Sim all on its own, & since I love those kinds of games I found the bathhouse gameplay here to be really enjoyable. - Exploring & experimenting with the overworld is rewarding, with lots of secrets/puzzles to find & figure out as you play. Exploring never really left me empty handed. - The whole aesthetic of the town is very unique & I liked how it all looked. Set in the modern day, in a rural Japanese small town is a cool setting & I'd love to see more of that in other life-sim games.

I played this game for a year and a half now. Seeing its yokai puzzles and inventory management improved in the second update is great. While tending the spirits in the bathhouse is still relaxing, I wish Cheesemaster could allow more neighbors to work the same jobs. The 2.0 update also struggles to slow down within certain areas now, like at the Bathhouse, I've experienced a sudden lag spike due to the amount of spirits in the main area. Hopefully I'll see a new update patch this error soon. This game was intentionally for anyone still using a windows 7 computer after all.