The Wholesome Direct Indie Game Showcase Features Every PC Game

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Yes, it’s time for a summary of every PC game that was showcased at today’s Wholesome Direct Indie Game Showcase! It should go without saying that there are plenty of games in this collection to encourage you, as they were chosen especially for their wholesome content! Now let’s get started!

Play the Part of Artemis, the Matchmaker, with Mythmatch. Demo is currently available.

Beginning with Mythmatch, a community-building simulation based on Greek mythology, comes Wholesome Direct. To change an object, match them. Connect people by matching them. Construct adorable animals, rebuild Ithaca, and disobey the gods.

Its system requirements are relatively simple to run and it supports all controllers.

Take a Trip with Narrative-Explorer Caravan SandWitch; Demo Available Now

Caravan SandWitch is a science fiction game set in a setting reminiscent to Provence. The story of your sister’s disappearance drives the plot, which reveals itself to you on every turn.

Engage with the communities on Cigalo, offer assistance with their assignments, and make new friends in the process. Travel the world at your own pace, by foot or in your van.

Life is easy: it’s just you, your van, and the outside world—no fighting, no dying, no timer. and, of course, controller support!

Play the demo of this narrative management game to manage your tiny bookshop.

In this quaint narrative management game, you can build a small bookstore by the sea and leave everything behind. Stock your small bookstore with a variety of books and merchandise, locate your business in a picturesque area, and manage your quaint used bookstore while getting to know the community.

The controller support has returned!

Paint the World in Été, Coming to Steam on July 23rd

I think this one is particularly lovely.

Montréal is the setting for the soothing painting game Été (summer). Explore the city in color, paint on canvases, add stamps to your album, embellish your workspace, complete neighbor projects, and let your creative side loose!

Whoa, it even supports controllers!

Run Your Own Supermarket in Discounty, Coming in 2025

Take charge of your own store! Sort and replenish shelves, observe clients, negotiate local trade agreements, and develop a close-knit group of acquaintances. Turn a faltering store into a successful commercial empire in the once-thriving town. Note that not everyone in the community is interested in your success.

It literally feels like you’re playing as Stardew Valley’s Jojamart dude in my mind. Ouch!

A Point-and-Click Story Adventure, Rooster will launch in early 2025.

An emotional, narrative-heavy, lighthearted puzzle game honoring the finest aspects of traditional Chinese culture. Discover a beautifully illustrated universe filled with delightful discoveries, like cooking, locating hidden things, paper making, and other activities. An emotionally gratifying story about love and family is Guide Rooster.

Demo available now; Into The Emberlands launches on June 19th.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about this tiny game in a press release, and I’m happy to see it in Wholesome Direct getting closer to release.

Explore the Emberlands to find a mysterious, constantly-evolving environment full with unexpected encounters! To provide a safe refuge for your people, gather resources, reconstruct your community, and save the inhabitants who got lost in the Miasma.

Picross is Squeakross. However, with cheese? In 2025

To create the ideal home for your rodent friend, solve puzzles in Squeakross: Home Squeak Home and turn them into furnishings. In this charming, cozy game, gather hundreds of decorations, accessories, and stickers!

This approach to Picross is somewhat different. I enjoy solving these riddles, and I’m happy that there is now a prize!

Manage a Rescue for Critters at Critter Cafe

Here at your Critter Café, welcome! Look for imaginative creatures who require your assistance and construct a new dwelling with them. Give each Critter a comfortable place to live by remodeling your café, developing relationships with your animals, and learning the meaning behind enigmatic gateways.

Later this year, Garden of the Sea invites you to construct a home and unwind.

A relaxed living sim where you can explore, create, and play on enchanted islands. Construct a home, tend to a garden, raise animals, explore the nearby ocean, and settle down!

Strangely, the trailer ends by mentioning that the game will be available on Steam, the Nintendo Switch, and Steam Deck. With this one, I suppose they’re going for a portable audience.

Fantastic Haven: Rescue Endangered Fantastical Creatures, Prologue Available Now, Full Game in Q3 2024

Restore magic’s balance by rescuing threatened fantastical animals. Construct a shelter to welcome and shield them, discover new areas, mobilize surrounding communities behind your cause, and rehabilitate animals in their native habitats.

In Crab God, Start Your Own Crab Colony! Demo is currently available.

The atmospheric underwater strategy game is called Crab God. Navigate your Crabling colony through the untamed depths of the ocean while protecting the next Crab God’s egg. As you advance in the game, restore and safeguard a variety of coral reefs, contributing to positive change in the real world. Waves, acclaim the claw!

We’ll have to wait and see because, although the game’s page on the Steam store indicates that it releases on June 20, the video makes no mention of that.

Get ready for a frosty ride with ILA: A Frosty Glide, available now.

Enter a fanciful tiny open world as ILA, a lively young witch-in-training, and explore it on a mystical island with her trusty skatebroom. As you get to the top, explore, discover hidden locations and items, and hone your magic and flying skills.

Sally: Explore the Skies, Demo Available Now, Early Access in Q4 2025

Sally is a life-simulation game about belonging and community. Take off on an amazing adventure in a magical flying ship. Handle everyday life as a child with a varied crew that is exclusive to each game. Among your new family, craft, cook, farm, construct, and explore the skies as you grow into the person you want to be.

Dungeons of Hinterberg: New Trailer Unveiled; July 18th Release Date; Demo Available Now

Discover the mystery concealed in Hinterberg’s dungeons as you explore the picturesque alpine village with a tourist guide in tow and a sword in hand! In Hinterberg, you can learn magic, solve riddles, and defeat monsters—among many other things!

In Fruitbus, starting in October 2024, operate a nutritious food truck! Demo is currently available.

In your comfortable and personalized food truck, you’re in for a flavorful and friendship-filled voyage! Gather fresh ingredients to make your own menu, then prepare home-cooked meals to fill people’s bellies and spirits. Take one apple at a time and change the world.

FreeRide: Find Your Way will be available on Steam in Q1 2025; the demo is currently accessible.

In Freeride, the focus is on YOU. In this quirky role-playing game, take a train to the Spirit World, where you can meet friends, utilize telekinesis, uncover mysteries, eat ice cream, and choose your own adventures. Every character has a distinct set of problems, and by guiding them on their journey, you may also discover yourself.

Kamaeru: A Refuge for Frogs Is Now Open!

Create a frog refuge and improve the wetlands’ biodiversity in Kamaeru, a cute farming sim where you can raise frogs by customizing your habitat and engaging in minigames. Leap straight into it!

You’ll need to figure out how to gather each of the more than 500 frogs that need to be taken care of!

The charming hidden object game Lost and Found Co. has a demo available right now!

A hidden object adventure set in a cosy, immersive setting is called Lost and Found Co. Accompany a group of eccentric individuals on their magnificent voyage around many enchanted locales. Discover missing objects, work puzzles, and aid a small dragon in regaining her strength!.

Explore Littelands at Your Own Speed; Demo Will Soon Be Available

If you know where to look, the Littlelands region is full of unusual people and amazing settings to uncover. For an adventurous small child like you, even the most mundane activities like picking berries, looking for hidden treasure, or simply strolling through these lands may be an incredible journey.

Although the demo is stated in the video as being available now, it seems that there was a misunderstanding between the publisher and developers, and the demo has since been delayed.

A Physics Puzzler Inspired by… is called POOOOL. Alright, Pool. And it’s available right now!

In the little, pool-themed physics puzzler POOOOL, you must group balls of the same size to make larger ones while attempting to leave space for more. Improve your throwing abilities, chase your high score, and share scores with pals!

Find the Differences in 2025 with Tiny Lands 2

With Tiny Lands 2’s calming sensation of photorealistic microscopic scenes, expand your perception to new heights. Explore the handcrafted 3D dioramas to discover the stories and distinctions. Are they all there?

That bread looks really good.

Manage a Sushi Bar in Rolling Hills is Currently Available on Steam!

In Rolling Hills, a life simulation about operating your own restaurant in a quaint community, you can serve sushi like a robot chef. While you hone your skills, make new friends, buy supplies, upgrade your store, and make a positive impact on your neighbors’ life!

This one was in the showcase and I hadn’t heard of it before, so even though it was released a few days ago, here it is!

On Your Tail, releasing later in 2024, features intriguing characters and mysteries; the demo is available now.

On Your TailTM is a sleuthy story-driven 3D life sim about relaxation, exploration, and knowing how to play your cards well. Set out on an interesting seaside trip you won’t soon forget.

On Your TailTM, which is set in the quaint beach town of Borgo Marina, chronicles the exploits of the adventurous Diana as she searches for the ideal summer getaway. That implies three things to an inquisitive soul like her: discover her new surroundings while getting to know the quirky locals, relax with some of the most well-known local pastimes, and solve some of the most perplexing local mysteries of Borgo Marina.

In Spilled, clean up the ocean!A New Demo Is Now Available!

Clean up the trash from the water in this calming and fulfilling cozy game! Recycle, get money, improve your boat, and so on! Investigate and tidy up new locations with greater trash and fresh difficulties!

The game looks much better now, I must say, thanks to the recent demo update’s improved graphics!

A Unique Game Inspired by Rural India, The Palace on the Hill is Available Now!

A touching tale of aspiration, hardship, and camaraderie, told from the viewpoint of a small child in a fictitious rural Indian community in the 1990s. Discover the remains of an old palace, plant a garden, prepare Indian cuisine, do errands for oddball people, and create artwork to discover more about your past.

An Update with a Story for Travelers Rest is Coming in July!

Build, cultivate, craft, and cook! To become the greatest tavern keeper in the kingdom of Travellers Rest, you will need to make use of all the resources at your disposal. As you explore the planet and its vibrant personalities, create dishes and drinks that are distinctive and pleasing to your consumers.

The game will now have a plot and a city to explore thanks to the latest update.

Find a… Taken Potato… Coming August 2024 in SOPA

When Miho enters the cupboard to get his grandmother a potato, he enters a wonderful, wonder-filled world. Explore the depths of South America, meet eccentric personalities, and discover the significance of the things we pass on in this moving story of an emotional journey that will stay with you forever.

Everyone is suffering from amnesia in their thoughts right now!

Welcome to the team! The passengers suffer from a severe case of forgetting; set out on a path of self-discovery molded by your individuality. Playing as a lost ladybug in a lighthearted card-based role-playing game, you must talk to everyone on board to find out the train’s hidden destination!

In summary:
All of it pertains to Wholesome Direct! I haven’t included the few montages from the Wholesome Direct in this list because they passed by quickly and didn’t provide separate trailers. However, if you’d like to look at Wholesome titles on Steam, now is a great time to do so! The games that were included in the Wholesome Direct are also listed!

As always, I hope you found this list of Wholesome Direct titles helpful. Until we meet again!

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