The lovable cozy cat game we have been watching for six years is lastly popping out

Mineko’s Evening Market, a game about incomes a residing, enjoying with cats, and hanging out with the Solar God, actually impressed us after we first checked out it in July 2017. We remained impressed after we checked it out once more in November of that very same yr—and for the file, that is not a typo, it was 2017. Now, six years down the street, it is lastly received a launch date: September 26, 2023.

By all appearances, Mineko’s Evening Market falls squarely into the “cozy game” class—as if there was any doubt after Austin Wooden dared to jot down “simply have a look at their widdle feets” in his 2017 article on the game. 

You play as Mineko, a lady who’s simply made a brand new dwelling on a “struggling superstitious Japanese-inspired island.” Way back, the inhabitants of the island worshipped Nikko, the legendary Solar Cat, however over time they fell away from the religion. Now, as insidious exterior forces encroach the island, villagers are mystified by the rising reviews of Nikko sightings in actual life. Is the Solar Cat returning to avoid wasting their lifestyle, or is one thing else afoot?

Via all of that, you’ve gotten your personal considerations to take care of: Exploring the island and city by which you reside, uncovering its secrets and techniques, finishing quests, enjoying minigames, crafting objects to promote at your Evening Market, and determining all this feline photo voltaic deity enterprise. The world of Mineko’s Evening Market will provide a four-season cycle with dozens of townsfolk to befriend and barter with as you’re employed to revive the village to its former glory.

Mineko’s Evening Market will probably be obtainable for PC on Steam and the Humble Retailer. It is also coming to Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One.