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[ArtHands]

Wholesome Direct returns June 7 at 9am PT / 12pm ET! Surprise releases, world premiere game announcements, and more. See the future of cozy and uplifting gaming with an hour of exclusive footage and announcements from 60+ amazing indie games in Wholesome Direct, an indie showcase celebrating emotionally resonant video games that inspire optimism, joy, and introspection https://wholesomegames.com/ #cozygames #indiegames #summergamefest

Wholesome Direct 2025

Wholesome Direct returns June 7 at 9am PT / 12pm ET

store.steampowered.com

Starting soon

 

[hououinkyouma00]

 

[TintoConCasera]

Wholesome huh?

 

[Holammer]

Presentation is cringe, but games are interesting.

All that effort on 3d graphics in Story of Seasons, only to see a similar pixel art game by a solo dev absolutely destroy it in sales.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Yeah all the showcases today are easy skips. They are uh how you say, targeted to the modern audience.

 

[touchfuzzy]

There's always a couple interesting games in this one but the presentation is cringe and there's a lot of woke junk too. I'll skim it later.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

I just can't watch this live, I might die of second hand embarrassment. Will check out the trailers later.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Sorry I don't see it... all the wholesome chungus facade can't cover this is a "WannaBeTheNextStardewValleyfest"

 

[nikos]

Yeah, I'm out. Couldn't watch that garbage anymore.

Any game interesting enough will end up on my radar anyway.

 

[Holammer]

I'm watching so you guys don't have to.

Everdeep Aurora got a date, July 10th.
PC & Switch.

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Westone's Milano no Arubaito is getting a modern release & translation. A hidden gem on the PS1.
PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Steam

 

[Kacho]

My daughter likes these games but these women with shit in their noses talking about being queer and shit is way inappropriate for her lol

 

[Kataploom]

What do indie have devs have with deers? Did they get some trauma from Bambie they haven't recovered from or what? That and foxes

 

[TintoConCasera]

What do indie have devs have with deers? Did they get some trauma from Bambie they haven't recovered from or what? That and foxes

They are forest animals without the danger of a bear or a wolf, so they are comfy-core.

Or some shit like that, I dunno.

 

[Holammer]

Wholesome Direct 2025

Wholesome Direct returns June 7 at 9am PT / 12pm ET

store.steampowered.com

All games (or most) shown on the stream are listed here.
Personal notables include Wildwoods, The Great Coffee Caper & Big Hops.

 

[GHG]

My daughter likes these games but these women with shit in their noses talking about being queer and shit is way inappropriate for her lol

It's they/them you bigot!

 

[Kacho]

It's they/them you bigot!

The stream comes off as an excuse to push LGBT nonsense. Very weird.

 

[GHG]

The stream comes off as an excuse to push LGBT nonsense. Very weird.

Without fail, all of the hosts are a disaster.

It's almost like the people who run this didn't get the memo.

 

[bender]

Westone's Milano no Arubaito is getting a modern release & translation. A hidden gem on the PS1.
PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Steam

Hype. Thanks for pointing this out.

 

[Kacho]

Without fail, all of the hosts are a disaster.

It's almost like the people who run this didn't get the memo.

Yep. It does a disservice to the games they're showing.

 

[Draugoth]

Balatro, Slay The Spire, Silksong, Hades...

 

[Plies]

AJUMP23 , do you play Indies?

 

[Kacho]

Squeakross looks like an interesting picross clone. Demo up.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Balatro, Slay The Spire, Silksong, Hades...

 

[DeepEnigma]

More like Loathsome Direct with those presenters.

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

Lot's of interesting looking games.

 

[NahaNago]

This wholesome direct was a bit weaker this year.

 

[AJUMP23]

AJUMP23 , do you play Indies?

Yes. There are many I love. Shovel knight. Dead cells. Hades. And others.

 

[ArtHands]

Some of the titles that pique my interest

Monument Valley 3

Is This Seat Taken?

Winter Burrow

Vending Dokan!: Kozy Kiosk

 

[ByWatterson]

If there's one thing we haven't seen enough of in the last half decade, it's depression simulators.