Each year among the various game showcases, there’s the Wholesome Direct. It’s a presentation focused on titles designed to be cozy or pleasant. The 2023 installment aired on June 10, 2023 and fell under the Summer Game Fest umbrella. While the official Twitter account teased many of the trailers that would appear and titles that would be present, here’s a quick roundup of some of the more notable games that appeared during the presentation. Four titles were shadowdrops, with Frogsong, Life After Magic, Smushi Come Home, and Toaster Ball available now.
Here’s the list of Wholesome Direct 2023 games. Most of them are indie titles, and many are multiplatform ones. If a release date was mentioned, it’s included in the list.
- Athenian Rhapsody
- Baladins – early 2024
- Beastieball
- Botany Manor
- Bubblegum Galaxy
- Button City Soccer Days
- Campfire Cat Cafe
- Ducky’s Delivery Service
- Everdeep Aurora – 2024
- Fall of Porcupine
- Fishbowl
- Feed All Monsters – June 22, 2023
- Fields of Mistria – 2024
- Flutter Away – August 3, 2023
- Frogsong – available today
- Garden Buddies
- Garden Witch Life – closed beta live
- Go-Go Town – July 3, 2023 PC playtest
- Gourdlets
- Grimoire Groves
- The Guardian of Nature
- A Highland Song
- Henry Halfhead
- I Am a Caterpillar
- Kamaeru
- KarmaZoo
- Kibu
- Lakeburg Legacies – July 20, 2023
- The Last Alchemist
- Let’s Revolution
- Life After Magic – available today
- Little Friends: Puppy Island – June 27, 2023
- Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
- A Little to the Left: Cupboards & Drawers DLC – June 27, 2023
- Loftia
- Magical Delicacy
- Manita’s Kitchen – October 23, 2023
- March of Shrooms
- Mars First Logistics
- Mineko’s Night Market – September 26, 2023
- Mirth Island
- Moonstone Island
- Orange Season –
- The Palace on the Hill – August 2023
- Pekoe
- Petit Island
- Pizza Possum
- Quilts & Cats of Calico
- Sanya
- Smushi Come Home – available today
- Snacko
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
- Solarpunk – 2024
- Sopa
- Spirit Swap
- The Star Named Eos
- Station to Station
- Sticky Business
- Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life – June 27, 2023
- Surmount
- Sushi Ben – 2023
- Tall Trails
- Tiny Book Shop
- A Tiny Sticker Tale
- Toaster Ball
- Townframe
- Townseek – early 2024
- Tracks of Thought
- Unpacking – mobile launch in 2023
- Usagi Shima – September 1, 2023
- Venba – July 31, 2023
- While the Iron’s Hot
- Wood & Weather
- Word Factori
- Wylde Flowers – new updates
There’s also a dedicated Steam page for the event for wishlisting and easily accessing demos.
Here’s the full presentation:
In case you missed it, the 2022 Wholesome Direct game roundup also featured a wide range of titles.
