Here’s a List of All the Wholesome Direct 2021 Games

Wholesome Direct returned during E3 2021 season with a presentation that featured over 75 games. The stream was 45-minutes long with a focus on uplifting and positive titles. Keen readers will notice a surprising number of games about making soup, being a cat, being a frog, and living a witchy life.

• A Little to the Left (PC, October 21, 2021) – Puzzle title about organizing household items.
• A Walk with Yiayia (PC, TBD) – Casual adventure about walking with your grandmother after she lost her confidence from a recent fall.
• Alekon (PC, available now) – A puzzle and photography sim where you snapshot whimsical creatures.
• Amber Isle (PC, coming soon) – Play as a shopkeep on an island with prehistoric inhabitants.
• APICO (PC, 2022) – Beekeeping and management sim.
• BattleCakes (PC and Xbox platforms, 2021) – Turn-based RPG where you can fight or make friends with confectionary foes.
• Bear & Breakfast (PC and Switch, 2021) – Play as a bear running a bed and breakfast in the woods.
• Beasts of Maravilla Island (PC and Switch, available now) – 3D adventure and photography sim with unique animals.
• Behind the Frame (PC and mobile, coming soon) – Help an artist finish her paintings set against the backdrop of an emotional story.
• Bird Problems (PC, TBD) – Comical story about an anxious canary making friends.
• Book of Travels (PC, TBD) – Leisurely and atmospheric TMORPG.
• Button City (Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, Q3 2021) – Low-poly adventure about saving a local arcade as a fox.
• Cat Cafe Manager (PC, TBD) – Management sim about running a cat cafe.
• Cat Designer Mocha (Mobile, TBD) – Crayon aesthetic drag-and-drop title.
• Clawfish (PC, available now) – Fishing arcade sim with a crane game.
• Cloud Jumper (PC, coming soon) – Sky exploration title with floating islands.
• Co-open (PC, available now) – A child buying groceries for the first time on their own.
• Dordogne (PC and Switch, 2021) – Narrative-drive puzzle game about revisiting memories.
• Dreamland Confectionery (PC and Switch, 2023) – Puzzle and baking title set in a dream.
• Fire Tonight (PC and Switch, August 12, 2021) – Narrative-drive puzzle title set against the backdrop of a city on fire.
• Floppy Knights (PC, 2021) – Turn-based strategy with card-game and tactical elements.
• Fossil Corner (PC, available now) – Fossil-collecting and puzzle title about a retired paleontologist.
• Freshly Frosted (Switch, PlayStation platforms, Xbox One platforms, and PC, 2021) – Puzzle game with conveyor belts.
• Frogsong (PC, 2021) – Action RPG about a frog.
• Game Director Story (PC, 2021) – Satirical management sim about the AAA game industry.
• Garden Story (PC and Switch, 2021) – Action RPG and town building sim with garden-variety characters.
• Here Comes Niko! (PC and Switch, coming soon) – 3D platformer with fishing, puzzles, bug-catching, and a frog buddy.
• Hoa (PC, Switch, PlayStation platforms, and Xbox One platforms, August 24, 2021) – Puzzle platformer with hand-painted art.
• Hot Pot for One (PC, available now) – Cooking simulator.
• KeyWe (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC, August 31, 2021) – Co-op puzzle platformer staring kiwi birds.
• Kokopa’s Atlas (Switch, PC, PlayStation platforms, and Xbox platforms, TBD) – Crafting and cultivation RPG.
• Kotodama Diary (mobile, available now) – Pet management title where animals change based on the words you use.
• KreatureKind (Switch, Android, and PC, TBD) – Approachable deck builder and card battler.
• Lake (PC in September 1, 2021, Xbox Series X in Fall 2021) – Narrative-based adventure game about delivering mail in a small town.
• Lego Builder’s Journey (PC and Switch, June 22, 2021, out on Apple Arcade now) – Puzzler with Lego dioramas.
• Letters (Switch and PC, late 2021) – Hand-drawn puzzler about pen pals and friendship.
• Loadlenaut  (PC, December 2022)– Creature-raising survival game in the ocean, live on Kickstarter.
• Lonefarm (PC, 2021) – Farming and driving sim in the South Pacific.
• Luna’s Fishing Garden (PC, June 16, 2021) – Fishing and building title with 2D platforming elements.
• Moonglow Bay (Xbox platforms and PC, 2021) – Fishing sim with a focus on building human relationships.
• Moonshell Island (PC, TBD) – Top-down Zelda-like action RPG.
• Mythic Ocean (Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, coming soon and available now on PC) – Narrative-driven game with underwater exploration.
• Ooblets (PC and Xbox One, available now) – Farming and creature-collecting life sim.
• Paralives (PC, TBD) – Life sim about building a dream house and managing characters’ lives.
• Passpartout 2 (TBD, TBD) – Draw and sell art as a struggling artist with a puppet aesthetic.
• Pekoe (PC, 2022) – Tea-making sim about self-care and cats.
• Please Be Happy (PC, Switch, PlayStation platforms, and Xbox platforms, 2021) – LGBTQ+ visual novel about being happy.
• PowerWash Simulator (PC, available now) – Relaxing and satisfying cleaning sim.
• Princess Farmer (PC, 2021) – Visual novel meets match-three gameplay about farming bunnies.
• Pupperazzi (PC, TBD) – Dog photography sim.
• Rainbow Billy (PC, PlayStation platforms, Xbox platforms, and Switch, TBD) – 2.5D adventure RPG about restoring color.
• Recolit (PC, coming soon) – Story-driven 2D mystery adventure.
• RoboCo (PC, coming soon) – Sandbox and physics title about designing robots.
• Sally (TBD, TBD) – Crafting and management game about living on an airship.
• Seasonspree (PC and Switch, Summer 2021) – Time-control 2D title about growing friendships and enjoying the change in seasons.
• Shashingo (PC, TBD) – Japanese language learning aid with photography gameplay.
• SkateBIRD (PC, Switch, and Xbox One, August 12, 2021) – Skateboarding sandbox starring birds.
• Snacko (Switch and PC, 2021) – Farming sim and action RPG starring cats.
• Soup Pot (PC and Xbox platforms, Q3 2021) – Cooking sim with an in-game social media platform.
• Spirit Swap (PC, 2022) – Lo-fi beats to match-three to.
• Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight (Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, 2021 and available now on PC) – 3D platformer designed by an artist who worked on FFXIV.
• Teacup (PC, TBD) – Narrative adventure about a shy frog collecting tea-making ingredients.
• The Garden Path (PC, 2021) – Slice-of-life sim about gardening and friends.
• The Gecko Gods (PC, Switch, PlayStation platforms, and Xbox platforms, TBD) – Puzzle-platformer where you play as a gecko on an ancient island.
• The Magnificent Trufflepigs (Switch and PC, available now) – First-person metal-detecting adventure in the English countryside.
• The Outbound Ghost (PC and Switch, July 12, 2021) – Adventure mystery about a ghost learning about their death and the afterlife.
• Toodee and Topdee (PC, TBD) – 2D platformer with push-block and balance puzzles.
• Tracks of Thought (PC, coming soon) – Story-driven self-exploration RPG with card-based conversations.
• Unpacking (PC, 2021) – Isometric zen puzzle title about decorating and organizing.
• Venba (PC, Winter 2021) – Cooking game where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada.
• We Are OFK (Switch and PC, Spring 2021) – LGBTQ+ narrative-driven story about the making of a band.
• Witchery Academy (PC and Switch, coming soon) – Life and agriculture sim about being a witch.
• Witchy Life Story (PC, 2022) – Narrative and crafting sim about harvesting, making friends, and possible romance.
• Woodo (PC, Switch, and Apple iOS, TBD) – 3D puzzle game about building a world with an imaginary friend.
• Wytchwood (PC, 2021) – Crafting adventure game set against the backdrop of gothic fairytales.
• Yokai Inn (PC and mobile devices, TBD) – Slice-of-life sim inspired by Harvest Moon with detailed pixel art dioramas.

Here is the full Wholesome Direct 2021.