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A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?
Critter Cove is a relaxing, cozy and singleplayer game
developed and published by Gentleman Rat Studios.
Released on September 10th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 8 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, German and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 1,421 reviews of which 1,350 were positive and 71 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 17.95€ on Eneba.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX760+ or AMD Radeon 7950+ equivalent with a minimum 4GB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
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More a neutral review than anything (seriously steam why do we not have this option yet?) Also I have a tendency to ramble so TL:DR is that its a decent game to waste time on but there is a lot they could do in terms of QoL features and such to make it better. I dunno what their roadmap is like so maybe some of my concerns will be addressed in future but I'm just calling it as I see it atm as of the current update (Brains, Bones and Badges). Maybe wait for a sale if you are unsure. Critter Cove is basically Animal Crossing except you can be an animal as well instead of being the only human in a village full of animals. Plus you don't need to buy a nintendo console to play this and it doesn't run on a realtime clock system so you don't need to feel guilty if you put the game down for a while. You get sent to Critter Cove to help restore it, you build things to spruce up the place, save shipwrecked people (dubbed 'critters' in this game) which you can invite to live in Critter Cove, repair buildings to open stores which you and visiting critters can shop at. The people who live at Critter Cove will ask you for things and they even have the gibberish speak that animal crossing villagers have. Explore the islands to find more things to help improve the island etc etc. Biggest praise is probably the character creation system is pretty robust so can make a lot of different creatures like dogs, cats, lizards, even dragons and such. There is a lot of customisation to be had from body parts to skin patterns and stuff like wings or antennae. Another thing I can appreciate in this game is all your crafted chests are linked so you can store things in one chest and retrieve them from another just by swapping through the chests to find the one you originally stored it in so saves time having to constantly go back to a specific chest to retrieve it. Another is that crafting will take from any chests you have (long as you are on critter cove, it doesn't work outside of it) so again saves the trouble of finding specific things. It's a decent game to waste your time with but I admit there are a lot of things I have issues with, some nitpicky and some I think are valid. - Biggest criticism I think for me since it can tie into a lot of my other complaints is while having the chests linked is handy, its also very tedious to scroll through them all and you can't reorganise the order of them either. So if you end up building say another one for crafting materials, it will be out of order with the rest of your crafting chests. No dropdown menus either so if you have a lot of chests, it can feel like forever to get to the one you want and you might even end up skipping over it accidentally. - At present in the game there is no way to upgrade your tools, maybe this is in the pipeline down the line but it becomes very tedious to have to farm a lot of stuff plus the lack of progression in not having that is bothersome. - Some resources are REALLY tedious to farm like Resin which is needed to make wooden planks and its improved forms and you will need them a lot to repair the stores, houses for your critters to live in and some of the things you craft and when upgrading wood planks takes 2 per plank, you will run out of it really fast. You can craft the stuff sure but that can be a chore as well getting the stuff needed for it. - Moving throughout the world specifically on your water craft is so slow, you do get an 'upgrade' for it eventually but the difference is so small it hardly feels like an improvement. Some of the places you travel to take quite a while as well. - Tying into the previous point is that it feels like time moves a bit too fast in this game so you can spent what feels only like a short time out exploring and by the time you know it it's already dark and you've barely explored or done anything. - Gardening is fine to an extent but Sprinklers need more functionality, like you can build large gardening planters which are 9 tiles big but you can't put a sprinkler in the middle of them to water all the plants around it? Plus the area of effect can be finicky so trying to set up individual planters to work with it. - Money can be really hard to get in this game and by the time you start earning a decent amount from tourism and such, you've already finished just about everything so not much left to spend it on. - Menus in this game can be tedious to go through. Wether its your quest log, your crafting unlock list or even in cooking. With cooking when you unlock a lot of recipes, you have to scroll a lot to find the dish you want to make. For cooking at least, some tabs to group them into the specfic food types they are listed under would be nice. - Speaking of cooking, can be a pain as well since you have to relight the thing you are cooking with every so often and that can couple in with the tediousness of the chest orders to find stuff to light it with. Would like the ability to like throw in a bunch of a material to keep it going until the materials run out. - In crafting there is some items you can only craft one of a time of like sunglasses. It's an issue cause you can craft a sunglasses stand to sell them to tourists and your own residents but having to craft them one at a time is a slog. - Finding some crafting things is a pain since while the game does list the items other islands have to salvage, I ended up referring to the game's wiki a lot of find out where things are. Be nice if the game let you highlight on your map the most abundant places to find them. - It feels like critters ask for things WAY too often wether by approaching you or via the 'request board'. Like bruh let me go explore and salvage stuff instead of complaining for the 5th time that you are hungry or looking for decor/clothing and want me to make you something. - When building people's places, repairing stores or expanding your own home, a little mailbox thing appears telling you what you need to fix it. But unlike your own chests, they are not linked to the rest of your chests so you have to go to your chests to find the right stuff and it ties back into the chest list problem if you have a lot of them. - Quests can be a pain to track, maybe this goes into my menus complaint as well? Not sure. But the game only lets you track one quest at a time and in the case of quests that require you to get one or more items, there is no list of items needed if tracking such quests so if you have a bad memory like I do, you will be checking your quests in your journal about 5-6 times just to check what you need to grab. - I am not really a fan of the critter speak, I know there is an option to disable it but at the same time it then feels awkward without it. - Last thing to mention is the snap grid system can be very finnicky and won't always allow you to align things perfectly with buildings and the like, I get very OCD about stuff like that so it can be a problem. Anyways, thanks to anyone who was willing to read all my ramblings here. I do enjoy the game despite its flaws but I do know the game still has a lot of things it could improve on to make it a much less tedious experience. I know it's still in early access too so some of the stuff I complained about maybe they will fix in future or may already be addressing in the next patch they put out. But I am just listing my grievances for the game as of the Brains, Bones and Badges update. Feel free to check it out for yourself if it looks good to you and any of my nitpicks aren't as much of a concern to you, otherwise if you err about it maybe either wait for a future patch or even full release or get it on sale.
Great game but still needs a lot of fine-tuning throughout EA. Crafting is similar to "My time" series with commissions & in-depth workbenches - This is done really well. Social aspect plays more like AC - though it's already deeper, the devs should do more here. World looks amazing and it plays pretty well -it could do with some further optimizing however, as my CPU & GPU were hardly working and still only getting under 90fps. Hate the fishing in all honesty, it's far too easy & there is no minigame - for a game revolved around water, this should be a much bigger deal to the devs as it currently is. Will pick up again in the future, at 1.0 release.
I paid the full $25 USD for the game and I really enjoy it. I think this game is worth the money, and with some minor bug fixing and a little time to polish things off, could easily be worth $40 USD. Gameplay: I love the gameplay, it gives me a some what animal crossing vibes with a nice Immersive 3D Atmosphere. The Characters are well animated, the content is entertaining, and the game is great if you are looking for a fun game to play solo. Graphics: Depending on your preferece, the graphics and system requirements can vary. If you cannot do higher graphics and your device is a potato, then you can put on fairly budget graphics. If you have the higher-end device and want to spice things up, then you can Crank up your graphics and enjoy Beautiful Toon-Style Graphics with Terrific Textures, Supreme shadows, and an amazing ocean. Character Customization: The character design menu is extensive. You can make almost any type of character imaginable. from your average Human, to a robot or even one of the game's "Critters," there are 100's of options to choose from. not satisfied being one species? Make your character a hybrid with multiple limbs being from another species. World Customization: Your world is fairly customizable. from the NPC's who live at your town to the homes you or they live at. All of it can be customized. NPC's: In Critter cove, Aside from the few core NPC's, All NPC's Vary in appearance, Species, and personality. Furthermore, All Townsfolk NPC's will have likes and dislikes. If you give them something they Like Ex: a favorite food, clothing Style, ect. They will not only like you more, but also reward you greater. Jobs: Besides the core workforce, you'll have to hand pick a resident from your town for each job. Some residents like certain jobs, some are netural towards certain jobs, and some are Unpleased by certain jobs. Dialogue upon hire as well as Tourist feedback can hint toward these preferences. Content: The game is super addicting and has a great replay-ability factor. At the time I wrote this, I had 21 hours played and I still haven't even explored half of the Islands the Game has to offer. With all the Varying NPC's and games factors, this game is easily a great way to wind down, relax, and enjoy a little time to yourself. My overall Experience Rating: 9/10. Nothing in life is perfect, but this game is pretty damn close.
Mellow, slice-of-life in tropical island settings. Crafting not arduous. Farming can be frustrating with some things that are not "perennials" (i.e., require planting new seeds after each harvest). Most frustrating farming thing is that, after harvesting a non-perennial, it too easily lets you accidentally replant a random seed you happen to be carrying (not the one you intended). And, if that seed *is* a perennial then you can never remove it from that planter. Be careful what seeds you are carrying. (E.g., seeds you might have just harvested as a side effect from a prior planter.) Second most frustrating farming thing is that once a perennial is growing in a planter you can never remove it, which means you can never move or destroy the planter! Be careful where you place planters!!!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Critter Cove is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
No, Critter Cove is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.
Yes, Critter Cove received 1,350 positive votes out of a total of 1,421 achieving a rating of 8.99.
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Critter Cove was developed and published by Gentleman Rat Studios.
Yes, Critter Cove is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Critter Cove is not playable on MacOS.
No, Critter Cove is not playable on Linux.
Critter Cove is a single-player game.
No, Critter Cove does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Critter Cove does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Yes, Critter Cove supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Critter Cove is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Critter Cove.
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Game modes
Features
Online players
38
Developer
Gentleman Rat Studios
Publisher
Gentleman Rat Studios
Release
10 Sep 2024
Platforms
Remote Play
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