New free game has serious Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing vibes

A newly released cozy multiplayer game is completely free to play, and it should appeal to fans of games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. It's been an exciting time to be a cozy gamer with Stardew Valley recently released its Switch 2 version and Animal Crossing: New Horizons ready for its first major update in years. Cozy gaming fans are frankly spoiled for choice, but they might want to prioritize checking out a recently released game.

Heartopia is a new cozy game that just had its full version 1.0 on January 7th for Android and iOS devices. Fans of the genre should be sure of that Heartopia checking out all the cozy music boxes. Players can build their own house, garden, fish, farm, customize their character with special clothes, adopt pets like dogs and cats and interact with local people. It is a full scale Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley-style cozy gaming experience that you can play on your phone without paying a dime.

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Heartopia has received an overwhelmingly positive reception since its 1.0 release, with the game currently enjoying a 4.8 rating on the Play Store after 22,000 reviews. Heartopia has proven to be an instant hit, with over 1 million downloads and counting. If you are a cozy game fan interested in seeing what Heartopia is about, feel free to go to the app store on your mobile device, install it and try it. There are microtransactions, but you can still enjoy the game as a completely free player.

Heartopia doesn't have much in the way of completely original ideas, but it has a cute art style with 3D graphics that should help it set itself apart from the pixelated look of Stardew Valley. It effectively takes ideas from other cozy games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing and presents them in a mobile-friendly format, and it's proven to be a recipe for success so far.

Is Heartopia coming to Steam?

There are many gamers who do not like to play games on their phone and may prefer to play something similar Heartopia on Steam. The good news is that Heartopia is currently available on PC via direct download via the game's site, but the bad news is that the Steam version still hasn't launched. An exact release date for Heartopia on Steam has yet to be revealed, but it's expected to drop on Valve's digital storefront by the end of the year.

Unfortunately no console version of Heartopia has been announced so far, so it's unclear if the game will make it to PlayStation, Switch, or Xbox. You have to imagine Heartopia continues to enjoy the kind of success it has had thus far, that ports to other platforms must at least be considered. Heartopia seems like the sort of cozy game that would absolutely blow up on something like the Switch, and so hopefully news on that front will come sooner rather than later.

Switch 2 players may not have access to Heartopiabut they will soon get to play an exclusive cozy game in the form of Pokemon Pokopiaset for a March 5th release date as of this writing.

In the meantime, Heartopia fans can look forward to more updates for the game in the coming months. Heartopia is a free-to-play after all, so expect it to get more updates than something like this Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing. Cozy gaming fans who need something new to play should definitely look into giving Heartopia an attempt. It's free.