"I Am Already OBSESSED": New Stardew Valley-Like Game Lets You Raise Adorable Pixel Animals Without Leaving Your Desktop

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Anyone who's ever wished they could play a game like without leaving their desktop will be thrilled to know that the adorable is now available for purchase. The recently launched indie title is meant to offer players a delightful idle task to interact with when they need a little boost throughout their day. The game features adorable pixel art and a large variety of pets to collect, and is already receiving praise from players just two days after its release.

launched on Steam on February 17 to very positive reviews (95% out of 290 reviews are positive at the time of this writing). The cute title was created by a small two-person indie dev team CaveLiquid and brightens up players' desktops by filling the bottom of the screen with desk buddies who, according to the Steam description, ""

is a pixel-art style game that changes the bottom of players' desktops into a cute animal-raising idler reminiscent of other cozy pixel games like and The game tasks players with raising various animals like rabbits, foxes, deer, capybaras, and many more by feeding and interacting with them. Players can create more animals and strive to find the cutest colors as their little pasture grows. Though it's shown across the bottom of the screen in the game images, can be resized and placed anywhere on the screen, making it easier to multitask and adapt the game to players' current desktop tasks.

Several studies show that cozy games like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley really can be beneficial for mental health and reducing stress.

The game is already receiving plenty of praise from early players. "" writes Steam user glorp, pointing out the way the game pays special attention to even the smallest detail, like "." This review from Zylerious seems to be the consensus across the title's Steam reviews:

«It reminds me of Rusty's Retirement in that it's not intrusive if you're trying to multitask, and within 30 minutes I had a corgi running along the bottom of my screen. It's peaceful,