68%Strong matchCritter Cove
95%2k95% positive reviews, Overwhelmingly Positive across 2k reviews·Stylized · City Builder
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Explore: Wander around Saltbay Cove and develop relationships with kooky and tasty-looking villagers. Earn Money: Fish, Gamble and collect geodes daily in order to earn your keep. Upgrade: Build your sandcastle kingdom from a humble trash-can-sized home.
Strange New Tides
SteamStrange New Tides is a quirky social sim game in which you’ll explore multiple areas of a town, collect geodes, gamble at a slot machine and play a fishing mini-game to earn sea glass to pay off your debt and upgrade your humble sandlot home into a true sandcastle. For lovers of games like Animal Crossing, Strange New Tides offers a heartwarming story with two endings, memorable characters to fall in love with, addictive mini-games and personal expression through home building!
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