Tiny Glade is a cosy, sandbox city-building game (more specifically, a diorama builder) where players can construct castles, ruins, and other buildings from the medieval era. It was developed and published by Pounce Light and was released on 23 September 2024 for Windows. Many reviewers describe this as a 'cosy game'.[1][2]
Gameplay
Tiny Glade is a cosy sandbox diorama builder. It does not include any sort of traditional challenge, and the players are given the freedom to do anything with the tools that are at their disposal. The game has a medieval theme and allows for building castles, ruins, cottages and so on.[3][1] Although players construct buildings in pan mode, they have the option of viewing them in first-person mode.[4]
Development
Tiny Glade received a lot of attention during its pre-release stage due to the fact that it had reached over 800,000 wishlists on Steam (a feature that gamers use to get notified when the game releases or the price reduces) by June 2024.[2] The title was also the fourth most-played demo on Steam Next Fest.[1] This game has also been nominated for the best self-published indie game in the Golden Joystick Awards of August 2024.[5] The game was then released on 23 September 2024.[2]
Reception
The game has received 'mixed or average reviews' on Metacritic with a score of 74 out of 100 both overall and for the PC version.[6]. It has also been considered to be a cosy game by various reviewers.[1][2]
Pre-release
A pre-release review from Rock Paper Shotgun in June 2024 finds the cosy game "with enough whimsigoth finery that you'll soon lament that you can't actually live inside your glorious creations".[7]
Post-release
Rock Paper Shotgun also released at post-release review by Christian Donlan, stating that "it feels like we've been here before" and compares it with Summerhouse, another city-building game.[8] Meanwhile, PC Gamer says that the game is "unwaveringly orthodox" as "everything is awash in a pleasantly low-detail pastel goodness that begs desperately to be loved".[9]IGN finds a sweet spot that "a small slice of flow state to pamper your brain" and makes "the real world seem very far away"[4]
