Lonesome Village

$19.99

Release Date:: Nov 1, 2022
Developer:: Ogre Pixel
Publisher:: Ogre Pixel
Platforms:: Windows Mac Linux

Indie Adventure Steam Achievements Full controller support Family Sharing Single-player Steam Cloud

About This Game

Relaxing puzzle-solving and life-sim meet in a cozy, no-combat, coyote adventure!

Uncover the mysterious, magical past of Lonesome Village and save this town from the hands of evil.

You’re new to the quiet village of Lonesome, once known as Ubhora. With nothing but your can-do attitude, a map, (and a secret past?), you’re ready to find answers to your strange dreams as well as a home in this cozy community. But not everything is as it seems in the village…

The people of Lonesome have vanished and a mysterious tower has risen from the ground, bringing with it secrets of a long-buried village now disturbed. Puzzle-filled dungeon delving and cute social life simulation merge in this cute, no-combat adventure game. Take on the role of Wes the coyote and help bring this village back from the brink of destruction.

Hang out and build relationships with a variety of cute characters bursting with personality.
Make Lonesome your home - earn land in the village then build and customize your house inside and out.
Help Lonesome grow by working in your garden and fishing in the nearby lakes.

Discover hidden secrets with your Magic Glass and solve mind-bending puzzles to gain entry to and ascend a mysterious magic tower, one dark dungeon at a time.
Save villagers from a perilous stay in the tower and help bring them back home to Lonesome!

Lonesome Village is the perfect place to rest up after a long day of adventuring, with its gorgeous, inviting art style that gives a sense of calm and joy.
Uncover a detailed and fascinating world full of mystery and adventure.
Discover the gripping story of Lonesome’s origins and learn about Wes' secret past.

Long ago, in old Ubhora, there was a tower similar to the very one recently sighted by Wes. One day, that tower had mysteriously disappeared - taking every home with it. Villagers often attributed this vanishing to The Cult, a group of wizards who wanted to control the world by summoning dark, unknown powers. Of course, this didn’t end up quite as they had planned.

Many years later, Lonesome Village was founded on the same ground, and people flocked from all over the world to live there. Everything was well for a while, until the people of Lonesome soon discovered that the village wanted to remain alone. But of course, that’s where you come in.

There’s so much to be done, let’s just hope The Cult doesn’t come back to stir up any trouble while you’re working…

Ogre Pixel

2022

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User Reviews

Mixed

5 user reviews

40%

Positive

User #725867 english

2 hrs at review

Not Recommended

This is a really great starter game! The concept is cute, the art is great, the game... could be better! Theres some quality of life issues I kept running into (accidentally cancelling an option if i pressed buttons to fast, no run button, scenes loading strangely, like you get a house, chapter 2 loads you there, and theres a cutscene later about the house?) I think the devs should be proud of their work, and if they ever wanted to revisit it, I would be interested, but.... $20? no. This is a great game jam game

User #555527 english

4 hrs at review

Not Recommended

The one use case I see would be giving this to a very young child that has only played Animal Crossing but you want them to play Zelda one day. The menu controls are awkward, the villagers are lifeless fetch-quest dispensers, and every little thing needs to be reacted to so there's about 1-3 seconds where you can't press anything and it just makes everything feel so slow and clunky.

User #687746 english

3 hrs at review

Recommended

Cute, cozy puzzle solver as advertised, but could use some major quality of life changes. A lot of controls are clunky, especially because you can't use the mouse much. There are a bunch of key items you need to switch between, but you have to open your inventory every time to select a different one. This would go a lot smoother if you could have a hud bar and switch between items with scrolling. The fishing mechanic is boring, and farming is awful. Aside from needing to go into your inventory and switch between 3 different items to plant, lining yourself up with the correct plot is difficult. You should be able to hover over a plot with the mouse.