SIPS AND SONNETS In this visual novel, you run a tea shop in the British countryside and help customers with their problems through a mix of poetry and the obligatory hot beverages [ PC / 2025 / Blue Tango Street ] store.steampowered.com/app/3176190/...

TALES OF THE SHIRE One does not simply walk into the Shire. One must also decorates their Hobbit hole, build the town, cook, fish, forage, trade, and (most of all) relax [ PC, PS5, XSX, Switch / 2025 / @wetaworkshop.bsky.social @privatedivision.com ] talesoftheshire.com

"It’s not pushing pacifism; it’s about what interaction can mean beyond harm... These aren’t just 'safe' games for kids; they’re clever, inventive, and often deeply emotional experiences" Amazing review from @thevideogamelibrary.org. Thank you! thevideogamelibrary.substack.com/p/book-spotl...

SPOOKY EXPRESS Cutesy horror-themed puzzle game where you need to build a railway line to take vampires, zombies and monsters home - and stranded humans to safety [ PC, Mac, iOS, Android / 2025 / @draknek.bsky.social ] spooky.express

UNDUSTED: LETTERS FROM THE PAST Help Adora restore a range of forgotten items to learn more about her family & the stories behind each object [ PC, Switch / 2025 / 5minlab @togeproductions.bsky.social ] Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2891020/... Switch: www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...

Thank you so much to The Video Game Library for adding my book to their collection. So glad it's helped the team has found some new games to play! (You can find even more at @nvgotd.bsky.social)

NOKOMA Colourful number puzzle game. Tap a numbered tile to split it into smaller numbers, then tap matching numbers to clear the grid. [ iOS, Android / 2024 / @owlnewworlds.games ] owlnewworlds.games

MY CARD IS BETTER THAN YOUR CARD Roguelike deckbuilder in which you create your own cards using stickers, each of which has a different effect to improve your score. Design your cards, then use them to duel! [ PC / 2025 / @utustudios.com ] store.steampowered.com/app/3617620/...

PRETTY SWEET! HEALING GUARDIAN In this cosy management sim, you play a Magical Girl using candy magic to balance people's emotions and improve their lives. Developed by an artist/designer who tried her hand at game dev [ PC/ 2025 / @berrylemonadev.bsky.social ] prettysweethealingguardian.carrd.co

SOPA: TALE OF THE STOLEN POTATO Narrative adventure in which a young boy named Miho goes into his grandma's pantry for a potato and gets sucked into a magical world. Every time he returns to the kitchen, something has changed... [ PC, PS5, XSX / 2025 / Studio Bando ] sopagame.com

ISLANDERS: NEW SHORES Sequel to the acclaimed minimalist city builder, with new types of island kingdoms to create, new ways to score, and overhauled visuals [ PC, Mac, PS5, XSX, Switch / 2025 / @coatsink.com @thunderfulgames.bsky.social ] playislanders.com

The Best Non-Violent Video Games ebook is currently 99p on Google Books! You have zero excuses not to buy (well, one if you're an iPhone user) play.google.com/store/books/...

LITTLE ROCKET LAB Cosy automation game in which you build a factory and research new technologies to realise your mother's lifelong dream: to build a rocket ship! [ PC, Xbox Series X|S / 2025 / Teenage Astronauts, @nomorerobots.io ] littlerocketlab.com

NBA BOUNCE Basketball action for younger players. Choose from 30 NBA team, take to the court, and let the mayhem begin! [ PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XO, Switch / 2025 / @unfinishedpixel.bsky.social, Outright Games ] outrightgames.com/games/nba-bo...

What are you waiting for? Go pre-order my next book 😜 (Don't worry - there's a surprising among of non-violent Pokémon games)

CONSUME ME Award-winning slice-of-life game about coping as a teenager and dealing with disordered eating. Every meal is a puzzle [ PC, Mac / 2025 / @qdork.bsky.social @apthomson.bsky.social ] t.co/qwD5O8v4SJ

RITUAL OF RAVEN A story-driven farming sim where you don't farm. Instead, you entrust that to the magical constructs you enchant while you investigate the portals that are causing trouble for your village [ PC, Switch / 2025 / @spellgardengames.com @team17.com ] www.ritual-of-raven.com

MAKEROOM Cosy sandbox building game where you furnish and decorate rooms, gardens, boats, camper vans and more. There's over 1,100 items to place, and you can extensively customise all of them [ PC / 2025 / @kenney.nl @wholesomegames.com ] store.steampowered.com/app/2212670/...

WHIMSIDE Cozy creature collecting game that plays along the bottom of your PC screen. Capture and breed more creatures to unlock new biomes, and design the perfect space for your critters to call home [ PC / 2025 / @toadzillart.itch.io ] whimside.com

WOBBLY LIFE @wobblylifedev.bsky.social When Grandma sends you out to get a job, it's time to explore the physics-based sandbox in search of puzzles, mini-games, and multiplayer mayhem [ PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XO, Switch / 2025 / @rubberbandgames.bsky.social ] www.rubberbandgames.com/our-games/

HENRY HALFHEAD Quirky sandbox adventure about Henry, who is half a head with the ability to possess and control other objects near him (over 250, in fact) [ PC, Mac, Linux, PS5, XSX, Switch / 2025 / @lululu.games ] henrygame.com

GEMPORIUM In this cosy mining simulator, mine and refine the gemstones before selling them to upgrade your shop and pay off debts owed to the (quite literal) Loan Shark [ PC / 2025 / @mergeconflictstudio.com ] mergeconflictstudio.com/games/gempor...

LEGO VOYAGERS Guide two tiny Lego blocks on an epic journey to rescue an abandoned spaceship in this delightful co-op adventure. Free 'Friend Pass' means only one of you needs to own the game [ PC, PS5, XSX, Switch / 2025 / Light Brick Studio, @annapurna.com ] www.lego.com/en-gb/games/...

IDLE WATERS A relaxing idle fishing game that plays along at the bottom of your screen. Catch fish while you work, then display them in an acquarium [ PC / 2025 / Ignita Games ] store.steampowered.com/app/2963540/...

My next book release. Don't worry, there's plenty of non-violent spin-offs covered in here.

WHEEL WORLD Open-world cycling game in which you guide Kat and her ghostly daemon companion Skully on a quest to perform a ritual that will save Wheel World from collapse [ PC, Mac, Linux, PS5, PS4, XSX / 2025 / @messhof.bsky.social @annapurna.com ] annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/whe...

TINY BOOKSHOP @tinybookshopgame.com Manage and customise a tiny bookshop by the sea and get to know the locals [ PC, Mac, Linux, Switch / 2025 / Neoludic ] tinybookshopgame.com

EVERDEEP AURORA In a world where creatures live underground to avoid meteor showers, help a cat child find her mother by drilling deeper into the earth [ PC, Switch / 2025 / @nautilusdev.bsky.social @ysbryd.net ] PC: store.steampowered.com/app/2251400/... Sw: www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...

SPIRIT CITY: LO-FI SESSIONS @spiritcitylofi.bsky.social Gamified productivity tool that helps you relax and challenges you to find all the hidden spirit creatures in your customisable room [ PC, Mac / 2023 / Mooncube Games ] mooncubegames.com

INSTANTS Piece together a family's memories by arranging photos in the correct order to create a cherished album [ PC, Switch / 2025 / @endflamestudio.bsky.social ] PC: store.steampowered.com/app/2948560/... Sw: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

DATE EVERYTHING! @dateeverythinggame.bsky.social Dating sim in a pair of magical glasses bring items to life so that you can woo them. Over 100 dateable characters, incl. chairs, toilets, and the kitchen sink [ PC, PS5, XSX, Switch / 2025 / Sassy Chap Games, @team17.com ] dateeverything.com

IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Cozy puzzle game about finding the perfect spot for each character while taking into account their quirky pet peeves [ PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, iOS, Android / 2025 / @potipoti.studio @wholesomegames.com ] www.potipoti.studio

SQUEAKROSS: HOME SQUEAK HOME Solve picross puzzles to create furniture and use them to decorate the perfect home for a mouse. As featured on @wholesomegames.com Direct [ PC, Mac, Switch / 2025 / @alblune.bsky.social ] squeakross.cool

WEYRDLETS @weyrdlets.bsky.social Virtual pet simulator, where the pets live on your desktop. Also features productivity tools to help you get through your day [ PC, Mac / 2024 / Weyrdworks ] weyrdworks.com/weyrdlets

DUNK CITY DYNASTY Officially licensed NBA 3-on-3 street basketball game for mobile. Also includes full 5v5 court matches, features some of the biggest NBA superstars [ iOS, Android / 2025 / NetEase Games ] www.dunkcitymobile.com#/

AMELIA'S GARDEN Restore a rooftop garden into a paradise then gift the plants to people in need. Sequel to Tell My Your Story [ PS4, XO, XSX, Switch / 2024 / @reddeergames.bsky.social ] Sw: www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/... Xb: www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/... PS: store.playstation.com/en-gb/produc...

ISLANDS & TRAINS Stress-free building game where you create the island(s) of your drains, then lay a railway throughout. No rules, no timers, just building and trains [ PC / 2025 / @justgamedev.bsky.social @futurefriendsgames.com ] www.islandsandtrains.com

ROCKET BOOTS MANIA Multiplayer parkour game with a robust level creator. Jump, climb, wall-run, powerslide and even fly to victory [ PC / 2025 / Contra Concept ] store.steampowered.com/app/942200/R...

SQUASH AND SPELL A fun game for children, teaching them how to form letters, type on a keyboard, spell words and learn phonics [ PC, Mac, Android / 2025 / @craftypicklegames.bsky.social ] Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3387970/... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

MIND OVER MAGNET Puzzle platformer in which you use magnets to move blocks, open doors, cross gaps, and escape a dangerous factory [ PC, Mac / 2024 / @gamemakerstoolkit.com ] store.steampowered.com/app/2685900/...

Fun fact: My @nvgotd.bsky.social account has now covered 1,337 games. Does that make it leet?

VACATION TYCOON Idle mobile management game in which you create the must luxurious (or ludicrous) holiday resort, assisted by the squids, cyborgs, ghosts and more that you hire [ iOS, Android / 2022 / Hyper Hippo ] hyperhippo.com/games/vacati...

LINKITO Puzzle game in which you use wires to complete circuits, defuse bombs, and help to thwart an evil corporation's schemes [ PC / 2024 / @playdigious.bsky.social @kalinarm.bsky.social ] playdigious.com/games/linkito/

GOLFIE Roguelike deckbuilding golf game (yes, you read that right). Use cards to unleash wacky moves as you guide the ball to the end of procedurally generated courses [ PC / 2023 / Triheart Studio, @yogscast.games ] www.yogscast.games/golfie

WINDOW GARDEN Relaxing mobile game in which you grow plants and vegetables to the sound of lofi music. Inspired by the dev's experience tending to her mother's window garden during the pandemic [ iOS, Android / 2024 / Clover-fi Games ] cloverfigames.com

SIMPLER TIMES Meditative game in which you explore a young woman's childhood home as she prepares to leave, listening to music to unlock formative memories from her life [ PC / 2024 / Stoneskip Studio, @iam8bit.com ] www.stoneskip.studio/simplertimes

DESPELOTE @despelote.game Slice-of-life adventure about growing up in Ecuador as it attempts to qualify for the World Cup. Explore Quito with a ball and see what happens when you kick it someone's way [ PC, PS5, PS4, XSX / 2025 / Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, @panic.com ] despelote.game

TINY GARDEN Grow and nurture a miniature garden inside a magical toy, and discover the history of who owned said toy before you [ PC / 2025 / @aonorte.com @superraregames.bsky.social ] superraregames.com/pages/tiny-g...

AFTERLOVE EP Narrative game/dating sim/rhythm game in which you play a young musician in Jakarta coping with the death of his girlfriend. The swansong of Coffee Talk creator @fahmitsu [ PC, PS5, XSX, Switch / 2025 / @pikselnesia @FellowTravellr ] www.fellowtraveller.games/afterlove-ep

JETSTREAM Relaxing puzzle game in which you guide a plane safely to its destination, avoiding storms and using portals (among other things) [ PC, Mac, Linux / 2019 / @clockworkacorn.com @noodlecake.bsky.social ] jetstreamgame.com