Calico is a low stress day-in-the-life community-sim where you move to a town of magical girls and are given a harrowing yet adorable task: make the town's cat café active and full of cuddly creatures again! You will journey to a small village of Magical Girls and other fantastical friends to fix up the cat cafe, as well as fill it with furniture, decorations, yummy pastries and most importantly cats!
About the story
You have inherited your aunt's local cat cafe, and your job is bring it back to life again while helping out the townspeople with their problems.
Platforms
Stadia Mac Switch PC PS4 PS5 XONE Series X|SGenres
Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) SimulatorThemes
Fantasy Kids Open world Sandbox
Languages: English and 9 more
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Media
Critic Reviews
Rectify Gaming
By Tyler NienburgIf you are someone looking for a brand new game to play, I wouldn’t recommend this game as it does have a lot of negatives compared to positives.
Thumb Culture
By Thumb CultureCalico is a relaxing and whimsical game filled with adorable animals, a strong community of NPCs, and a fun cooking mechanic. It has a brilliant soundtrack that brings the world together. Calico is a game catered towards cozy/wholesome players of all ages, due to the simple controls. The game removes the feeling of having to grind out many hours to get everything leveled up, meaning players can just explore and be part of the world. However, it did leave me wanting more. There is something about the game that feels unfinished. I would love to see some extra game modes be added, whether this is working in the cafe, or opening up more decorating abilities. Seeing new animals be included would be great too, let’s get all the furry and scaley friends in the cafe.
Gaming Professors
By Petra SvobodováCalico is relaxing, delightful and just the perfect escape from reality. While there's no extensive story (the main story is about four hours long), the game is full of quests, cafe designing and pet collecting. Plus, who wouldn't want a game with the ability to put a cat on your head while riding a giant cat with a bunch of cats behind you?
Cubed3
ByCombining cats and other likeable creatures with a café should be a winning formula, but unfortunately Calico fails to offer an enjoyable time. Cute graphics and inventive concepts alone do not excuse the multitude of issues that give the game a feel of a draft version, rather than a finished product despite post-launch updates. Perhaps one day running a cat café will run like a dream, instead of a cute-themed nightmare.
Nintendojo
By Achi IkedaWhat sounded like the combination of a management game, Animal Crossing, and The Sims turned out to be barely influenced by all three. If you’re looking for a relaxing Switch game where you can collect clothing, decorate your home, and hang out with animals, there is already the perfect game for you: Animal Crossing New Horizons. If you’ve already played it to the point of needing new joysticks, then there are plenty of other indie alternatives to pick up before giving Calico consideration.
