Calico Has You Rebuilding The Town’s Cat Cafe and it is Adorable

Written by Brandon Hofer on December 16, 2020

News: Manage the town’s cat cafe in this village simulation game that can be played anywhere on the Switch, as well as on Xbox and PC.

Peachy Keen Games and Whitehorn Digital have revealed that their title Calico is now available. Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given the important task of rebuilding the town’s cat cafe, and packing it with cute and cuddly creatures. You will have to build up your cafe by filling it with delightful furniture, fun decorations and yummy pastries, to get it bustling with animals again.

Some of the key features in the game include:

Character Creator -- The Calico character creator allows players to create their own magical person to experience the world through. They focused on making options that lets you best represent yourself in the Calico world, with a diverse range of skin tones, hair types and body shapes. There are also a myriad of clothing options you can find throughout the game to complete your look!

All animals are interactive-- Players will encounter many “floopy” animal friends in the world of Calico. Once befriended, you can ask them to follow you, let them roam free, or send them to their new home at the café. Animals in your party will follow you everywhere you go and listen to your commands. The animals in your cafe will relax and play with any customers that pop in for a visit. Along with adding animals to your party, interact with cats and other animals by petting and playing. Some of the animal interactions in Calico includes playing with toys, dancing, cuddling, petting, carrying, lounging with, and pampering. You can even place animals on your head.

Cafe Decoration -- Your task in Calico is to bring the town's café back to life again. This isn’t just achieved by bringing in cats and animals alone, however – you can also decorate your café with furniture of different styles to create the perfect cozy home for you and your animals.

Cooking Minigame -- Create a wonderful café by making yummy bakes goods and drinks for the townspeople! Learn about your fellow villagers to pick and choose their favorite foods to sell.

Magic of Calico -- The development team wanted there to be no limits to how you could find happiness in Calico. Magic potions are a system that allow you to break the rules of what is possible and to find what would be most fun. Example: the More-to-pet Potion allows the player to magically turn a single animal, giant-sized! You can hang out with a giant animal, or even ride a giant cat.

Calico is meant to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The gameplay reflects that with a laid back, low stress creative environment to explore and play in. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. Calico will be on Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. A PlayStation 4 version is currently in development as well. Will you be picking it up?