{"id":1531,"date":"2025-09-25T13:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:41:50","slug":"tokyo-game-show-reveals-release-date-for-this-adorable-new-cozy-life-sim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/tokyo-game-show-reveals-release-date-for-this-adorable-new-cozy-life-sim\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Game Show reveals release date for this adorable new cozy life sim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of Starsand Island? It\u2019s an upcoming cozy life-sim with anime-inspired characters, and it reminds us of all our favorites with vibes from Story of Seasons and Stardew Valley, to games like Genshin Impact and more.<\/p>\n<p>The developer has now revealed that the Starsand Island release date will fall on February 1, 2026, across consoles and PC. Ahead of this, there\u2019s a closed alpha test on the way, and a demo during the upcoming Steam Next Fest, likely in October.<\/p>\n<p>The farm game is filled with your classic cozy affairs &#8211; clear out an overgrown area, sow some crops, sell your produce, and pick a romance option from the town\u2019s populace. The graphics are a little different from the usual bobble-headed characters we see in cozy games, appearing as a mix of Genshin Impact, the latest Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, and more anime games.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on Pocket Tactics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/starsand-island\/guide\">Tokyo Game Show reveals release date for this adorable new cozy life sim<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of Starsand Island? It\u2019s an upcoming cozy life-sim with anime-inspired characters, and it reminds us of all our favorites with vibes from Story of Seasons and Stardew Valley, to games like Genshin Impact and more. The developer has now revealed that the Starsand Island release date will fall on February 1, 2026,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1532,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions\/1532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belindareedy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}