“Cottagecore adventure” game Mail Time will launch for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 alongside its previously announced Switch, PC, and Mac (Steam) versions in April 2023, publisher Freedom Games and developer appelmoes games announced.
“Mail Time is now one delivery stop closer to release!” said creator Kela Van Der Deijl in a press release. “I hope everyone at The Game Awards enjoyed their animated trailer package. I am stoked that Freedom Games is helping bring my life’s work to both the Nintendo’s and PlayStation cozy communities. Everyone get your fuzziest socks and your warmest cup of hot chocolate, Mail Time is on its way to your doorstep next spring.”
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
Mail Time is a relaxing, cottagecore adventure set in a peaceful forest, far, far away. It’s your first day on the job as a newly minted Mail Scout. Equipped with a mushroom hat, a pack full of letters, and unbridled enthusiasm, it’s time to deliver letters and packages across the Grumblewood Grove.
Their recipients eagerly await the sight of your mushroom hat, so don’t tarry! Run, jump, glide, and make your way across the forest to deliver parcels and joy to the cute critters that inhabit these woods.
That’s right. It’s Mail Time!
Cozy Cottagecore Adventure
If you ever wanted to enter a fairy tale, this is your chance. Explore the cozy, peaceful world crafted by Kela van der Deijl, and make friends with all manner of forest critters!
- Meet 15 heartwarming characters with their own stories and charms. From poetic frogs to punk-rock woodpeckers and grumpy squirrels, they’re all equally eclectic and in need of your meddling help.
- Explore colorful and whimsical environments, jump amongst a huge flower field and scale the towering trees.
- Deliver letters and packages to help the inhabitants of the Grumblewood Grove and gain your Mail Scout badges. Soon you’ll be a true Mail Scout!
Become a Mail Scout
Customize your Scout, learn the tricks of the trade to scale trees using mushrooms and use letters to glide through the air.
- Over 46,000 customization variations are possible!
- Use six different categories ranging from skin tone to backpack type to customize your Mail Scout.
- Earn Mail Scout badges to upgrade your gliding ability.
Explore a Whimsical Forest
From Grumblewood Grove to the edges of the forest, explore unique locales straight from the pages of a storybook, meet their inhabitants, and then deliver ALL the mail!
- Discover and explore eight distinct areas. From a lively woodland village to a murky swamp and peaceful farm there’s plenty to see!
- Collect hidden trinkets to complete your collection and earn all of the Mail Scout badges!
- Reach new heights with gliding and jumping abilities, what’s the highest place you can get to?
Accessible Gameplay
No time limits, pressure, or risk of harm. Relax and explore the Forest at your own pace and leisure. It’s your first day on the job after all!
- Various accessibility options to aid your experience. No one should be left out!
- Proceed the story at your own pace, take as long (or short) as you want.
- No fall damage (we promise). Simply pick yourself back up and try again!
Watch a new trailer below.