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This week, we have news about DLC expansion Bee Simulator: The Hive, DLC for Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines and bring Coloring Cats: Sports with Friends images to life. Launch Date for Bugtopia, new trailer for Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature and inKONBINI: Prologue Demo announced.
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DLC Expansion Bee Simulator: The Hive
DLC expansion Bee Simulator: The Hive is buzzing its way onto Steam soon, made by Varsav Game Studios. You’ll see the world through a bee’s eyes as you explore a semi-open world inspired by Central Park, gathering pollen, evading threats, and uncovering secrets across ponds, picnic spots, and even a funfair.
If you don’t have the original Bee Simulator yet, this edition includes the original game plus The Hive expansion, letting you build and customise your own hive with new mechanics and game modes. Whether you’re protecting your colony in the heartwarming single-player story or racing through jet streams in mini-games, there’s always something to keep your wings busy. Plus, you can join up to four friends or family members in split-screen multiplayer for even more cooperative and competitive fun.
DLC for Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines
Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines has new DLC out now on Steam. The DLC is called Tales & Strives, and the set contains 10 new puzzles representing 2 new themes, with 5 puzzles in each.
Check out the DLC on Steam, for which you do need the base game.
Bring Coloring Cats: Sports with Friends Images to Life
Have a moment of free time and are you in need of some relaxation? Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends is out on Steam, inviting you to bring adorable sports moments to life, one pixel at a time. In this charming pixel-art colouring game from Mens Sana Interactive, you’ll help Buddy and Lucky develop joyful photos by filling in colourful characters, capturing all the fun and friendship.
With 10 vibrant photos and over 60 characters to colour, you’ll have cosy, intuitive tools at your fingertips, like the Eye and Lock buttons, to make your creative process relaxed and easy. Accompanied by a cheerful soundtrack from Taty Jaques and delightful pixel art by Kátia Numakura, it’s a perfect pick if you’re looking for a calm and satisfying experience.
Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends could even be the start of a brand-new series of pixel-art colouring games, so it’s a great time to jump in and be part of the beginning!
Launch Date for Bugtopia
Bugtopia is set to launch on Steam for PC on May 22nd, offering a relaxing slice of nature you can enjoy even during a busy day. In this idle game, you’ll collect, raise, and breed a wide variety of insects to build and decorate your own eco-box terrariums. With nearly a hundred species based on real-life bugs, and the chance to breed rare variants, you’ll satisfy your collector’s spirit while designing thriving miniature worlds.
The game features over 300 types of insects, customisable terrariums with hundreds of decoration options, and even includes a Pomodoro timer and wallpaper mode to blend seamlessly with your workday. Guided by a cute rubber ducky woodlouse, Bugtopia encourages you to relax, listen to gentle insect sounds, and discover hidden surprises at your own pace.
You’ll be able to pick up Bugtopia for $5.99 (€5,89) with a 10% launch discount during its first two weeks. The game will support English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. And if you want to give it a try first, there’s still a demo available on Steam.
New Trailer for Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature
Slated to arrive on Steam in 2025, Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature has a new trailer up that looks so sweet!
In this single-player, narrative-driven adventure, you get to discover an unlikely friendship between a stone Golem and an adorable Fox. Their journeys intertwine on an emotional quest to restore Nature, while they discover secrets from a lost civilisation.
We’ve also had the pleasure of doing an interview with the people of Dreamhunt Studios, be sure to check that out as well: Indie Dev Interview – Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature.
Check out the trailer!
inKONBINI: Prologue Demo Announced
Nagai Industries has announced that the inKONBINI: Prologue Demo will be available on Steam from 1 to 8 May 2025, featured as part of LudoNarraCon 2025.
inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a narrative-driven simulation game that invites you to step into the everyday world of the Honki-Ponki convenience store in the early 1990s. In the demo, you’ll play as Makoto Hayakawa, a young girl working her first night at the store, meeting colourful regulars and experiencing relaxing, satisfying gameplay.
The full game will blend laid-back store management with a heartfelt, nostalgic story and is currently in development. It’s planned for digital release early next year on PC, Mac, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.
It does look very good, so if you’d like to explore it early, keep an eye out for the Prologue Demo on Steam starting 1 May!
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