Open your own Critter Café today with Steam Next Fest demo

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Publisher: Secret Mode | Developer: Sumo Newcastle | Formats: PC, Nintendo Switch
ETA: 26 November | Players: 1 

Newcastle, UK – 14 October 2024: Swing open the doors and let those Critters in! Cozy café management/creature raising game Critter Café is giving players a chance to try out life on Gold Leaf Isle in a new demo, as part of Steam Next Fest.

Players will get a chance to sample café life, serving customers in their own fully customisable café space. If you need some fresh air, head out into Honeycrisp Grove to explore the world outside your window and find collectible blueprints to unlock new café furniture and customisation items.

Venture through mysterious portals and solve puzzles to rescue two adorable Critters lost in the wilderness. Once rescued, you can care for the Critters in their Habitat, which you can also customise to your heart's content.

The Critter Café demo will be available for the duration of Steam Next Fest, from 14 October to 21 October. Critter Café will launch on 26 November on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch.

About Critter Café
Welcome to your new café – shared with some fantastical friends! When a mysterious portal in your new home reveals a long-lost Critter stuck within, set out to rescue every unique Critter and build a welcoming café for townsfolk and Critters alike.

Discover Mysterious Portals
Seek out rifts in the world to open a portal to another and guide the Critters lost within, extending a hand to welcome them into your café family. Growing your bonds reveals more portals- friends seem to naturally gather around you!

Make your way through the strange new locations beyond the rift with magical tools entrusted to you by your Critter friends.

Make It Your Own
As you grow your café, your new island home and its residents will provide inspirations for refurbishing your café and its magical sanctuary.

There’s plenty for your own wardrobe too! Swap your character’s appearance and style as you like in your day to day.

Here For Each Other
Run a wholesome café alongside your fantastical friends – your Critters would love to meet your café visitors! Arrange the perfect space for a booked event with Critters they’d adore, or open the café for general business and master your customer’s requests for the best visit possible.
 

Download assets from our press kit:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/g583u0p3nyf3j6cllproz/ABcsHZ-APqKvbGg5t_edgbM?rlkey=4gpnjjo98ry420wi32bainx8y&dl=0

Critter Café will launch on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch on 26 November.

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About Secret Mode
Secret Mode is the publishing arm of Sumo Group, and winner of the Ukie Best UK Publisher 2024 award. Our goal is to publish internally developed projects from any of Sumo’s 16 game development studios, as well as third party independent game developers across the globe. We believe that games are for everyone, and that creativity has no limits. We believe quality and fun are everything. 

Secret Mode is part of Sumo Group.

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About Sumo Newcastle
Located in the heart of the Northeast, Sumo Newcastle is a studio with a proven track record of delivering projects to a high standard, specialising in creating new IP including the 2021 release Hood: Outlaws & Legends, as well as supporting on larger co-development AAA franchises such as Call of Duty®.

Sumo Newcastle is part of the award-winning Sumo Digital family of studios. Founded in 2003, Sumo Digital employs over 1,300 staff globally in the UK, Europe, India and Canada and is recognised for its versatility, proprietary technology and creativity across a portfolio of games featuring titles for major publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Sega and 2K.

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