Mar 252026
NIS America has announced that the NIS farming game Hono Gurashi no Niwa will be released in the west this fall under the title Village in the Shade.
Now, you might be wondering why I’m so interested in this farming sim, of all games.
(After all, we could be talking about the new Tomodachi Life demo, but I decided this news was more important.)
Village in the Shade is from the same team that developed the Yomawari games, and while I don’t think it’s officially a Yomawari spin-off, it definitely has some overlap.
You begin a new life in a small, welcoming village, but there are certain rules you must follow… and strange beings might be encountered after midnight.
Interestingly, there’s also a “Peaceful Life Mode” if you just want to play the life sim part, where you can’t break the rules so nothing scary happens.
It sounds pretty neat, and as a Yomawari fan, I’m glad it’s coming west.
More details are available at the official website, and there’s also a limited edition available. (The Switch 2 version is sadly a key card.)
I might not be the world’s biggest farming sim fan, and I still haven’t even finished a Rune Factory game, but this game looks too interesting for me to ignore.
Are you planning to get Village in the Shade?