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Restore a magical town’s cat café by befriending animals, decorating, baking, and helping residents across an island.
Released 15 Dec 2020
Befriend Café Animals
Bake While Tiny
Ride Giant Animals
Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!
Developed by Peachy Keen Games · Published by Whitethorn Games






You arrive in a magical island community with the task of bringing its cat café back to life. Explore the surrounding areas, meet the residents, and discover animals to befriend.
Help locals with quests, then invite animals to follow you or send them to the café. Decorate the café with furniture and decorations, and bake goods and make drinks through kitchen minigames to stock it for visitors.
Customize your character and the café, and use magical potions to alter animals—including changing their size, which can let you ride larger ones. Quests and café sales provide ways to earn money and unlock recipes, clothing, and furnishings.
Players who enjoy Calico often praise its cute, interactive animals, colorful magical setting, and relaxed pace. Character and café customization also stand out, along with the playful twist of shrinking down to cook and using potions to change animals. Reviews are mixed: recurring complaints include clunky controls and camera behavior, frustrating cooking minigames, bugs, and a short or limited set of activities.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 13 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |