Wholesome Games Direct 2022 Roundup

The E3 2022-replacement series of livestreams continues for a third day with Wholesome Games‘ Wholesome Direct 2022. At June 11th at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET the hour-long presentation showed off exclusive footage, developer interviews, and announcements from nearly 100 uplifting indie games.

Aside from featuring games with adorably cute characters and art styles, you’ll also find some very unique gameplay mechanics throughout this presentation. From Ooblets, Terra Nil & Skatebird to Schim, Bloom, A Frog’s Tale, Mika and the Witch’s Mountain, PuffPals: Island Skies & Coffee Talk – Episode 2. There’s bound to be something you’ll want to wishlist on Steam.

Here’s the full Wholesome Direct 2022 broadcast video:

Wholesome Direct – Indie Game Showcase 6.11.2022

Main Wholesome Direct 2022 Show Roundup:

  1. Terra Nil 16:38
  2. Little Bear Chef 17:51
  3. Melodyssey 19:01
  4. Lumbearjack 19:48
  5. The Garden Path 21:13
  6. Mika and the Witch’s Mountain 21:45
  7. 30 Birds 22:16
  8. Mail Time 23:30
  9. Usagi Shima 24:02
  10. A Walk with Yiayia 25:27
  11. Chicken Journey 26:20
  12. PuffPals: Island Skies 26:51
  13. Freeride 27:53
  14. How to Say Goodbye 28:21
  15. Calico 29:23
  16. Paper Animal RPG 30:04
  17. Fall of Porcupine 31:38
  18. The Last Clockwinder 32:10
  19. Lovebirb 32:41
  20. Spirit Swap 33:22
  21. Coffee Talk Episode 2 33:57
  22. ODDADA 35:01
  23. Frogun 36:05
  24. Garden Witch Life 36:34
  25. Princess Farmer 37:06
  26. Ooblets 37:40
  27. Bubblegum Galaxy 39:40
  28. Here Comes Niko! 40:32
  29. Snufkin: Melody of Moomin Valley 41:06
  30. Feed All Monsters 42:08
  31. SkateBIRD 42:43
  32. Papertrail 43:40
  33. Soulitaire 44:40
  34. Passpartout 2 45:12
  35. A Frog’s Tale 46:41
  36. Freshly Frosted 47:57
  37. Kaichu 48:30
  38. Wholesome Out & About 49:03
  39. Paradise Marsh 50:04
  40. Gaucho and the Grassland 50:40
  41. Lil Gator Game 51:51
  42. We Are OFK 52:22
  43. Potion Permit 53:03
  44. Pixelshire 53:34
  45. SCHiM 54:16
  46. Pekoe 54:48
  47. Bilkin’s Folly 55:20
  48. Kitori Academy 55:54
  49. Togges 56:26
  50. Tracks of Thought 57:41
  51. DokiToki 58:12
  52. Critter Crops 58:45
  53. Toroa 59:18
  54. The Spirit and the Mouse 59:49
  55. Snacko 1:00:24
  56. A Little to the Left 1:01:13
  57. Kokopa’s Atlas 1:01:45
  58. The Wandering Village 1:02:17
  59. Lonesome Village 1:02:49
  60. Montage of many more indie games from Hamster on Rails (Steam) to Bloom (Playdate) 1:03:40
  61. Melatonin 1:10:41

Which of these indie games are you most excited about?