The Steam page and official trailer for ‘HIPS N’ NOSES’, the second new game developed by domestic indie game developer PepperStones, have been released.
『HIPS N’ NOSES』 is a unique hybrid game that combines an epic cafe management simulation themed around memories with roguelike combat that unfolds in your dreams.
The game unfolds in a daytime and nighttime cycle. During the day, players must run a café where they help customers find their forgotten memories. Players can maximize rewards and profits by picking up subtle hints hidden in the conversations between customers, each with their own unique tastes, and fine-tuning and refining their recipes with optimal ingredients.
At night, roguelike battles unfold in your dreams, challenging you to defeat monsters and collect rare materials. People you’ve met in real life will appear in your dreams, allowing you to fight monsters alongside them and collect special materials unobtainable in real life.
The game boasts a unique atmosphere created by cartoon-style visuals and emotionally stimulating music, and it features growth elements that provide gamers with a variety of goals. A Pepperstones representative stated, “We aimed for an emotional yet challenging structure where narrative, direction, combat, and management are naturally connected, and we aimed to implement a deeper gameplay experience than our previous work, ‘Wettory.'”
Meanwhile, the developer, Pepperstones, is a South Korean indie game studio founded in 2021. It was founded by two college students who were middle school classmates, and their previous work, ‘Wetory’, was selected as an entry for the 2022 Tokyo Game Show, and they are a talented development team that was nominated for the Best Indie Top 10 at Gamescom in Germany.
‘HIPS N’ NOSES’ is being developed for PC (Steam) and console platforms, and is targeted for release in the second quarter of 2026.
Steam page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3574200/HIPS_N_NOSES/
