8 games from the Wholesome Direct 2025 that you can play right now

The Wholesome Direct is always full of cute and charming games to keep an eye on for the future. But it’s also a great place to find things to play now – and that’s especially true this year. The 2025 edition of the livestream showcase included a number of games that released during the show itself.So if you like what you see, there’s no wait at all.

Camper Van: Make it Home

Finally, a game that combines designing your own house with going on a road trip. Camper Van: Make it Home is exactly what it sounds like. On the design side, you’re able to customize a tiny home camper and make it appropriately cozy, but the developers say it will also take you on “a journey of self-discovery.”

Fireside Feelings

This game seems designed entirely around comfort. You play as a cute little animal and spend your time curled up around a fire, chatting with friends, and guiding the conversation as you get pulled into a bigger story.

Instants

Puzzle game meets scrapbooking. Here the goal is to organize a huge cache of family photos, and as you do, discover their history and story. “Inspired by the way elders pass down family history using pictures to support their storytelling,” the develope …Read the full story at The Verge.

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8 games from the Wholesome Direct 2025 that you can play right now

Camper Van: Make it Home

Fireside Feelings

Instants

PC gamers are leaving 20-30% performance on the table with this one setting

Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction

This $900 network switch has been flawless for nearly a decade, and it just taught me that it was a mistake

Buying Plex Pass Lifetime is still one of the best streaming decisions I’ve ever made

I finally see why everyone removes Windows bloatware – here’s my complete removal list

I bought the RX 9070 XT for FSR 4, but the games I actually play don’t support it

Stop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it’s actually built for something bigger

I stopped switching between four apps the moment I connected them to Claude Project

States ask judge to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster

Lenovo’s G02 retro handheld is reportedly packed with copyrighted ROMs, including Nintendo games

I used frame generation wrong for months – here’s what helped

Anker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heard

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