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Disney steps into the Life Simulation Video Game Genre

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Dreamlight Valley is Disney’s first take on Life Simulation!

This week is the week of new Life Simulation game announcements! Earlier this week, we reported on the upcoming multiplayer life simulation game Vivaland. Now, a new Disney themed life simulation game has been announced. And this time, it’s by a much bigger, longstanding studio.

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a combination of a life simulation game with elements of an adventure game rolled into one. The game includes a variety of quests, exploration and in game activities while being surrounded by many familiar Disney and Pixar faces.

Once an idyllic land, Dreamlight Valley was a place where Disney and Pixar characters lived in harmony—until the Forgetting. Night Thorns grew across the land and severed the wonderful memories tied to this magical place. With nowhere else to go, the hopeless inhabitants of Dreamlight Valley retreated behind locked doors in the Dream Castle.

Now it’s up to you to discover the stories of this world and bring the magic back to Dreamlight Valley!
Disney Dreamlight Valley Official Site

Features

  • Constantly evolving with new content to experience.
  • Live life on the magic side
  • Bring the valley back to its former glory
  • Discover the hidden secrets of the valley
  • Take off on an epic adventure
  • Friend or Foe? It’s your choice!
  • Make friends with familiar Disney and Pixar characters
  • Create your own style with a touch of Disney Magic!
  • Create your own valley with fully customizable layouts, landscaping and decorative items
  • Create the perfect home inspired by Disney and Pixar!

The game will be launching as a free to play game in 2023 on multiple platforms including PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox consoles with the Apple App Store and Nintendo Switch coming at a later date. It’s being developed by the game development studio Gameloft.

Also, coming this Summer, an Early Access period will be available for Disney Dreamlight Valley for those who purchase the Founder’s Pack ahead of time or those who have an Xbox Game Pass membership.

You can wishlist the game now, as well as keep up to date with the games’ development by clicking here.

Let us know your thoughts on the upcoming Disney Dreamlight Valley game below in the comments!

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Murp
Murp
2 years ago

Red Flags
Gameloft
Free To Play
Paid Early Access To A Free To Play Game

Amy Villanueva
Amy Villanueva
2 years ago

The storyline seems redundant when we already have Kingdom Hearts.

Lucas Hearsay
Lucas Hearsay
2 years ago

Sounds more like a Disney take on Animal Crossing than The Sims tbh.

Domon0310
Domon0310
2 years ago

Sounds like Disney Magic Kingdoms turned PC/console, especially with Gameloft making both. Even the plot sounds the same. Nevertheless, I’m curious to see what it’ll be like.

Angie Shade
Angie Shade
2 years ago

Eh. It looks cute, but I don’t think I’m the target audience.

/waits for the argument about whether EA or Disney is more evil

The Soloist
The Soloist
2 years ago

It looks interesting. Kind of like if Animal Crossing, The Sims, and Stardew Valley had a baby.

Valentina Ramírez Gómez
Valentina Ramírez Gómez
2 years ago

Is it really a life sim though? I feel like it is closer to farm sims like Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, which I love and I wish life sims incorporated more elements to their own games, but I feel like the asic premise of the game is too different to what a life sim is.