Calico
Released Dec 2020
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!
86% positive · 5,028 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to buy
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Evaluation
Calico launched on December 15, 2020 and has received a series of updates over the years. Post-launch, the developer shipped several feature updates including the Customization Update (June 19, 2021), the Garden Furniture Update (April 9, 2021), and the significant "Pawsome Edition" (Ver 2.0) free update on December 22, 2022, which added new animals, cooking minigames, and café customization options.
In February 2025, the developer released "Calico - Neat Things," a paid DLC pack adding new quests, a new character (Nahla the Mermaid), new animal companions, mini-games, and café decorations. This was followed by a bug fix patch on April 18, 2025 addressing issues introduced by the DLC. Most recently, on January 7, 2026, the developer released a digital Art Book as a DLC, rounding out the content catalogue.
All three DLC items listed on the store are marked as released. The developer has made no announcements of additional upcoming content following the Art Book release. The April 2025 bug fix patch addressed remaining issues from the Neat Things DLC, and there have been no communications suggesting further content plans. The Art Book release, by nature, signals a retrospective look at the game's development rather than a forward-looking commitment — it is typically the kind of product released when a game's content cycle is wrapping up. With all DLC shipped, no unreleased content listed, no roadmap or announcements of future updates, and a last meaningful communication on January 7, 2026, the game appears to have concluded its content development.
Evidence
Calico - Neat Things DLC released and available for purchase.
Calico - Neat Things DLC released, adding new quests, a new character (Nahla the Mermaid), new animal companions, two mini-games, and new café decorations.
Content
3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Whitethorn Games
Achievements
13
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
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!
Calico is meant to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The gameplay reflects that with a laid back, low stress creative environment to explore and play in.
Character Creator
The Calico character creator will allow players to create their own magical person to experience the world through. There will also be plenty of clothing to choose from and collect throughout the game!
All Animals are Interactive!
The player will encounter many animals in the world of Calico. Once befriended, you can name them, add them to your party, or send them to their new home at the café. Animals in your party will follow you everywhere you go and listen to your commands. The animals in your café will relax and play with any customers that pop in for a visit.
Café Decoration
Your task in Calico is to bring the town's café back to life again. This isn’t just achieved by bringing in cats and animals alone, however – you can also decorate your café with furniture of different styles to create the perfect cozy home for you and your animals!
Cooking Minigame
Create a wonderful café by making yummy baked goods and drinks for the townspeople! Learn about your follow villagers to pick and choose their favorite foods to sell!
Magic of Calico
We wanted there to be no limits to how you could find happiness in Calico. Magic potions are a system that allow us to break the rules of what is possible and to find what would be most fun. Example: the More-to-pet Potion allows the player to magically turn a single animal giant-sized! You can hang out with a giant animal, or even ride a giant cat!
Calico is meant to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The gameplay reflects that with a laid back, low stress creative environment to explore and play in.
Character Creator
The Calico character creator will allow players to create their own magical person to experience the world through. There will also be plenty of clothing to choose from and collect throughout the game!
All Animals are Interactive!
The player will encounter many animals in the world of Calico. Once befriended, you can name them, add them to your party, or send them to their new home at the café. Animals in your party will follow you everywhere you go and listen to your commands. The animals in your café will relax and play with any customers that pop in for a visit.
Café Decoration
Your task in Calico is to bring the town's café back to life again. This isn’t just achieved by bringing in cats and animals alone, however – you can also decorate your café with furniture of different styles to create the perfect cozy home for you and your animals!
Cooking Minigame
Create a wonderful café by making yummy baked goods and drinks for the townspeople! Learn about your follow villagers to pick and choose their favorite foods to sell!
Magic of Calico
We wanted there to be no limits to how you could find happiness in Calico. Magic potions are a system that allow us to break the rules of what is possible and to find what would be most fun. Example: the More-to-pet Potion allows the player to magically turn a single animal giant-sized! You can hang out with a giant animal, or even ride a giant cat!
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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