Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]

Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]

Released Dec 2024

Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!

82% positive · 167 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Steam $5.99
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Evaluation

Gift Collector launched on December 15, 2024 as a compact first-person walking simulator horror game set during New Year's Eve. The developer shipped one significant post-launch update on December 18, 2025 — a major visual redesign with a complete style overhaul and optimization improvements, timed to coincide with the game's one-year anniversary and the New Year theme. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced upcoming content, no roadmaps, and no developer statements indicating plans for further updates. The game appears to have launched as a self-contained finished product, and the December 2025 visual update represents a polish pass rather than the start of an ongoing content cycle. With no further signals of planned development, the game is considered complete as of that update.
Evidence
Major visual redesign released with complete style overhaul and optimization improvements, described as a New Year update — the only post-launch update on record.
news post · Dec 18, 2025 source content shipped
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Game described as a walking simulator horror experience with a fixed New Year's Eve premise — no mention of ongoing content, DLC, or post-launch additions.
description source ambiguous
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Notex
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator.

Story

Every year, with the beginning of winter, you begin to receive a large number of letters. These letters are children's rays of hope for a miracle. You often read a lot of unusual stories and wishes in them. And you need to make each of these wishes come true.

On New Year's Eve, dreams come true, no matter how you behaved last year. Because of this, both children with diligent behavior and those who did not do the best things receive their gifts.

Gameplay

You will take on the role of Santa Claus. Collect gifts according to the wishes of the children. And on New Year's Eve, go deliver them. You will need to act quickly and quietly so as not to wake anyone up.  Stylized graphics and high-quality 3D sound will help you fully experience the atmosphere of the game.

Features of the game

- Walking simulator;

- First-person view;

- The effect of shooting on an old camera;

- Realistic graphics.

Attention!

The game contains flashes of light that can cause epileptic seizures.

Last evaluated Jun 18, 2026
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