Hokko Life

Hokko Life

Released Sep 2022

Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?

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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Hokko Life launched on September 27, 2022 and has been a complete, finished game since release. No post-launch DLC or major expansions were ever shipped or announced for it — the game's 49 news posts consist overwhelmingly of community events, creator challenges, and sales, with no new content additions. On September 2, 2024, the developer explicitly noted declining community engagement with Hokko Life's ongoing creator challenges, signaling the game's active community phase was winding down. More significantly, on June 6, 2026, the developer announced an entirely new game — Hokko Spaces — as their next project set in the Hokko universe, describing Hokko Life as "an old game now." The developer explicitly stated there are no plans to update Hokko Life with new villager visuals and confirmed no cross-game functionality between the two titles. An October 2025 patch addressed a Unity security vulnerability, but this was a maintenance fix only, not a content addition. The developer's focus has clearly shifted entirely to Hokko Spaces. Hokko Life shipped as a complete experience and has received no content updates; it is a finished product.
Evidence
Developer announces Hokko Spaces as their next game, describing Hokko Life as 'an old game now' and stating there are no plans to update it with new villager visuals. Developer's attention has fully moved to the new title.
news post · Jun 6, 2026 source development ending
high
Developer notes that player engagement with Hokko Life's community creator challenges has dropped significantly, shifting to a solo curation model going forward.
news post · Sep 2, 2024 source development ending
medium

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Details

Publisher
Team17
Achievements
31
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Hokko Life is a cosy, creativity filled community sim game.

Step off the train into the town of Hokko and get settled into your new home!

This quiet village needs your help to turn it into the charming rural town everyone loves. With hammer and paints in hand it's up to you to design, build and decorate homes for all of your new friends!

Busy yourself away in the dusty old workshop and let your creativity flow!

Craft materials and combine them in whatever way you desire to create new and wonderful furniture and items for your town. Collect flowers, mix paints and use them to design wallpapers, flooring and even clothing!

Will you design an urban-industrial furniture collection or maybe a bright flowery wallpaper set? With all of the workshop at your disposal, you'll have complete freedom to design a town your villagers will absolutely love.

Want to share your charming creations with other players? Then upload it to the Hokko Community Store, allowing you to share items, peruse showfloors and download other players' creations with the sharing of a simple code. Join the weekly challenge themes and enter for your chance to be featured!

📐 Design & Paint 🎨

Head into the workshop to put your own spin on items in the game. Use the design table to build your own furniture, combining different shapes and materials in a simple but powerful editor. Get out those brushes and throw some colour down. You can paint furniture, wallpaper, flooring and even clothes! Make your village truly your own.

🏠 Build & Decorate 📦

Enlist the help of the resident builder and start expanding the town. Place buildings wherever you like and get them ready for new villagers to move in. Customize the interior and exterior of any home, choose designs and place furniture to make a home your new friends will love. Tire of the layout of your village, want to spice things up? Then move your houses and buildings at any time, for free!

🎣 Icthyology & Entomology 🦋

Looking for something to do? Then spend a quiet morning at the various fishing spots around the world of Hokko and build your fishing collection. Fish have unique habits, and require different craftable bait, so you'll need to vary your approach from one fishing spot to the next. Then, spend the lazy afternoon in Hokko with a net in hand, catching and collecting the critters fluttering and scuttling about the town! You'll find a whole range of insects for you to catch and build your collection!

🪓 Extra Curricular Activities ⛏️

Looking for something extra to do? Introduce yourself to Hokko’s townsfolk offer a warm welcome, and with varying personalities, they all make for fantastic friends! or push out on resource gathering expeditions as you chop, dig, mine resources to fuel your creative endeavours! and don't forget to take part in the myriad seasonal events, weekly creator challenges and more!

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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