Nekokami: Internship - The Prologue Adventure

Released Feb 2024

Architect beautiful, peaceful worlds in a far-future where Cats rule the universe. Befriend sometimes-naughty spirits of nature. Manage Humans. Join us in this unique planet-building adventure and get a taste of the full journey!

91% positive · 120 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Nekokami: Internship - The Prologue Adventure is a free standalone prologue to the full game Nekokami - The Human Restoration Project. It was created as a prototype in 2023 and released on Steam on February 28, 2024. The prologue received several meaningful updates after launch: localizations (Japanese and Simplified Chinese), a major feature patch in March 2024 (v0.97), a new "Dream Garden" game mode added on May 11, 2024, and a substantial content refresh on September 25, 2024 that brought the prologue in line with improvements made to the full game. The developer's post on May 4, 2024 explicitly stated that "Version 1.0 doesn't mean we won't be improving it in the future" — but framed any future additions as being conditional on features from the full game trickling down, not as a planned content roadmap for the prologue itself. The September 25, 2024 update was the last developer communication for this title. Since then, the developer's attention has clearly shifted entirely to the full game (Nekokami - The Human Restoration Project), which entered Early Access in June 2024 and has been receiving ongoing updates. The store description now prominently announces that the full game has been released. The prologue serves its purpose as a demo/taste of the full experience, and no further content has been announced or is implied for it. The last update on September 25, 2024 represents the effective completion of the prologue's content development.

Evidence

Major update released to bring the prologue in line with improvements made to the full game. Developer notes they are working hard on the next full-game content update. This is the last developer communication for the prologue.

news post · Sep 25, 2024 source content shipped

high

Dream Garden mode added as a major update, introducing a peaceful secondary game mode with its own progression system

news post · May 11, 2024 source content shipped

high

Media

Details

Developer

Rocket-in-Bottle

Publisher

Rocket-in-Bottle

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Board Game City Builder Nature Cute Building Hex Grid 3D Funny Relaxing Simulation Story Rich Visual Novel RPG Life Sim Casual

About this game

Thanks to everyone who supported our prologue, the full version of Nekokami - The Human Restoration Project has finally been released!🎉 With your invaluable feedback we have made significant improvement to gameplay and graphics - check it out at our developer page or scroll down to "More from Rocket-in-Bottle"! 🚀

(Screenshot from full version.)

✨ Nekokami: Internship is a prologue to the full game Nekokami. Created as a prototype in 2023, this free prologue contains 20+ Expeditions and roughly 4 hours of story-rich gameplay. 🐣

In this sneak peek of the full game, you will:

🌏 Create beautiful worlds of natural habitats and human settlements with strategic, or spontaneous, placement of tiles in a unique hand-drawn-like art style.
🌌 Follow the beginning of a whimsical yet heart-warming story of Human-Cat friendship, set millennia later in the future.
💼 Earn your place in Nekokami Co., your employer, by creating worlds that beat expectations. Or just relax. Your bosses are Cats after all.
🔮 Befriend a selection of Kami, spirits of the nature and the universe, and see them bring miracles to your work. They are Cats too. What could go wrong?

🌟 Nekokami Co. is commissioned to manage planets all over the universe. That's a LOT of planets! Environment, biomes and rules differ from Star System to Star System. You will get to visit at least SIX Star Systems during your internship.

🐈 I did mention the Kami*, right? Technically the spirits are the real fellows creating the worlds. As a Planetary Architect, you are basically borrowing their Creative Energy for your own use. You will need to seek their acceptance and approval. Through their friendship, you will potentially learn the secrets of nature and the arcane laws of universe.