New Day

Simulation· Life Sim· Character Customization· Choose Your Own Adventure

Early access since Dec 2024

New Day is an upcoming life simulation game where almost anything can happen! Create your own islanders, design their apartments, and get involved with their day-to-day life as they divulge into unexpected friendships, problems, and more!

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In early access, content still planned

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Content Planned

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

New Day is a free-to-play life simulation game currently in Early Access, having launched on December 25, 2024. Scrapbook Studios has maintained a very active development pace throughout this period, shipping five major named updates: The Food Update (January 14, 2025), The Shopkeepers Update (March 1, 2025), The Confessions Update (August 20, 2025), The Office Party Update (December 25, 2025), The Quality of Life Update (February 18, 2026), and The Renovations Update (June 3, 2026) — roughly one major release every one to four months. The most significant forward-looking communication came in the June 3, 2026 Renovations Update post, where the studio announced a complete overhaul: the entire game is being rebuilt from the ground up using a newer version of Unity, with better optimization, redesigned mechanics, and a custom island creator. The developer confirmed this new version will replace the current build on Steam once it reaches feature parity, with the current build archived to a separate "Old Day" branch. On July 13, 2026 — just over a month later — the developer published the first devlog for this overhaul project, previewing concrete progress: a reworked Islander Creator with voice types, per-feature facial rotation and scaling, an updated color wheel, and a fully new custom island builder that lets players design their own terrain, add elevation, move buildings, and more. The developer also noted that some features (such as Makeup and Facial Markings buttons) are still to be implemented in the new version, confirming work is actively ongoing. Development is clearly in full swing. The studio is communicating regularly, shipping content, and actively building the next major version of the game.

Evidence

Developer published the first devlog for the overhaul project, showcasing reworked Islander Creator (voice types, facial feature rotation/scaling, updated color wheel) and a new custom island builder. Notes some features (Makeup, Facial Markings) still to be added, confirming active ongoing development.

news post · Jul 13, 2026 source development ongoing

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The Renovations Update post announced a complete rebuild of New Day from the ground up using a newer Unity version, with improved optimization, redesigned mechanics, and a custom island creator. The new version will eventually replace the current build on Steam, with the current version archived to an 'Old Day' branch. Developer stated more details to be shared in the coming months.

news post · Jun 3, 2026 source content planned

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Details

Developer

Scrapbook Studios

Publisher

Scrapbook Studios

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Life Sim Character Customization Choose Your Own Adventure Simulation Management Cute Base Building LGBTQ+Free to Play 3D Relaxing Early Access Dialogue Heavy Time Manipulation Colorful

About this game

Welcome... to New Day!

Within New Day, you'll be able to use the Islander Creator to create your very own original islanders! The Islander Creator features different eyes, mouths, eyebrows, hairstyles, species, and even a makeup creator -- where you can create custom faces of your own!

The Islander Creator is filled with endless possibilities and creative freedom so that you can make the islander you want.

The Room Editor is a tool in New Day that you'll use to create custom apartments for your islanders. You'll be able to add up to 4 rooms per apartment, and will be able to decorate to your hearts content.

Some pieces of furniture might host some... interesting lore...

You'll be able to interact with each, individual islander, which will allow them to form their own opinion of you!

Interacting with an islander allows you to access a variety of unique interactions, such as playing mini-games with them, solving a problem they might have, and more!

Interactions don't stop at islanders, though, as you'll have access to multiple buildings on your island, such as a movie theater, an arcade, and a clothing shop! Each building will host an NPC that you'll be able to befriend, if you choose to. Befriending the keepers of each building might grant you additional rewards that you won't find anywhere else in the game!

Islanders in New Day will be able to form friendships with other islanders, and even relationships, if it gets that far!

Friendships/Relationships will form based on how much time islanders spend together, if they have common interests, and their personality trait. If all goes well, maybe two of your favorite islanders will end up together, get married, and... well... the rest explains itself.

In New Day, it's entirely possible that a friendship is one-sided, and only one of the islanders enjoy the others company. This can lead to some interesting situations...

Jobs are an essential part of New Day. It allows the player to earn money in order to buy furniture in the Room Editor, clothing for your islanders, and more!

Each job has their own difficulty setting. With each difficulty increase, you'll earn more money, making the "harder" difficulty choices more rewarding!

In conclusion, New Day aims to be an amazing experience that's suitable for every players gaming preference. We strive to make this an amazing game, made purely out of love and motivation.

To end this off, I'm giving a special thanks to everyone on the New Day staff team.

(Active Staff Team):

Furbies ( Programmer )

Potato Plays ( Artist )

Timtodile ( 3D Modeler )

LilanDeSilva ( Composer )

AjMamoru ( 3D Modeler )

Behon ( Voice Actor )

Rosie_Maybe ( Artist )

Raj ( 3D Modeler )

Anemo ( Artist )

Chamilionio ( Artist / UI Designer )