Harbourlight playtest

About Harbourlight

You've opened a tiny diner at the end of the harbour, in a town that's seen busier days.

Fix the place up, fill the pantry from your own plots and ranch, then start service at six.

One guest sits down each night. What you cook for them is up to you.

Every dish is put together by hand across eight taste pillars. Your guests won't always ask for something by name. Sometimes they'll just tell you how their day went. Read the mood, pick the ingredients and plate up something that's just right for them. Unlock new recipes and new equipment as your diner grows, from a humble pot and pan to an oven, grill, smoker and more.

Plant crops in your allotment, cast a line off the dock and search the harbour for wild finds. Seasons are short and every one brings new crops, new fish and new things to cook with. Repair the dock and raise animals of your own and give each one a name but don't get too attached...unless of course, you plan on being a vegan restaurant.

Get to know the townsfolk. Every regular has their own story to uncover across the years, told one night at a time over the counter.

Relationships only ever grow, so take things at your own pace. Make friends, and maybe find someone to share the place with.

Upgrade your plots, open up new corners of town and watch the harbour change around you.

Word will get around and Critics are reading. Somewhere out there is a Michaela lamp with your diner's name on it.

Will you earn it? Will the harbour light back up? Can you do both? Three years to find out.

• One guest a night, cooked for by hand
• Eight taste pillars to build every dish from
• Farming, fishing, foraging and animals of your own
• A cast of regulars with stories to uncover, plus seasonal visitors
• Friendships that never fade, so play at your own pace
• Takeout, letters and upgrades to grow the diner your way
• Short, lively seasons across three in-game years
• HD-2.5D pixel art set into a hand-built, hand-drawn 2.5D harbour, lit like a late-night film
• An original score composed by real human people!
• Full controller support, with mouse and keyboard

Harbourlight's being built by one person, a night at a time.

Wishlisting really does help: it tells Steam the game's worth showing to people, and it means you'll hear the moment it launches.

Come and say hello on the , where development's shared as it happens, or follow along on and .

Thank you for pulling up a seat. Every playthrough, every bit of feedback and every wishlist has shaped what this harbour's becoming.

From the game's Steam page.