Developer Fort Pixel and writer Playtonic Mates have introduced Cattle Country, a new “cozy cowboy life-sim journey” within the works for PC (through Steam). It guarantees pixel-art graphics, 18 romanceable characters, cattle to increase, bandits to fend off, and buried treasure to dig up, amongst different gameplay components. Watch the announcement trailer above or take a look at the primary screenshots within the gallery beneath.
Fishing, searching, and farming will make up the core of the gameplay in what Fort Pixel and Playtonic Mates invoice as a sport that goals to be “Red Dead Redemption meets Stardew Valley.”
Playtonic Mates is the publishing arm of Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic, whereas Fort Pixel beforehand developed Blossom Tales and Rex Rocket.
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