Wait! Who the heck are you?! Can you see me? You CAN, can't you? You've drunk the Spirittea and now you can see me!! Look, we've got problems! This town is crawling with troublemaking spirits. They've become lost because humans have stopped worshipping, leaving offerings or even thinking about them anymore.
This is- well... used to be a nice town, but there have been some strange goings-on lately! You're going to find the spirits causing mayhem and fix their problems so they can become paying customers, and get to know the townspeople and explore the mountain to its fullest!
Solving the spirit's problems - To remember themselves, they'll need anything from some spicy noodles to finding and digging up their lost treasures, so get your problem-solving hat on!
Making friends with the locals - The townspeople all have their own schedules, likes, dislikes and hobbies to take part in - from bug catching to karaoke, there's something for everyone!
Managing the bathhouse - You'll need to clean towels, chop wood to heat the baths and seat the spirits with their friends for the ultimate bathing experience.
Upgrading and decorating - The local shops can make a whole lot of cool furniture and help you fix up your house. Make your new house your home!
The bathhouse is an ancient spirit building hidden up in the mountain, and it's up to you to clean it up and fill it full of customers! Once the spirits are in the bathhouse, you'll need to clean towels, chop wood to heat the baths and seat the spirits with their friends for the ultimate bathing experience. Each spirit has their own preferences so you'll need to get to know them all and upgrade the bathhouse to become the best bathhouse keeper around.
Keep the bathhouse and towels clean - Grab your trusty broom to sweep away the cobwebs and collect up all your towels, you'll need to keep everything clean, dry and organised.
Deliver a five-star service with food and scrubbing - Get ready to pamper your spirits with food straight from your kitchen and a give them a good scrub while they're relaxing!
Make the water perfect for each spirit - Chop wood for the boilers to heat up the water to the perfect temperature and mix up various elixirs to make the water perfect for each spirit - they'll all have their preferences and favourite recipes!
Sit friends together and enemies apart - Every spirit has others they like best, as well as some they don't enjoy spending time with at all! You'll have to plan carefully when you lead spirits to their baths - don't seat just anyone together! Unless, of course, you don't care about making money. Which I do. Very much so in-fact.
This game is rated ESRB: Everyone 10+ for Tobacco Reference and Use of Alcohol.
Spirittea is a slice-of-life RPG developed by Cheesemaster Games, released in 2023 for PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Set in a small mountain town in east Asia, it follows a city-based author who discovers a magical teapot that grants the ability to see spirits. These spirits have grown lost and troublesome after humans stopped acknowledging them, and restoring order requires finding each one, solving their individual problems, and running an ancient mountain bathhouse where they can unwind. Bathhouse management forms a central pillar of the gameplay, involving tasks such as chopping wood to heat the water, cleaning towels, preparing food, and carefully seating spirits according to their friendships and rivalries. Outside the bathhouse, players explore the town, build relationships with residents who follow their own daily routines, and take part in activities including fishing, bug catching, and karaoke. Progress also allows for house decoration and furniture upgrades through local shops.
A writer moves to the countryside to find the inspiration to write their novel. Luckily they'll find plenty of it after drinking some spirittea - it allows them to see into the spirit world where the local spirits are very upset. Players must fix up their problems and rebuild the spirit bathhouse to restore peace to the mountain, all while making friends and taking on hobbies with the local townsfolk!
