Spiritfarer 2020

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A 2020 management game about Stella, who becomes the Spiritfarer and ferries the spirits of the dead across the sea of the afterlife on her boat, with her cat Daffodil. The spirits live on board while you look after them: they ask for dishes, and you build a kitchen, a garden and other rooms on a grid, stacking them as the boat grows. Materials come from the islands you sail to, from fishing and from minigames, and shops sell the rest for a currency called Glims. Abilities such as a spinning double jump open parts of the islands you could not reach. As you finish their tasks you learn each spirit's story, until you take them to the Everdoor, the gate to the afterlife. You cannot die or fail, and a second player can join as Daffodil. That cycle holds up now: you build, cook and sail for passengers you get to know, and then you say goodbye to them.