Free RPG Deemed ‘Cosy Minecraft’, Available To Play On Steam

Steam users can now pick up a free game which looks like a cosier version of Minecraft.

In case you wanted a new game that’s more about calmly relaxing, Adrift might be the one for you.

It’s a new free game that’s just launched on Steam, where you explore a quiet forest while crafting and collecting items.

Although it doesn’t have a blocky presentation or voxel-style graphics, the game feels reminiscent of what the Minecraft experience encapsulates, albeit in a cosier sense. Except, I guess, without any building.

In its fundamentals, the game is about relaxing and enjoying the ambience and music of the forest. You craft items to map out hidden tunnels that are hiding beneath the forest, with your overall objective being to find all moles hiding within them.

As you walk through the forest, you’ll come across these materials which allow you to craft new items to help you map out the tunnels.

Some of these materials require certain tools to collect them, and you can also use them to craft new tools which’ll help you progress through the game’s several chapters.

Speaking of chapters, there are a total of four in the game, and they help you to guide your experience in a linear manner where you’ll progress through the various mechanics in order.

In addition to this, Adrift also has a map feature to help you track certain points of interest in the forest. There’s a handy Walk Draw feature which allows you to draw onto the map as you walk around, which’ll help you draw out the path of the mole tunnels as you discover them.

Developer Henco describes this feature as a “quality-of-life mechanic to protect the player's sanity”, which is fair enough.

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Adrift's Music Is Relaxing And Perfect For The Game's Peaceful Atmosphere

Meanwhile, Adrift also has a “calm and unique music choice” produced and composed by ShantHennessy, which Henco describes as allowing you to “Relax as you listen to the game album or play the game's theme music on repeat for the ultimate, relax and chill gameplay that a lot of us can use”.

Adrift is available for free on Steam, where you can download and play through the entire thing. It shouldn’t take you too long to do either, having around an hour of gameplay to see everything.

Once you’ve completed the game, you’ll earn one achievement to get the 100%, so there’s no filler content or additional side objectives you need to complete.

However, the game is also available in early access, and Henco intends to add more content to it over time.

"Currently I have a fully developed playable state. However, I need to add story aspects and cutscenes to add more connection with the player base," reads a comment from the developer regarding new content that'll be coming as it gets updated during early access.

Henco has also stated its intent to increase the price of the game when it reaches 1.0, meaning you can only grab it for free while it's still in progress.

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