"We love a little nostalgia mixed in with our cozy gaming, and ReStory looks like a perfect blend of those two. In this upcoming indie game, you play the owner of a Tokyo electronics repair shop in the mid 2000s. The trailer that dropped today shows you tinkering with some very familiar gadgets from the era, such as renamed riffs on a Tamagotchi, a Nokia brick phone, a PSP and a Walkman."
"You clean and repair these devices for customers, and it looks like your conversations with them might have as much impact on their lives as your official work does. The whole thing looks exceedingly charming and chill. It's nice to see a game like ReStory as a counterpart to something with a similar premise but wildly different tone like Kaizen, which was a highlight during the Steam Automation Fest over the summer. ReStory is being developed by Mandragora, and it is currently playtesting ahead of a planned 2026 release."
ReStory places players in a mid-2000s Tokyo electronics repair shop where they clean and repair nostalgic devices such as Tamagotchi-style virtual pets, Nokia-like brick phones, PSPs, and Walkmans. Gameplay centers on hands-on tinkering, maintenance tasks, and conversations with customers that can influence those customers' personal lives as much as the mechanical fixes do. The tone favors charm, calm, and cozy nostalgia, offering a mellow alternative to more intense workplace simulations. Mandragora is developing ReStory, it is currently in playtesting, and a planned release is targeted for 2026.
Read at Engadget
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