Village in the Shade is a farming sim with rules you should not break

Village in the Shade is a hand-painted farming and life sim set in Kagatsu, a Japanese mountain village with secrets. You plant crops, decorate your homestead and befriend neighbors, but you are told not to talk to strangers, not to leave the village and never to go out at night. It is developed by Nippon Ichi Software and published by NIS America.

Written and reviewed by Village in the Shade Wiki Editorial Team · Updated 28 October 2026

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Read about the release and editions, farming and homestead, the village rules, festivals and neighbors and system requirements. Everything is drawn from the Steam store page and the publisher's Steam news.