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**Ooblets** is a farming, town-life and creature-collection game by Glumberland — the two-person team of Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser.[^1][^2] Players manage a farm, grow and train small creatures called ooblets, and settle disputes with dance-offs instead of battles.[^1] It launched in paid early access on 15 July 2020 and reached 1.0 on 1 September 2022.[^3][^4]

## Gameplay

The player builds up a farm at a relaxed pace, explores strange lands around the town of Badgetown, and collects ooblets by growing them from crops. Confrontation is replaced with card-based dance battles.[^1]

## Development and release

Glumberland built its audience unusually early: the duo shared development GIFs publicly for years and ran a Patreon that had nearly 200 supporters by early 2017.[^2] In July 2019 the studio announced a PC launch-exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store, writing candidly that Epic's upfront minimum guarantee matched their expected sales and removed the financial risk of the game failing.[^5]

Early access began on 15 July 2020 via the Epic Games Store and Xbox One Game Preview, priced at $24.99 (with a launch-week discount).[^3] The 1.0 release arrived on 1 September 2022, the same day the game came to Nintendo Switch,[^4] with Xbox Series X|S also covered at 1.0.[^6] Ooblets finally reached Steam on 5 October 2023 — its first availability outside Epic on PC.[^7][^1]

## Reception

The game is built in Unity.[^2] Its dance-battle twist on the [[Stardew Valley]]-style farm loop and its pastel wobbliness made it a fixture of [[cozy-game|cozy]] round-ups through its long, public development.

## External links

- [Official website](https://ooblets.com)
- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/)

[^1]: Valve. ["Ooblets"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^2]: Game Developer. ["Building audience early with visuals-first development in Ooblets"](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/building-audience-early-with-visuals-first-development-in-i-ooblets-i-) — Game Developer. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^3]: Siliconera. ["Ooblets Early Access Begins on July 15, 2020"](https://www.siliconera.com/ooblets-early-access-xbox-one-pc-begins-on-july-15-2020/) — Siliconera, 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^4]: Glumberland. ["Ooblets 1.0 releasing on September 1st!"](https://ooblets.com/2022/08/ooblets-10-releasing-on-september-1st/) — ooblets.com, August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^5]: Glumberland. ["We did the thing"](https://ooblets.com/2019/07/we-did-the-thing/) — ooblets.com, July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^6]: Saving Content. ["Ooblets prepares to exit Early Access for 1.0 release on September 1st onto PC, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S"](https://www.savingcontent.com/2022/08/18/ooblets-prepares-to-exit-early-access-for-1-0-release-on-september-1st-onto-pc-switch-xbox-one-and-xbox-series-xs/) — Saving Content, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^7]: Glumberland. ["Ooblets is coming to Steam on Oct 5th!"](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593150/view/3750991874102864759) — Steam News, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.