Developer HoYoverse is best known for its gacha RPGs Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, but for its next game, the studio is setting its sights on an entirely different genre. This time, it’s not only tackling the crowded life sim space, but also seemingly modeling its upcoming game after one of the titans of the genre — Animal Crossing.
HoYoverse recently announced Petit Planet, which it describes as “cosmic life simulation.” Most life sims stick players in a small town to explore, but in Petit Planet, each player has their own world to customize. And like Animal Crossing: New Horizons giving players the ability to visit their friends’ islands, Petit Planet eventually lets players travel to planets where they can interact with one another, once they’ve done sufficient work on their own homes.
