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Midori no Kaori

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

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Quick resume

Welcome to Midori no Kaori, a relaxing cozy game that allows you to create your own Japanese shop and manage customers. There are no winners or losers here, just unleash your creativity and enjoy a unique experience.

Global score

95/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Simulator, Point-and-click

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    Pros

    • Relaxing and cozy atmosphere
    • Beautiful art and music
    • Creative freedom in building and decorating
    • Auto mode for idle play
    • Active and responsive solo developer

    Cons

    • Some bugs and ui quirks
    • Limited gameplay depth and variety
    • No multiplayer or social features
    • Item placement can be frustrating
    • Lack of map rotation and editing flexibility

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have control over upgrading their restaurant, choosing equipment and menu items, and managing their own kitchen and serving strategies."

      Capsule for Diner Bros Diner Bros

      "Players have strong control over building, decorating, and managing their restaurant at their own pace with options for manual or auto play."

    • Competence

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      "Gameplay is simple and repetitive but includes some skill elements like achieving high scores and managing mechanics."

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    • Competition

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      "No competitive elements; focus is on personal pace and relaxation without rankings or direct player competition."

      Capsule for Feather Feather

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report habitual play and repeated returns due to relaxing atmosphere and ongoing discovery of secrets."

      Capsule for Feather Feather

      "Players report habitual play and replayability due to relaxing atmosphere and creative freedom."

    • Cooperation

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      Capsule for The Henry Stickmin Collection The Henry Stickmin Collection

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    • Creativity

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      "Strong emphasis on creating custom recipes, designing menus, and decorating restaurants with many options."

      Capsule for Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game Chef: A Restaurant Tycoon Game

      "Strong emphasis on creative building, decorating, and customizing the restaurant environment."

    • Domination

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      "No elements of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are individual and peaceful."

      Capsule for Tiny Pasture Tiny Pasture

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    • Escapism

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      "Highly relaxing and cozy gameplay designed to provide stress relief and distraction from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for personal enjoyment and relaxation without pressure or obligation."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players explore different ways to organize and decorate, trying new layouts and interacting with various items."

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Extensive customization of furniture, colors, textures, and layouts supports strong self-expression."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Game features imaginative afterlife setting with ghosts, animals, and plants personified, blending fantasy with real-life themes."

      Capsule for What Comes After What Comes After

      "Game features a fictional afterlife setting with spirit frog customers, blending cozy realism with fantasy elements."

    • Fellowship

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      "No social or community gameplay; experience is solitary."

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    • Growth

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      "Leveling system and unlocking content provide learning and progression opportunities."

      Capsule for Move or Die Move or Die

      "Progression through unlocking items and leveling up restaurant rating supports learning and development."

    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

    • Idle

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      "Supports idle play with options to run in background and minimal required attention."

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      "Supports idle play with auto mode and background running, suitable for casual or intermittent engagement."

    • Intimacy

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      "No close relationships or emotional social interactions; NPCs are customers only"

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      "No close social interactions or relationship building; interactions are limited to NPC customers."

    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; solo player experience."

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    • Progression

      Game with the same Progression vibe

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      "Players accumulate upgrades, expand restaurant space, unlock menu items, and improve operations over time."

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      "Players accumulate items, unlock new furniture and recipes, and improve restaurant rating over time."

    • Relaxation

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      "Core appeal is relaxation, calm atmosphere, soothing music, and stress relief."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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      "Narrative is minimal but atmospheric, with environmental storytelling and lore."

      Capsule for DUSK DUSK

      "Minimal narrative framing about spirits and afterlife; story is atmospheric rather than plot-driven."

    • Strategy

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      1

      "Some minor strategic decisions in spa layout and staff management, but overall simple and straightforward."

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    • Thrill

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      "No suspense or risk; gameplay is calm and predictable."

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    • Value

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      "Players feel the game offers good value for time and money, especially given ongoing updates."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Idle, Thrill, Violence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Thrill.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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