{"id":70539,"date":"2026-08-04T15:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=70539"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:15:01","slug":"yomawari-devs-farming-sim-village-in-the-shade-sells-over-100k-copies-domestically-physical-editions-out-of-stock-in-stores-across-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/yomawari-devs-farming-sim-village-in-the-shade-sells-over-100k-copies-domestically-physical-editions-out-of-stock-in-stores-across-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Yomawari devs\u2019 farming sim Village in the Shade sells over 100k copies domestically, physical editions out of stock in stores across Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nippon Ichi Software\u2019s new farming simulator <strong>Village in the Shade <\/strong>finally released in Japan on July 30, with a Western release coming in the fall of 2026. The title has been garnering a lot of attention ever since it was announced, mostly due to being promoted as a wholesome and cozy game, while simultaneously foreshadowing the kind of dark twists and turns one would expect from the team behind the Yomawari series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just four days after its domestic release, on August 3, the developers announced that the cumulative sales of Village in the Shade had already topped 100,000 copies, with physical editions of the game already going out of stock across numerous stores in Japan. The publisher apologized for the inconvenience and said it was preparing new shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300e<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%BB%E3%81%AE%E6%9A%AE%E3%81%97%E3%81%AE%E5%BA%AD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u307b\u306e\u66ae\u3057\u306e\u5ead<\/a>\u300f\u56fd\u5185\u7d2f\u8a08\u8ca9\u58f2\u672c\u657010\u4e07\u672c\u7a81\u7834\ud83c\udf89<br>\u591a\u304f\u306e\u7686\u3055\u307e\u306b\u904a\u3093\u3067\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u3001\u8aa0\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u2728<br>\u5e97\u982d\u3067\u54c1\u5207\u308c\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u5e97\u8217\u3082\u3042\u308a\u3001\u3054\u4e0d\u4fbf\u3092\u304a\u304b\u3051\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059<br>\u4e00\u65e5\u3067\u3082\u65e9\u304f\u304a\u5c4a\u3051\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3088\u3046\u6e96\u5099\u3092\u9032\u3081\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u4eca\u3057\u3070\u3089\u304f\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u307e\u3059\u3068\u5e78\u3044\u3067\u3059\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CGBTqp2FTR\">pic.twitter.com\/CGBTqp2FTR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u307b\u306e\u66ae\u3057\u306e\u5ead \u516c\u5f0f (@Honogurashi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Honogurashi\/status\/2084187514995458394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Village in the Shade is set in the remote Japanese mountain village Kagatsu, where you, as the protagonist, will settle down and dedicate your daily life to cultivating crops, fishing, hunting, raising animals and interacting with the local community. However, the village has some \u201csecrets\u201d and \u201crules that must never be broken,\u201d and it seems that carelessly going out at night is a bit more dangerous that one would think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nippon-ichi-softwares-new-supposedly-cozy-and-relaxing-farming-sim-celebrates-15-age-rating-with-blood-splattered-promo-image-to-the-delight-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CERO C rating (for ages 15+)<\/a>, the game does dabble into the horror territory reminiscent of Yomawari. But as the developers told us in <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/nippon-ichi-softwares-new-rural-life-sim-village-in-the-shade-will-focus-on-creating-unease-instead-of-classic-horror-tropes-but-cozy-gamers-wont-be-left-out-eithe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of our previous interviews<\/a>, rather than going for classic horror tropes, like gore and jumpscares, Village in the Shade focuses on the \u201cuncanniness\u201d of the Kagatsu Village and the hints of folk horror revolving around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, for those who aren\u2019t big fans of horror, Nippon Ichi Software has also prepared a Peaceful Life Mode, which allows you to completely focus on the farming simulator portion of the game without having to worry about triggering scary events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Village in the Shade - Announcement Trailer (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, PC)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cc_F--CxTq0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The global version of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nisamerica.com\/village-in-the-shade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Village in&nbsp;the Shade<\/a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;set to release in fall 2026 for PC (Steam), PS5 and Nintendo Switch systems. The PC version will&nbsp;support English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Traditional&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;and Korean, while the console versions will support English,&nbsp;French&nbsp;and Spanish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related articles: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-adult-visual-novel-dimension-totsu-lovers-sells-out-in-stores-across-the-country-publisher-to-produce-additional-copies-to-address-stock-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese adult visual novel Dimension Totsu Lovers!! sells out in stores across the country, publisher to produce additional copies to address stock shortage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Village in the Shade released in Japan on July 30 to positive reception. 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