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Lemon Cake

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S • 2021

Should you play it?

Restore an abandoned bakery and prepare pastries from farm to table! Grow fresh ingredients in the greenhouse, cook pastries & sweets in the kitchen and serve your baked goods to hungry customers in your own shop!

What works
  • Cute and charming art style
  • Engaging time management gameplay
  • Character customization
  • Progression through upgrades and recipes
  • Relaxing and wholesome atmosphere
Things to keep in mind
  • Clunky controls and hitbox issues
  • Grindy progression late game
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some players find pacing stressful
  • Limited environment customization

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Lemon Cake: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership, Exploration.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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    "Players manage resources and time to avoid failure and progress through days."

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