New Life Sim Like Hogwarts Legacy Already Has Stardew Valley Beat on Romance

I've been keeping a close eye on Witchbrook for quite some time now, largely because it seems to be combining two things I'm almost always going to have a difficult time resisting: a magical school setting in the vein of Hogwarts Legacy and the kind of cozy life-sim elements that have kept games like Stardew Valley firmly planted in my rotation over the years. Chucklefish has already shown off plenty of the usual suspects, including cottage decorating, gardening, and a rather enormous collection of furniture, but its latest developer blog finally pulled back the curtain on something I, and many other players, care about just as much. Romance is going to be a pretty significant part of Witchbrook, and after seeing how dating actually works, I think the upcoming life sim may already have Stardew Valley beat in that area.