Lugn Games and Assemble Entertainment have pinned down the release date for their lovely little cozy adventure Kioku: Last Summer. Announcements like this usually mean months of waiting. Not this time: Kioku is just around the corner.

The date is May 28, confirmed by both a press release and a new trailer. You can watch it further down the page. It’s barely a minute long, but still manages to cover all the adventure’s key features and mechanics.

The trailer also shows the only version announced so far: PC. Whether console versions will follow remains to be seen. And if you’re part of the growing cozy-game crowd but haven’t had Kioku: Last Summer on your radar yet, you can try a free demo on Steam.

What Kioku: Last Summer Is About

At first glance, Kioku: Last Summer reminded me of Tchia, another open-world adventure starring a young girl. The two games part ways pretty quickly, though.

For starters, Kioku isn’t a sandbox game like Tchia. It’s also much more focused on story, with a warm coming-of-age mood built around friendship, adventure, and nostalgic everyday moments.

Tiny Girl, Big Island

You experience all of this through Asti, a tiny girl spending her first summer on the mysterious island of Kioku. The setup even has a hint of Story of Seasons to it: Asti moves there with her father, into a new home, to start a new life. This new home isn’t a farm, though, and Kioku: Last Summer doesn’t do farming either.

Instead, Asti explores the island’s secrets and slowly gets to know the people who live there. In a hand-crafted world inspired by both Scandinavia and Japan, she rides her bike, goes fishing (because obviously no cozy game can skip that), collects crabs, and plays minigames.

Even though this genre isn’t exactly known for cracked skulls and flying teeth, Kioku’s central minigame is Marubi. It’s a collecting and battle game—but with "marble monsters," so the cozy vibes should be perfectly safe. There’s also a memory system built around in-game photos.