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Potato Please Brings Endless Peeling To Steam On November 4

Golden Horn Studios announced on October 31 that Potato Please will launch on Steam on November 4 (Japan time). The first-person game has players peel a mounting pile of potatoes on a state-assigned mission to feed the army.

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Why it matters

Potato Please is a studio's first release built on a single repetitive chore, and its tool ladder from knife to bulk machine is the whole pitch: tedium that the player is meant to automate away.

Potato Please Brings Endless Peeling To Steam On November 4

Key Facts

  • Golden Horn Studios announced Potato Please on October 31.
  • Potato Please launches on Steam on November 4 Japan time.
  • Players peel potatoes on a state mission to supply the army.
  • Tools range from a single knife to a handle-turned bulk peeling machine.
  • The Steam store page listed an unlock about three hours away at the time of writing.

Work starts with a single knife, then opens up to a peeler, a handle-turned machine that peels in bulk, buckets, burlap sacks, carts and a vacuum-like tool. The Steam page listed an unlock about three hours away at the time of writing.

Golden Horn Studios put the announcement on October 31, four days before the Steam launch. The loop is pick up, peel, toss into the water, then spend the proceeds of that work on better equipment.

The store page footage shows the progression plainly: a peeler that strips a potato in one motion, a machine that takes a handle turn to peel a batch, and transport gear for moving volume, including buckets, sacks, carts and a suction tool. The stated premise is a state order to fill the army's stomachs, with the workplace improving as the pile shrinks.

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