Dressmaker is a released Steam tailoring simulation from Cozy Lives, published by Free Lives, and the founding release of Free Lives' new Cozy Lives label. It holds an Overwhelmingly Positive Steam rating, recouped its development costs within 24 hours of launch, and its developers have described it as built for Sabrina Becker, who left costume design because of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Dressmaker was announced in June 2026 as a vintage clothing craft simulation from developer Cozy Lives, published by Free Lives, with a September 2026 Steam release window. The announcement was accompanied by a trailer. Players choose fabrics, adjust patterns, sew on a vintage machine, and decorate garments to fulfill orders from townspeople.
By August, Free Lives said the game would launch on PC via Steam on September 22, 2026, and that its wishlist count had passed 200,000 as of July 29. Its trailer had recorded over 170,000 views. After launch, the release details settled around September 21, 2026 on Steam for PC and Mac at 1,923 yen, with a 10 percent discount to 1,730 yen until September 29.
Free Lives said on Steam News on September 22 that the game recouped its development costs within 24 hours of release. Review data also came in quickly: Game Spark reported 96 percent of 1,098 Steam user reviews were positive as of 14:45 on September 23, while four days after launch the store page carried more than 2,400 reviews at about 92 percent positive for an Overwhelmingly Positive rating, with a peak concurrent player count above 16,000. Developers Jonathan Hau-Yoon and Sabrina Becker built the game around Becker, who gave up a career in costume design because of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. A prototype made in three weeks passed 100,000 downloads, leading Free Lives to start the Cozy Lives label, which released Dressmaker.
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Free Lives, the studio behind Broforce and GORN, released Dressmaker under a new label called Cozy Lives. The game launched on Steam on September 21, 2026. Players run a tailor shop as a newcomer whose clients bring vague requests about work clothes, funeral dresses, and ball gowns. Fabric, decor, and pattern placement all feed into how the finished dress is judged.
Dressmaker, a dress-crafting simulation released on September 22, is rated Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam and has recouped its development costs. Developers Jonathan Hau-Yoon and Sabrina Becker built the game around Becker, who gave up a career in costume design because of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. A prototype made in three weeks passed 100,000 downloads, leading Free Lives to start the Cozy Lives label.
Dressmaker, a tailoring and crafting game from developer Cozy Lives, released on Steam on September 21. Four days later the store page carries more than 2,400 reviews, about 92% of them positive, for an Overwhelmingly Positive rating. SteamDB shows a peak concurrent player count above 16,000 for the single-player title. Players design, cut, and sew dresses to order, then sell their own designs in the shop window.
Cozy Lives released the dressmaking simulation Dressmaker on Steam on September 21, 2026, for PC and Mac at 1,923 yen, with a 10 percent launch discount to 1,730 yen until September 29. Free Lives published the game. Players act as a town tailor, choosing fabrics such as cotton, linen, wool, silk, and velvet, then working through pattern layout, cutting, machine sewing, and decoration with buttons, ribbons, and appliques. Completed dresses go to customers for reputation and coins, or into a shop window as ready-made stock. Free Lives said on Steam News on September 22 that the game recouped its development costs within 24 hours of release, and Game Spark reported that 96 percent of 1,098 Steam user reviews were positive as of 14:45 on September 23, giving it Overwhelmingly Positive status.
Free Lives announced that the dress craft simulation game Dressmaker, developed by Cozy Lives, will launch for PC via Steam on September 22, 2026. The game's wishlist count has exceeded 200,000 as of July 29, and its YouTube trailer has recorded over 170,000 views.
Cozy Lives revealed Dressmaker, a craft simulation game about running a tailoring shop and making vintage-style clothing, for a September 2026 release on Steam. A trailer accompanied the announcement. Players choose fabrics, adjust patterns, sew on a vintage machine, and decorate garments to fulfill orders from townspeople.
Publisher Free Lives and developer Cozy Lives announced 'Dressmaker', a crafting game where players work as a tailor, for Steam release in September 2026. A trailer showing the release window was also released. Players select fabric, cut, sew, and decorate outfits to fulfill customer orders or create original designs.