Free Lives Opens Cozy Games Label With Dressmaker On Steam
The move puts a studio known for over-the-top violence into the small, quiet simulation space, and the new label is the clearest signal yet that Free Lives is splitting its output by tone rather than genre.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
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.
The protagonist is a tailor who has just opened a shop in a town where the locals doubt the newcomer's skill at first, so early orders stay simple. Clients are drawn as 2D illustrations, and talking to them reveals why they need the clothes: a work outfit, a jet-black gothic dress for a funeral, a glittering ball gown. Orders arrive in vague wording like "a proper look" or "cheerfully," which the game translates into style values that rise and fall as the design changes.
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