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HoloCozy Desktop Pet Game Opens Steam Store Page

This is the first holo Indie title to feature Tokino Sora alongside hololive 3rd generation members, signaling a broader use of the fan-made game brand beyond its initial lineup.

Key Facts

  • CCMC opened the Steam store page for HoloCozy on August 19, 2026.
  • HoloCozy features five hololive talents: Tokino Sora, Usada Pekora, Shiranui Flare, Shirogane Noel, and Houshou Marine.
  • The game is developed by Ninth Games and published under the holo Indie brand.
  • HoloCozy is scheduled for release within 2026, with price to be announced.
  • The game supports Japanese and English languages.

Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, ASCII.jp, PANORA.

HoloCozy Desktop Pet Game Opens Steam Store Page

CCMC announced on August 19, 2026 that the Steam store page for HoloCozy, a desktop companion game developed by Ninth Games, is now live under the holo Indie brand. HoloCozy is a room customization game where players spend time with five hololive talents drawn in pixel art: Tokino Sora, Usada Pekora, Shiranui Flare, Shirogane Noel, and Houshou Marine. The talents autonomously work, rest, and sleep based on their stamina and mood, and players earn coins from these activities to buy furniture. Some furniture changes how talents behave. The game includes a smartphone interface for checking talent status, managing collections, and redesigning the room. It also offers BGM and ambient sound playback, stream notifications, schedule management, and a Pomodoro timer to support daily tasks. HoloCozy is scheduled for release within 2026, with a price to be announced. The store page is now accepting wishlist registrations. Supported languages are Japanese and English. The game is part of holo Indie, a brand for fan-made games created under COVER's game creator support program.

  • Ninth Games is the developer behind HoloCozy, with its own official site at ninthgames.com.
  • The game's official X account is @holocozy, and the Steam store page is live at store.steampowered.com/app/5040220/HoloCozy/.
  • CCMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of COVER Corporation established October 10, 2023, handles game production support and publishing for the brand.
  • The in-game smartphone lets players check talent status, view collections, and change room design, in addition to the daily-life tools.
  • Stream notifications arrive directly on the PC when a talent starts or schedules a stream, not just in-game.
  • The Pomodoro timer allows freely configurable focus and break times, and the calendar supports adding and managing daily schedules.
  • BGM and ambient sound playback adjusts to the scene, such as during work or breaks.
  • The rights notice lists three parties: © COVER, © CCMC Corp., and © Ninth Games.
  • holo Indie is described as a collective term for fan-made game brands under COVER's game creator support program, aimed at co-creating with fans and creators worldwide.
  • The brand's stated goal is to provide a return ecosystem that supports fan-made creators' continued activity and delivers a wider variety of games to fans.
  • Details on the brand reference COVER's Fan Works Guidelines, published at hololivepro.com/terms/.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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