KOTAMON Card Collection Sim Hits Very Positive on Steam
KOTAMON's rapid Very Positive rating and quick post-launch patches show that a niche sim about trash-picking and card collecting can find an audience fast when the developer responds to feedback immediately.
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Publisher Polnoch released KOTAMON, a first-person junkyard simulation from developer KotaMota Games, on August 21 for PC via Steam. Players work as a janitor to recover a super-rare card thrown away by the protagonist's sister. The game earned a Very Positive rating on Steam, with 80% of 991 reviews positive and a peak concurrent player count of 4,832 at the time of writing.
The protagonist KOTA works at a junkyard run by proprietress Jenny, digging through trash to find cards, figures, and cosplay outfits. Beer restores stamina, and upgrades boost bag capacity and pickup speed. Cards can be found whole or assembled from five fragments, and unopened cereal boxes may yield rare foil cards.
Developer KotaMota Games has already released two patches. The August 21 update cut upgrade costs, raised card fragment appearance rates, and improved save stability. The August 23 update added mouse smoothing and FOV settings and eased drop rates for cereal boxes, figures, and cosplay outfits. Some reviews note a heavy grind in the latter half, but the developer continues to adjust based on feedback.
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