Welcome to this week’s installment of F2P Friday, where we highlight our favorite Free-2-Play games. The video game market is oversaturated, and sometimes hidden gems can fall through the cracks. This is where we do all the digging for you and feature a new F2P game we know you will enjoy every week. Let’s dive in!

Kinder World

Take care of your plants and yourself in a comforting, relaxing and lush atmosphere of your own design. Play by completing daily acts of self-love that make the world a kinder place. Players will nurture their plants in-game by nurturing themselves in the real world, completing evidence-based well-being exercises like emotional naming and expressing gratitude.

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The Basics

Kinder World, by Lumi, is an anxiety-reducing app that mixes home decorating, relationship progression and plant care elements. All of the elements in the game feel exceptionally well done. The timing for the quests is low-pressure yet enticing, the variety of self-care activities lessens the chance of progress fatigue, and the art is soft and aesthetic.

It is so well balanced that I was surprised to learn that this is developer Lumi Interactive’s first game. The woman-led team was inspired by their own wellness struggles at the start of the pandemic, looking for a way to prioritize their own mental health.

Just like everyone’s self-care journey is different, so is the path through Kinder World. In fact, Every plant is…