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Petit Planet is exactly the Animal Crossing clone it looked like, but after 15 hours of it I'm shocked by how many new ideas it has too

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Petit Planet
Genres · adventure, rpg, simulation
Release · Q4 2026
Developer · miHoYo
MobilePC
16 articles 13 writers 0 reviews
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Active · 2001–2026
Latest · Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Top genres · simulation, puzzle, fps
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