HoloCozy Turns Hololive Vtubers Into Idle Desktop Companions

The latest Holo Indie game is the Ninth Games’ desktop companion that turns Hololive Vtubers into basically little pets who can appear on your PC as a cozy idle app. It is now available worldwide via Steam for $4.99. A demo is available.

At the moment, the HoloCozy app only features five Hololive Vtubers from the Japanese branch of the company as little characters who you can watch like desktop companions. Houshou Marine, Shiranui Flare, Shirogane Noel, Tokino Sora, and Usada Pekora all appear. All of them come with a room based on them. (There’s no word on if and when additional members of the company could be added.) Three card-based minigames, like Black Jack, are available to play. As you do, you can earn coins to customize the rooms. The characters’ schedules can also be set, adjusting their skills. Also, as there are some virtual pet elements, stamina and mood management elements appear. 

In addition to the “virtual pet” elements, there are some practical features. You can use it to set timers for yourself while performing certain activities and working. There are also renditions of songs performed by the Hololive Vtubers that can be listened to with jukebox-like functionality.

Images via Ninth Games

Here are some of the first screenshots for the game showing the different characters and their rooms. It also shows how the desktop companion can be resized to be present on-screen while using other applications. The app provides alerts for when the performer based on the character active is streaming too. 

HoloCozy is available on PCs via Steam worldwide.