On September 21, Free Lives released "Dressmaker," a dress-making simulation developed by Cozy Lives, for PC (Steam).
Aim to Become the Town’s Best Tailor
Inspired by real-world dressmaking, this crafting simulation game lets you become a local tailor and create dresses for clients.
Clients visit your shop seeking dresses tailored to important occasions or their personal tastes. Players fulfill orders while enjoying the entire dress-making process—from selecting fabrics like cotton, linen, and wool, to designing and choosing color schemes using a sketchbook, to placing patterns on the fabric for cutting, and finally sewing the pieces together with a sewing machine—all while building your reputation.
During the finishing touches, you can add buttons, ribbons, appliqués, and more wherever you like to create even more unique designs. You’re not limited to just fulfilling custom orders—you can also display your freely designed dresses in the shop and sell them as ready-to-wear items.
Key Features
Realistic Sewing & Crafting
: Design in a sketchbook, choose fabrics, cut out patterns, sew pieces together, and customize every detail.Complete Design Freedom Add
appliqués, lace trims, buttons, and unique accessories wherever you like.Rich Story and Immersive Experience: Fulfill custom orders from
locals or sell ready-to-wear designs.Relaxing
Simulation Gameplay A blend of a relaxing crafting system and extensive fashion customization.
The development team reportedly cares too much about trivial matters—such as player satisfaction, rave reviews, and having a positive impact on the world—rather than stock prices, which is why the game is being sold at this price (normally 1,923 yen in Japan).The main story alone offers about 35 hours of gameplay, and the game features 150 types of dress components, over 450 types of fabrics, and over 350 types of accessories, with plans to release free additional content and new features in the future.
Planned New Features, etc.
Online Challenge Mode
: A feature that lets you share dress designs with other dressmakers and vote for your favorites.Sheer Fabrics: An element not included in the
launch version. The layering effect created by double-sided mesh requires a bit more fine-tuning to ensure it looks its best.Controller Support
on Steam Deck: While the game runs smoothly on Steam Deck, we plan to implement support for more comfortable controller operation.Porting
to Mobile and Nintendo Switch Since we’ve been receiving constant requests on various social media platforms, we’re moving forward with plans for these ports.
"Dressmaker," which supports Japanese and reportedly had over 400,000 wishlist entries, is currently available for PC (Steam). It is priced at 1,923 yen, but you can purchase it for 1,730 yen—a 10% discount—until September 29.
