Swery has finally announced a release date for The Good Life, their supernatural debt repayment simulator.
Set in the town of Rainy Woods, a cute fictional community in Northern England, The Good Life is a detective mystery rolled into an otherworldly debt repayment sim. Yes, you read that correctly. You’ll be playing as Naomi Haywood, a photographer from New York who has come to England to investigate a story – and pay off her debts. Oh, and she can transform into different animals.
The game is out on 15 October 2021, and you can watch the trailer here:
As reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, The Good Life will be available on PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.
The game was developed by Hidetaka ‘Swery’ Suehiro – often known as Swery or Swery65. The Japanese developer has stuck with The Good Life through a change of publisher and several delays. It’s only got this far thanks to two crowdfunding campaigns. Backers are sure to be pleased to hear that the game finally has an official release date.
Swery and The Good Life
Swery is best known for the survival horror game ‘Deadly Premonition’, so The Good Life’s wholesome feel is a change of pace. However, the two games do share some themes. Both take place in small rural towns. They both centre around investigations into ominous secrets. And both games contain with supernatural elements.

Deadly Premonition is actually a reboot of an earlier game called Rainy Woods – the name of the town in The Good Life. This original version of Deadly Premonition flew too closely to the ‘Twin Peaks’ vibe and had to be reworked into what it was when it was released properly.
Swery’s next project will be a game called Hotel Barcelona. According to IGN, Hotel Barcelona will focus on a magazine writer, who visits a hip new hotel, before horror sets in.
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