Haru Harbor is still in development. Numbers come from the current game data and may change before release.

At a glance

Short statements you may quote as they are.

Haru Harbor is a cozy farming and village game for iOS and Android.
Haru Harbor is set in a Japanese village by the water, with rice terraces, a river, a harbor, a tea house and a ferry.
Haru Harbor is made by Mizu Studio, a small studio from Germany.
Haru Harbor is not out yet. It will come out on iOS and Android worldwide at the same time; the date has not been announced.
Haru Harbor is free to play with optional in-app purchases. There are no paid random boxes.
Ads in Haru Harbor are optional reward videos only: no banners and no interstitials.
In Haru Harbor nothing dies, nothing spoils, and a pause is never punished.
Players visit friends and join village communities of up to 30 players.
Haru Harbor speaks English and German; Japanese, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian and Korean are planned.
The name is written “Haru Harbor”. The store title is “Haru Harbor: Cozy Farm Village”.

Press contact

Questions, interviews or early access for creators: [email protected]

Fact sheet

Title: Haru Harbor
Store title: Haru Harbor: Cozy Farm Village
Studio: Mizu Studio, Germany
Genre: Cozy farming and village game with asynchronous multiplayer
Setting: A Japanese village by the water: rice terraces, river, harbor, tea house and ferry
Platforms: iOS and Android, landscape
Release: Worldwide at once; the date will be announced
Price: Free to play. Optional purchases: pearls, a monthly season pass, decoration sets and welcome packs; the stores set prices per country
Ads: Optional reward videos only, at most six a day, no banners, no interstitials; a one-time “Ad-free” purchase for no videos at all
Languages: English and German; Japanese, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian and Korean are planned
Chat: From age 13, with word filter, reporting and blocking; younger players use ready-made messages
Technology: Unity 6, own game server; progress and economy live on servers in Frankfurt
Website: haruharbor.com
Social: @haruharbor on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube (coming), Discord (coming)

The game in numbers

60levels of content at launch, more to follow
21crops
7kinds of animals, plus a Shiba and a cat
200goods, in short chains
24kinds of fish
16koi patterns
14villagers
12festivals a year, one at a time
30members per village community

What sets it apart

Water as a mechanic: irrigated rice terraces, tides, fishing, coastal fishing and koi breeding.
A ferry instead of a truck, a tea house with guests and reputation, a morning market with search and wish list.
Nothing dies, nothing spoils, pauses are never punished. Harvesting, crafting and decorating work offline.
The village promise: the same prices for everyone, no paid random boxes, a confirmation with time to undo before pearls are spent.
Accessibility: adjustable text size, large touch targets, colours that stay apart for colour blindness, and a reduced motion option.

Short texts

Free to use as they are or shortened. German texts

50 words

Haru Harbor is a free farming and village game for iOS and Android, set in a quiet Japanese village by the water. Grow rice on terraces, fish, breed koi, serve tea and trade with friends. Nothing spoils and nobody rushes you. Come back whenever you like. Made by Mizu Studio.

100 words

Haru Harbor is a free farming and village game for iOS and Android, set in a Japanese village by the water. Your grandmother has left you her old house. The terraces have run wild and the ferry has not sailed in years. You bring it all back, one calm day at a time.

Grow rice, fish in the river and the harbor, breed koi, run the tea house and sell at the market. Visit friends, join a village community of up to 30 players and sail the ferry. Nothing spoils and a pause is never punished. Made by Mizu Studio.

300 words

Haru Harbor is a free farming and village game for iOS and Android, set in a quiet Japanese village by the water. Made by Mizu Studio. "Haru" means spring in Japanese.

Your grandmother has left you her old house. The rice terraces have run wild, the tea house is closed and the ferry has not sailed in years. You bring the village back, one calm day at a time.

Water is part of the game. You irrigate rice terraces with a water wheel and canals, fish from the river jetty and the harbor pier, and breed koi in your pond. Around 200 goods come in short chains that need no manual: rice becomes flour and flour becomes mochi, tea leaves become matcha, soybeans become tofu and miso.

Selling is social, never forced. Fill the crates of your ferry, serve guests in the tea house and trade at the morning market, with search and a wish list. Visit friends, join a village community of up to 30 players and share a weekly boat festival. Kawa the otter buys what is left over, so the market works when it is quiet.

The year follows Japan's seasons. Twelve festivals, from cherry blossoms to lantern nights and the first snow, arrive one at a time. Missed festivals return in the return shop.

Haru Harbor aims to be fair. Real money buys comfort, decoration and joy, never a paywall in front of your progress. Everyone in a country sees the same prices and offers, there are no paid random boxes, and pearls are spent only after a confirmation with time to undo. Videos are optional, at most six a day, and “Ad-free” is a one-time purchase for anyone who wants none.

Nothing dies, nothing spoils and a pause is never punished. Twenty minutes a day is enough, and your village waits as you left it.

Pictures and files

Everything as one archive or one file at a time.

Everything in one archiveScreenshots, loading screen, portraits, banners and texts. ZIP, 5.6 MB

Screenshots

Real captures of the game on a phone. JPEG, 2340 × 1080 · 6 files

Loading screen, four seasons

The village by the lake in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Illustration, AI-assisted. JPEG, 2340 × 1080 · 4 files

Villager portraits

All fourteen villagers as they appear in the game. PNG, 256 × 256 · 14 files

Festival banners

Hanami, summer fireworks, Momiji, winter lights and the Boat Festival. JPEG, 1200 × 400 · 5 files

Texts and fact sheet

Short texts of 50, 100 and 300 words and the fact sheet, in English and German. TXT, UTF-8 · 2 files

Using the pictures

The pictures may be used for editorial coverage of Haru Harbor with the credit “Image: Mizu Studio”. Please change them only by cropping and resizing.

Pre-registration

Readers can pre-register at haruharbor.com/notify for one email on the day Haru Harbor is out in their store. No newsletter, no rewards promised.

Linking to Haru Harbor

Please link to the website at haruharbor.com and, for pictures and texts, to this press kit at haruharbor.com/press

How Haru Harbor is made

The game world is a stylized 3D world built in Blender and Unity, with a warm, painterly shader, soft light and a kit of models. For characters, portraits, goods icons and textures we use AI-assisted tools and curate and rework the results by hand. Programming, rules, economy and tests are built with the help of Claude. The screenshots in this press kit are real captures of the game; the loading screen and festival banners are illustrations made the same AI-assisted way.

Still to come

Logo, app icon, key art and a trailer are not finished yet. They will appear on this page.