Haru Harbor: press texts and fact sheet
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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.

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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.

Short text, 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.

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: https://haruharbor.com
Social: @haruharbor on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube (coming), Discord (coming)

The game in numbers

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

Press contact: press@haruharbor.com
Credit for pictures: Image: Mizu Studio