My Time at Portia: Deluxe Edition

My Time at Portia's many parts don't always shine on their own, but together they make for a pleasant building adventure.

My Time at Portia feels like it has a bounty of offerings, but there's not as much to the world as first appears.

A glacial pace and abundance of busywork make My Time At Portia a tough recommendation.

My Time at Portia is the best wholesome life simulator you can play at the moment on Switch, hands-down

Long periods of waiting and repetitive tasks make this simulation hard to recommend, especially since your efforts only rarely pay off

The daily routines of this beautifully designed crafting game are meditative, but the storyline can be laboured

Newcomers to the genre may find it tedious despite these improvements, but if you’re all about that renovation grind, My Time At Portia is one of the most modern takes on the genre I’ve seen in a long time.

The world of Portia is full of promise but the time investment it requires makes it tough to recommend as is. A significant cut in crafting times across the board could go a long way toward making things feel more rewarding.

Luckily, the more time you spend in Portia the more the world will reward you. The game is effortlessly simple, but it excels in almost everything it aims to achieve. It's one of the most relaxing indie life-simulation games out there, and yet it still offers enough adventure and addictive crafting opportunities to keep you hooked. A totally new spin on the post-apocalyptic experience, My Time At Portia is vibrant, relaxing, and brimming with charm.

My Time At Portia is an ambitious game that actually delivers on what it sets out to do. The crafting can be extremely overwhelming at first and the presence of some in-game timers can be a mild annoyance, but get your head round its detailed multi-step building missions and you'll end up with a game that could end up racking hundreds of hours on your Switch.