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My Time at Portia may be the best game you didn’t know was Chinese
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My Time at Portia a cartoony crafting game that looks a bit like a Zelda title, is set in a town named for a character from Shakespeare, and was published by Team 17, which also did Overcooked and Worms.
From that description, it sounds like a Western game. Possibly European. But it’s actually from China.
The sad thing is it feels like most of the deep, polished Chinese single-player games out there are wuxia games (you know, like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) -- and they’re only in Chinese, targeting Chinese users.
But My Time at Portia is targeted at a global audience. It’s Team 17’s first Chinese game, and it’s officially out on PC right now, with a console release coming soon.
The game is essentially a bit like Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley, but in 3D. You’re a young builder in a town called Portia, which looks like it’s been plucked from a Hayao Miyazaki film -- indeed, the developer told Chinese media it was inspired by films like Castle in the Sky.

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