Relaxing beekeeping sim APICO 2.0 is out with new NPCs, Butterflies and lots more

APICO is a wonderful little gem about keeping the bees safe, and they just launched a massive 2.0 update with more planned to come. In their announcement, they said that while the 1.0 release was a "finished game" there's still plenty they want to add. This 2.0 update is part of a series of updates planned, as they want to go Terraria and Minecraft style with content upgrades.

Some of what's new includes:

• New NPCs! Meet new friends Codey & Sto, research partners from the Mainland.
• Butterflies! Beeautiful flapping friends to find and discover.
• Solitary Bees! Bees that don’t work in hives but live alone.
• New Flowers! More fancy flowers, each with their own new effects on the environment.
• More books! We know you love reading, otherwise why are you playing APICO?
• Improved Dialogue System! Now you won’t miss all the wonderful writing Jamie has done, plus some new dialogue!
• Incense! Finally you can make candles, plus your own incense through the magic of Alchemy!
• More Music! The wonderful bee-sides by Mothense have been added.
• More decoration! Lots more decoration items, tiles, walls and more!
• More achievements! 16 more delicious achievements to get hold of!
• Lots of bug fixes.

You can buy it from Humble Store, itch.io and Steam.

This is a great casual game for when you want to slow down a bit. Original trailer below if you've not seen it:

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