Mail Time (2023)

Kela van der Deijl

Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

3.27 from 26 ratings

368 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 239 backlogged · 41 wish listed

How long? · with extras 6h · 100% 3h (from 5 logged playthroughs)

Cottagecore cozy adventure game about delivering mail to forest animals! take on the role of a fresh-on-the-job Mail Scout given her very first letter to deliver. All you have to do is find out exactly where the recipient Greg lives and deliver the letter, no biggie!
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Release dates

  • Apr 27, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Mac
  • Apr 27, 2023 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Oct 19, 2023 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

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tylerisrandom

Review tylerisrandom 3/5 · Jul 6, 2025

Snail Mail

Mail Time is a great choice for a couple of spare hours on a cozy afternoon. You jump and glide your way back and forth between the charming townsfolk, fulfilling a series of wholesome, combat-free fetch quests. I really like the hand-drawn aesthetic.

This isn't a particularly polished game. The platforming toes the line between "extremely forgiving" and "a little …

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Mail Time is a great choice for a couple of spare hours on a cozy afternoon. You jump and glide your way back and forth between the charming townsfolk, fulfilling a series of wholesome, combat-free fetch quests. I really like the hand-drawn aesthetic.

This isn't a particularly polished game. The platforming toes the line between "extremely forgiving" and "a little bit broken." Occasionally my character would freeze in place after dialog until I opened and closed the menu. It's a short game, but I suspect I'd sour on the backtracking and sameness if it were much longer.

Gripes aside, this was a nice way to relax on a lazy Saturday with the dog asleep at my feet.

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Shirochwan

Review Shirochwan 2/5 · Feb 13, 2024

Quand l' *** A E S T H E T I C *** ne suffit pas

(En vrai on serait sur 2,5 étoiles)

Ok le titre est méchant surtout quand on prend en compte le fait que, si j'ai bien compris, le jeu a été développé que par une seule nana, Kela van der Deijl.

On va commencer par les points forts du jeu: oui il est beau. Oui la direction artistique cottagecore est adorable. Oui …

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(En vrai on serait sur 2,5 étoiles)

Ok le titre est méchant surtout quand on prend en compte le fait que, si j'ai bien compris, le jeu a été développé que par une seule nana, Kela van der Deijl.

On va commencer par les points forts du jeu: oui il est beau. Oui la direction artistique cottagecore est adorable. Oui il y a des grenouilles en salopette et des fleurs démesurément grandes. Les différentes zones de jeu s'accordent visuellement bien entre elles.

La musique est très cool j'aime beaucoup la mélancolie des marais.

Et les quêtes fedex (on joue un postier) c'est reposant, leur répétitivité ne posant pas problème dans un jeu aussi court. (je l'ai fini en moins de 2h).

Le souci étant tout le reste. Tout ce qui fait un jeu. La physique pas terrible dans un plateformer 3D ça se sent tout de suite. Pire encore: le level design. En ayant fini le jeu il y a des objets que je n'ai jamais su attraper et des sauts dont j'ignore encore si ils sont possibles à réaliser ou non. Le parcours est peu clair, et très punitif puisque les diverses zones ne communiquent pas entre elles. Je m'explique: une partie du parcours est surélevée par rapport au reste de la map. Pour y accéder, vous êtes obligés de suivre un parcours de plateforme dans la zone du village. Si vous tomber de la partie surélevée, vous tombez hors du village et devez donc y retourner et recommencer le parcours de plateforme depuis le début. De la même manière, le placement des zones est irritant puisqu'il forme un espèce de croissant de lune qui ne communique pas si vous êtes à votre camionnette et que vous devez aller livrer à la ferme, vous devrez faire tout le parcours sans raccourci (sauf si le trou dans la clôture est un saut réalisable mais mes multiples essais ont été infructueux...).

Et ce qui m'embête c'est que ce jeu m'a été recommandée moult fois sur internet, qu'il a eu un portage sur switch... Si on lui retirait son vernis "cottagecore", tout le monde serait d'accord pour dire que ce n'est clairement pas un bon jeu...

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they_planet

Review they_planet 5/5 · Feb 8, 2024

I followed this game through development and bought it as soon as it was released. I absolutely love the characters, the interactions, everything, but of course the graphics aren't amazing, being a small developer and such. Still 4/5 stars!

ViolentSpeech

Review ViolentSpeech 3/5 · Jan 26, 2024

A Candy Covered Fetch-Quest

Short, buggy, fetch quest simulator with undeniable charm and wit. It might be perfect for small children but for me, a 32 year old man, i`m not exactly the target audience, but as said im not stone hearted in the face of its charm and warmth.

The dialogue is what kept me around, if it wasn't for the cute and …

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Short, buggy, fetch quest simulator with undeniable charm and wit. It might be perfect for small children but for me, a 32 year old man, i`m not exactly the target audience, but as said im not stone hearted in the face of its charm and warmth.

The dialogue is what kept me around, if it wasn't for the cute and witty writing there would not be much to get out of this game. The visuals seem very aesthetically pleasing and, like most of the other points here, cute, but after an hour or so it more becomes a blurry mess as you run back and forth over and over through the same places delivering letters, often between the same two people if you follow a quest. Its very boring.

Its obvious that diversity and sexuality was a focus as they do ask you for your pronouns, they mention your pronouns and there are obvious gay characters right in your face. It feels a little heavy handed and like im being talked down to. "Go help these lesbian animals". Like someone trying to explain sexuality to me with finger puppets. Its whatever tho, didn't really add or take away anything for me. Maybe it will connect with somebody.

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giopep

Review giopep 3/5 · Dec 8, 2023

Death Stranding but the main character is a Captain Toad cosplayer who works as a mailwoman in a forest village where everybody is constantly bickering at each other. Really cute wholesome/zen/no stress game that I “played” by being the couch coach to my daughter’s playthrough. It was fun! I’m not sure if it would have been fun to play it …

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Death Stranding but the main character is a Captain Toad cosplayer who works as a mailwoman in a forest village where everybody is constantly bickering at each other. Really cute wholesome/zen/no stress game that I “played” by being the couch coach to my daughter’s playthrough. It was fun! I’m not sure if it would have been fun to play it by myself, though.

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