My Time at Portia

My Time at Portia suffers from arbitrarily long timers in its crafting system, but that's overshadowed by its rustic aesthetic and in-depth social system. For fans of the crafting and farming simulation genre, this is a title worth checking out.

Overall, My Time at Portia is a great Early Access title with tons of potential that can only get better. Being an Early Access title, it’s pretty much guaranteed to add content as it continues to develop. We’ll be keeping a close eye on the title as it progresses. If you’re a fan of games like Stardew Valley, but want to try something a little different, My Time at Portia may be worth a look. It'...

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

My Time at Portia takes a lot of positive notes from popular farming simulators like Stardew Valley and Minecraft, and puts its own creative spin on things. It might seem just like any other farming sim at first glance, but the more you play the more you’ll discover its unique story and engaging gameplay elements. There are some setbacks with the ridiculous amount of mining you’re forced to do at ...

The farming simulator RPG genre has always been a popular one. Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons took Nintendo systems by storm, and Stardew Valley has crossed platforms to become a global phenomenon. In a market geared toward gamers who enjoy stopping to smell the roses, My Time at Portia hopes to achieve similar status.

My time at Portia is, first and foremost, a game about building, and I've had a great time doing it. From mining to taming wild llamas to dating, there’s a lot to do here, and I’m still discovering and unlocking new and usually interesting things. While each of its parts is lacking in some way or have annoying audio bugs, when you put them all together they bolster each other to add up to somethin...

I don’t know if I’ve had fun playing My Time at Portia. Certainly, this is a compelling game. Engaging, absorbing, even addictive. Is that the same thing as fun though? Being dragged into a ‘one more day’ loop with no hope of escape is a remarkable experience that I can’t say for sure I enjoyed or not. This game definitely has some problems, but keeping you hooked is surely not one of them.

Little house on the Portia prairie.

So maybe the game’s laundry list of genres spread developers too thin (thin enough that they apparently forgot to pay some people...). And maybe the final product still has its fair share of rough edges. But despite that, I still found my hours in Portia charming. These simulators have recycled conventions for decades, both the fun and the hair-tearingly tiresome, and My Time At Portia felt like a...

My Time at Portia is hungry for your evenings.

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.

An interesting attempt to make a 3D Harvest Moon, that combines some of the best elements of Minecraft, but it lacks any real identity or new ideas of its own.