Rakun InteractiveIndependent game studio
In development · Early Access target Q1 2028

Host for real on a Cycladic island.

Your parents hand you €7,000 and the keys to the boarded-up rental next door. Bag the trash, paint the walls, carry in the furniture, take the listing photos and meet your first guests off the sea taxi.

Explore the island Production roadmap
Build v0.1 · early build Platform PC · Steam Engine Godot 4.7 Languages 10 Next Fest demo Oct 2027 Early Access Q1 2028
The game

A holiday rental you run by hand, on an island you'll want to stay on.

HelloBnb Simulator is a first-person island-life and short-term-rental sim set on a hand-built Aegean island of whitewashed houses, windmills and turquoise coves. You do every job yourself, then grow from one family rental into beach businesses, yacht tours, restaurants and pubs.

0mIsland world, edge to edge
0Districts
0Homes, 84 for sale
0Furniture & décor pieces
0Wardrobe items
0Businesses to buy

Host for real, not from a menu

Every job is done by hand in first person: bag the trash, scrape newspaper off windows, paint walls, lay tiles, carry flat-pack boxes in, make every bed and hang the towels before the first guest knocks.

A living Cycladic island

A hand-shaped 1 km Aegean island with seven districts, windmills, a blue-domed church, ancient ruins, turquoise coves, around 100 walking islanders and beach crowds that swim, sunbathe and leave litter behind.

A believable rental economy

Seasonal demand, a nightly price calendar, listing text and photos that matter, reviews in both directions, real loans with credit scores, and homes from €21k starters to €2.1M villas.

From one rental to an island empire

Grow from the family's run-down rental into lounger rentals, a beach kiosk, kayak and SUP hire, private yacht tours, restaurants, pubs and a travel agency.

Slow island life

Fish from your own boat, ride a Vespa along the coast, swim in the bay, dress in Hawaiian shirts, and sleep to move on to the next summer day.

Already wide at v0.1

The early build already runs the whole loop: character creator, 18 quests, the HelloBnb listing and review cycle, 84 homes for sale, beach businesses, fishing, the bank and all 8 businesses.

The Family Quarter where the story starts, with the harbour and hills behind
Main menu: the HelloBnb Simulator logo over a live island backdrop, with Continue, Load, New Game and Settings (the Load button is still labelled in Turkish)
The first summer day

€7,000, a family home, and the house next door.

Intro film

A sleeping-raccoon splash, the Rakun Interactive card and an animated title: "Hello" swings down on ropes, "Bnb" bounces like a beach ball and "SIMULATOR" rises out of the sea.

Make your character

Choose your name, body and summer outfit on the character screen. From here on, your parents, guests and quests call you by that name.

Mom and Dad

Your parents greet you in the family courtyard, call you by your name and hand you €7,000 to get started.

The house next door

The family's neglected rental next door is full of trash, boarded windows and peeling paint. The tutorial walks you through shopping, cleaning, furnishing, photographing and listing it.

First guests

Your first booking arrives. You go fishing while you wait, then meet your guests at the door. The career chain then opens up the beach, the kiosk, water sports, yacht tours and your next house.

€0Your own savings
€0From Mom & Dad
0Vehicles in the garage: car, pickup, Vespa
1 AprThe calendar opens

Tutorial · 8 quests

The family rental

  1. The house next door
  2. Cleaning shopping
  3. Tidy up the house
  4. Organise your backpack
  5. Furnish the house
  6. Camera
  7. Listing photos
  8. HelloBnb listing

Career · 10 quests

First guests to a second house

  1. Get to know HelloBnb
  2. Smartphone
  3. First booking
  4. Earning from the sea
  5. Welcome the guests
  6. Beach business
  7. Beach kiosk
  8. Water-sports rental
  9. Private yacht tours
  10. A new house
The island

One Cycladic island, seven districts.

An unnamed island in the Aegean: a 1,024 × 1,024 m world with about 0.47 km² of land, low sandy coves ringing most of the coast, and a sky modelled on the real Cyclades at 37°N. The harbour sits on the south-west shore, upscale Beach Bay on the east, and rocky headlands carry the windmills and two Signature villas.

1,024 × 1,024 m~0.47 km² of land36.5 m peak~6.3 km of roads
The whole island, from the southSeven districts from the affordable Family Quarter to the Luxury headlands, with 86 homes, six beaches you can run and eight businesses to buy.
Aerial view of the harbour by day: town hall square, whitewashed houses, the pier with a moored yacht and a seaside restaurant
The same harbour at dusk with street lamps and lit windows, the yacht at the pier and the church and windmills on the skyline
Day Dusk

The harbour by day and at dusk. Drag across the pier.In-engine · same camera

The Harbor · 27 homes

The island's front door.

Guests arrive here by sea taxi and ride the island taxi to your door. Days run from 07:00 to 23:00 under a real Cycladic sky with the sun, moon and stars in the right places, and only move on when you sleep.

  • Town hall square
  • Pier & yacht berth
  • Hardware Store
  • Furniture Store
  • Real Estate office
  • Kafenio
  • Aegean Journeys Travel
  • Yorgo's Taverna
  • Glaros Harbour Pub
From the air

Fly over every district.

Affordable17 homes
Family Quarter, where it startsYour parents' home, the run-down rental next door and 15 starter houses (1+1 from about €21k), plus Maria's Meze and a sandy cove.
BeachFamily Quarter
Family Quarter BeachClear shallow water below the family's neighbourhood: one of six beaches where you can buy a permit and rent out loungers.
HarborMedium · 27 homes
The harbour town & the southern covesThe town grid around the harbour, with the Family Quarter and its coves to the south.
Old TownMedium · 11 homes
Old Town & the windmillsWhitewashed lanes around the blue-domed church and its plaza, the Agora supermarket and Plateia Ouzeri & Bar.
Windmill RidgeLuxury · 1 home
Windmill RidgeThe island's highest ground (36.5 m): three windmills and a single Signature villa on the north headland.
Signature villaabout €1.87M
The Signature villa on the headlandA multi-level white villa with a pool, alone on top of Windmill Ridge.
Beach BayLuxury · 6 homes
Beach BayThe priciest land per square metre: beachfront 4+1 homes, two Honeymoon villas with plunge pools and Eleni's Seaside.
Signature villaCentral summit
The summit villaThe second Signature villa and its pool on the central summit, looking over the town.
CliffsideLuxury · 20 homes
CliffsideTerraced houses stepping down to the sea (about €210k–610k), a Honeymoon villa and Kostas Psarotaverna.
LandmarkNear Cliffside
The ancient ruinsTemple columns, a small theatre and olive trees above a sheltered cove.
SunsetFrom the west
The island at sunsetGolden hills and long shadows over a violet sea, seen from the west.
Island map

Thirty-two places to find.

Tap a number to find a place, or filter by what it's for. North, where Windmill Ridge sits, is at the top.

Top-down render of the whole island (1024 x 1024 m world), north up

Top-down render from the game · north is at the top · 32 places

Seven districts

Cheapest to most exclusive

  • 01

    Family Quarter

    Affordable · 17 homes

    Your parents' home, the run-down family rental next door, 15 starter houses (1+1 from about €21k, all under €60k), Maria's Meze and the Family Quarter beach

  • 02

    Harbor

    Medium · 27 homes

    Town hall square, the pier and yacht berth, Hardware Store, Furniture Store, Real Estate office, Kafenio, Aegean Journeys travel agency, Yorgo's Taverna and Glaros Harbour Pub; guests arrive here by sea taxi

  • 03

    Old Town

    Medium · 11 homes

    The Orthodox church and its plaza, the Agora supermarket, Plateia Ouzeri & Bar and 11 homes

  • 04

    Windmill Ridge

    Luxury · 1 home

    Three windmills and a single Signature villa (about €1.87M) crowning the north headland

  • 05

    Beach Bay

    Luxury · 6 homes

    Beachfront houses (4+1 around €550k-700k), two Honeymoon villas with plunge pools and Eleni's Seaside restaurant

  • 06

    Quiet Village

    Medium · 4 homes

    A handful of homes and Nikos Ouzeri by the water

  • 07

    Cliffside

    Luxury · 20 homes

    20 homes from 2+1 to 4+1 (about €210k-610k), a Signature villa on the summit, a Honeymoon villa, Kostas Psarotaverna and the ancient ruins nearby

The blue-domed Orthodox church on its cobbled Old Town plaza
Old Town church
Three whitewashed windmills on a grassy ridge above the sea
The three windmills
The neoclassical town hall on the harbour square
Town hall
The harbour pier on a sunny afternoon: crystal-clear water, a small boat and the town hall behind
Harbour pier
Built to be lived in

Small on the map, full of doors.

0Homes in 11 designs
0Homes with private pools
0Lounger-set spots on 6 beaches
0Windows, plus 90 doors
0Walk-in shops & public buildings
~0Walking islanders

Landmarks: the Old Town church (you can go inside), three windmills, the ancient ruins, the neoclassical town hall where you buy beach permits, and the harbour pier with its yacht berth.

In-engine · island map
Full island map with district names, shops, houses, beaches and a legend (the control hints are still in Turkish)
In-engine · first person
In-game HUD in first person: money, date, clock, level, quest tracker and minimap on a cobbled island street
Characters & customisation

Make your host, then dress for the island.

A character screen opens before every new game. Type your name, pick a male or female body and put together a summer outfit from 109 pieces, while a live 3D preview turns and zooms to whatever you're choosing.

Character creator · labels in Turkish
Character creator: name, gender and a grid of Hawaiian shirts next to a live 3D preview of the player (labels in Turkish)

The newest character-creator texts are Turkish-only in v0.1; translation into the other nine languages is scheduled before the Steam page.

Create your host

Name, body, three slots, six categories.

NameBodyT-shirtsShirtsTrousersShortsShoesSandals & flip-flops
  • Type a name or roll a random one, and choose a male or female body
  • Dress in three slots: top (T-shirt or shirt), bottom (trousers or shorts) and feet (shoes or sandals/flip-flops)
  • A live, rotatable 3D preview zooms to the part you're choosing
  • A random-look button rolls a full outfit in one click
  • Every piece sits on one modular body and hides the skin it covers, so clothes don't clip
  • Your parents, guests and quest texts address you by your chosen name and gender
0Wardrobe items
0For the male body
0For the female body
0Garment models
0Hawaiian prints
Wardrobe by category
CategoryMaleFemale
T-shirts & tops1214
Shirts & blouses1215
Trousers78
Shorts87
Shoes77
Sandals & flip-flops66
Total5257
Colourways & prints

32 garments, many ways to wear them.

Each garment model comes in several colourways (whites, navy, terracotta, olive, coral, Aegean blue and more) plus 29 Hawaiian prints: palms, hibiscus, lily, leaves and paradise. Every one of the 109 variants has its own rendered shop thumbnail.

  • White
  • Navy
  • Terracotta
  • Olive
  • Coral
  • Aegean blue
  • Palms
  • Hibiscus
  • Lily
  • Leaves
  • Paradise

Six looks from the creator

Full-body outfit renders

  • Male player look: palm-print Hawaiian shirt, denim shorts and flip-flopsMalePalm-print Hawaiian shirt, denim shorts, flip-flops
  • Male player look: terracotta T-shirt, khaki cargo trousers and white sneakersMaleTerracotta T-shirt, khaki cargo trousers, white sneakers
  • Male player look: Aegean-blue tank top, khaki shorts and leather sandalsMaleAegean-blue tank top, khaki shorts, leather sandals
  • Female player look: lily-print ruffle blouse, white trousers and sandalsFemaleLily-print ruffle blouse, white trousers, sandals
  • Female player look: red retro top, denim shorts and pink tennis shoesFemaleRed retro top, denim shorts, pink tennis shoes
  • Female player look: yellow keyhole tank top, terracotta harem trousers and flatsFemaleYellow keyhole tank top, terracotta harem trousers, flats

From the men's wardrobe

12 of 52

  • Hawaiian shirt · palms
  • Hawaiian shirt · paradise
  • T-shirt · terracotta
  • Tank top · Aegean blue
  • Cargo trousers · olive
  • Denim shorts
  • Shorts · coral
  • Swim shorts · blue palms
  • Sneakers · red
  • Flip-flops · Aegean blue
  • Sandals · brown
  • Flip-flops · yellow

From the women's wardrobe

12 of 57

  • Ruffle blouse · lily print
  • T-shirt · paradise print
  • Retro top · red
  • Keyhole tank top · palms
  • Harem trousers · lily print
  • Trousers · denim blue
  • Denim shorts · black
  • Shorts · coral
  • Tennis shoes · pink
  • Cloth shoes · navy
  • Sandals · white
  • Flip-flops · coral
The islanders

A Mediterranean cast, dressed for the season.

Eight islander and guest models, Captain Stavros and your parents, each in a summer and a winter outfit, plus 13 swimwear beachgoers and the two player bodies. Olive skin tones and greying-hair variants throughout.

  • Player (male)Player (male)
  • Player (female)Player (female)
  • MomMom
  • DadDad
  • Captain StavrosCaptain Stavros
  • IslanderIslander
  • Town hall clerkTown hall clerk
  • ShopkeeperShopkeeper
  • IslanderIslander
  • Beach attendantBeach attendant
  • Taxi driverTaxi driver
  • GuestGuest
  • Travel agentTravel agent
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
  • BeachgoerBeachgoer
Summer and winter

Islanders change out of sight.

Summer outfits, many in Hawaiian prints, run from 1 April to 20 October; winter knits take over for the rest of the year.

  • Mom in her summer outfitMom in her winter outfit
    Mom · summer / winter
  • Dad in his summer outfitDad in his winter outfit
    Dad · summer / winter
  • Captain Stavros in his summer outfitCaptain Stavros in his winter outfit
    Captain Stavros · summer / winter

Who you'll meet

  • Mom & Dad
  • Captain Stavros · yacht partner
  • Yannis the fishmonger
  • Shop cashiers
  • Town hall clerks
  • Travel agent
  • Taxi driver
  • Delivery courier
  • Beach & kiosk attendants
  • Guests with luggage
  • Beachgoers in swimwear
  • Up to ~100 walking islanders
Character production pipeline

One script table, one skeleton, the whole cast.

  1. Generate the cast

    Every person comes from a script table (Mediterranean skin tone, hair and greying, clothing fabrics) using only CC0/CC-BY MakeHuman asset packs, so the whole cast can be rebuilt in one pass.

    BlenderMPFB (MakeHuman)

  2. Dress & vary

    The same faces are exported in summer and winter outfits, a swimwear beach cast is built, and hand-picked fabrics (Hawaiian prints, waves, sunflowers) are baked onto shirts and dresses.

    BlenderBlenderKit fabrics

  3. Modular player wardrobe

    The two player bodies are exported with all 32 garments as separate pieces and a cover mask, plus 109 colour and print variants, each with a rendered shop thumbnail.

    Blender

  4. One shared animation library

    156 clips (116 Mixamo, 30 ITHappy, plus composites such as carrying boxes or wading) are retargeted onto one humanoid skeleton, cleaned up and packed into a single library every character shares.

    MixamoITHappyGodot retargeting

  5. Assembled live in Godot

    IK puts hands on phones, cameras, paddles, luggage and the boat wheel, and the character creator applies your outfit live with the same system the game uses.

    Godot 4.7
Home customisation

From a boarded-up rental to a €2.1M villa.

86 homes in 11 house and villa designs, 84 of them for sale from about €21,000. Buy them, fix them up and furnish them by hand, then photograph them and put them on HelloBnb.

  1. Clean

    Bag the trash and the mess, scrape newspaper off the windows and pry off the boards.

  2. Renovate

    Paint walls and door frames and re-tile broken floors. Five property stats track the result.

  3. Furnish

    Place furniture and décor from 436 pieces, make every bed and hang the towels.

  4. Photograph

    Take the listing photos yourself with a camera from the Hardware Store.

  5. List

    Put the home on the HelloBnb app with a title, description, price calendar and house rules.

  6. Welcome guests

    Greet them at your door, then collect the key in person at check-out.

In-engine · My Properties
My Properties: the family home and the rental next door with their quality stats (the side menu is still in Turkish)
Clean & restore

The rental next door starts at rock bottom.

Pick up trash and mess, scrape newspaper off windows, pry off boards, paint walls and door frames, and re-tile broken floors. Five property stats track how far you've come, and guest reviews count bare beds, missing towels and a lack of décor.

  • Cleanliness
  • Comfort
  • Decoration
  • Maintenance
  • Equipment
In-engine · Furniture Store app
Furniture Store app: items by room with quality-tier badges, stat bonuses and a delivery cart (some labels still in Turkish)
Furniture Store showroom with beds, sofas, tiled bathroom displays and price stands (the shop sign is in Turkish)
The Furniture Store showroomWalk the floor on the harbour, or order from the app at home.
Furnish every room

436 pieces, 79 types, six quality tiers.

Better tiers unlock as you level up. Placement is free, with wall snapping, symmetric shelf slots, curtains that fit windows automatically, and seven bedding colours.

  1. 1

    Worn

    Second-hand

  2. 2

    Budget

  3. 3

    Standard

  4. 4

    Comfort

  5. 5

    Premium

  6. 6

    Luxury

In-engine · Hardware Store app
Hardware Store app: cameras, tools, cleaning gear and phones with their effects and prices (some category labels still in Turkish)
Hardware Store aisles: paint, cleaning and electrical sections and a campaign sign (signs in Turkish)
Hardware Store aislesPaint, cleaning gear, electrics, tools and the camera for your listing photos.
Shop, haul, deliver

Every box comes home somehow.

Order from the Hardware Store (62 items), the Furniture Store or the Agora supermarket (17 products). Collect the boxes at the loading bay and haul them yourself, or pay for delivery 2–3 in-game hours later.

Family car
6
Pickup
12
Van
14

Boxes per trip

In-engine · HelloBnb host app
The HelloBnb host dashboard: earnings, stays, rating and a to-do list for getting the first listing live (some labels still in Turkish)
List it on HelloBnb

A listing that sells, written by you.

List a home once you own it and have at least one photo. Set nightly prices on a calendar with weekend and seasonal pricing, house rules (smoking, parties, pets, max guests), instant book, and check-in (12:00–17:00) and check-out (09:00–12:00) times.

−22%Demand from a weak title & description
+12%From a strong one
3%Platform fee
15%Rental tax, due monthly
Real estate

84 houses for sale, district by district.

Aegean Estates lists every home with its district, price, rooms and rental yield. Purchase costs run about 7.1%, and the Aegean Bank offers a first-home loan with 100% financing and 20-year mortgages.

  1. 1+1

    Family Quarter starters

    15 starter homes, all under €60k

    from ~€21k
  2. 2+1

    Cliffside terraces

    20 homes from 2+1 to 4+1, stepping down to the sea

    ~€210k–610k
  3. 4+1

    Beach Bay beachfront

    The priciest land per square metre

    ~€550k–700k
  4. Villa

    Windmill Ridge Signature villa

    Alone on the north headland

    ~€1.87M
  5. Top

    The priciest villa

    The top of the island's market

    ~€2.1M
In-engine · Aegean Estates
Aegean Estates real-estate app: 84 houses for sale with district filters, prices, rental yield and a buy panel (some labels still in Turkish)
The player's family home: a two-storey whitewashed house with balconies
The family homeTwo storeys, balconies and a three-bay garage.
Cycladic house with an arched blue door and stone trim
Arch-entry houseAn arched blue door and stone trim.
Tall, narrow three-storey Cycladic townhouse with an outside stair
Narrow townhouseThree storeys and an outside stair.
Stone-and-plaster family house with terraces
Stone-and-plaster houseA family house with terraces.
Honeymoon villa studio render: a compact hideaway with a round plunge pool
Honeymoon villaA compact hideaway with a round plunge pool.
Signature villa studio render: a multi-level white villa with a pool on a rock base
Signature villaMulti-level, with a pool on a rock base.
Real Estate app · floor plan · labels in Turkish
Floor plan of the Signature villa's ground floor with room areas (labels in Turkish)
Plans & pools

Know the rooms, then add a pool.

The Real Estate app shows floor plans like this one for the ground floor of the two-storey Signature villa (97.8 m² net). Their labels are Turkish-only today; localised plans for every design and interior previews before you buy are planned for the Open House update.

0Days to build a pool
€0Three kits in total
+12%Home value & nightly rate
Systems

One island economy, every job by hand.

Days run 07:00–23:00 in 24 real minutes and only move on when you sleep. The calendar starts on 1 April and cycles through low, shoulder, high and peak season, and every business on the island feels it.

Booking requests

Requests arrive by message and stays run 1–30 nights. Seasonal demand and your listing decide how often.

Real arrivals

Guests land at the harbour by sea taxi, ride the island taxi to your door, and you greet them there.

Reviews both ways

Guests review your home (bare beds, missing towels and a lack of décor all count) and you rate them back.

Knocks at the door

Some guests overstay, break the shower or come with requests, and you can sell them fresh fish.

The harbour pier on a sunny afternoon: crystal-clear water, a small boat and the town hall behind

Eight businesses to buy

Five restaurants · two pubs · one travel agency

Yorgo's Taverna on the harbour shore with its stepped seaside terraces
Yorgo's TavernaRestaurant · Harbor
Eleni's Seaside, a terraced restaurant standing in the shallows of Beach Bay
Eleni's SeasideRestaurant · Beach Bay
Glaros Harbour Pub, a whitewashed tavern with a shaded terrace by the harbour
Glaros Harbour PubPub · Harbor
Plateia Ouzeri & Bar facing the Old Town church square
Plateia Ouzeri & BarPub · Old Town
Aegean Journeys Travel agency with big blue shop windows on the harbour road
Aegean Journeys TravelTravel agency · Harbor · €185k

And three more restaurants

Kostas Psarotaverna in Cliffside, Maria's Meze in the Family Quarter and Nikos Ouzeri in the Quiet Village. Find all eight on the island map above.

Open the map
Production

The road to Early Access, Q1 2028.

The main menu labels the build "v0.1, early build", on Godot 4.7.2. It's already wide; the job now is proving it holds up over long saves, wiring finished features into quests, and translating the newest texts, as a small, quiet track while the studio launches Pop Star Life 2.

  1. Q4 2026

    Soak saves, save versioning & quest wiring

  2. Q1 2027

    Newest texts translated & economy pass

  3. Q2 2027

    Coming Soon page + announcement trailer

  4. Q3 2027

    Alpha & Early Access scope lock

  5. Q3 2027

    Closed playtest waves 1 and 2

  6. Q4 2027

    Steam Next Fest demo (October edition)

  7. Q1 2028

    Release candidate & Steam review

  8. Q1 2028

    Early Access launch

Built

Playable in v0.1

  • Intro film, title sequence, character creator and the parents' introduction
  • The full 8-quest tutorial and 10-quest career chain
  • The whole HelloBnb listing, guest and review loop
  • Renovation, furnishing, shops with pickup and delivery, and real estate including 5 luxury villas
  • The bank and loans, pool building, 5 restaurants, 2 pubs and the travel agency
  • Fishing and the boat, the yacht, vehicles, swimming, beach crowds and seasonal clothing
In progress

Stabilisation & quest wiring

  • Long soak saves across a full in-game year of seasons
  • Versioned saves with migrations
  • Quests that introduce pool building, furniture breakdowns and rating your guests (they work, but no quest points to them yet)
  • The newest dialogue, quest and character-creator texts translated out of Turkish
  • A performance pass with ~100 islanders and full beach crowds
Planned

After launch

  • Staff hiring, built but locked until its quest (Hired Help, Q2 2028)
  • Interior previews and localised floor plans before you buy (Open House, Q3 2028)
  • Career quests into the restaurants, pubs and travel agency (Island Tycoon, Q4 2028)
  • Low-season goals and seasonal balance (Off Season, Q1 2029)
  • Evaluating Steam Workshop for furniture and Steam Deck support
How we build it

Eight gates from data file to ship.

  1. Data-driven design

    Economy, levels, quests, furniture tiers, catalogues, villas, businesses, fishing, wardrobe and staff all live in data files, so balance changes don't need new code.

  2. An island built to scale

    The 1,024 m island is laid out from a height map and a district plan with real numbers: land area, road length, homes per district and a sky modelled on the Cyclades at 37°N.

  3. Script-built cast

    Every islander, guest and beachgoer is generated in Blender from a table of skin tones, hair and fabrics using CC0/CC-BY MakeHuman assets, so the whole cast can be rebuilt in one pass.

  4. One shared animation library

    156 Mixamo and ITHappy clips are retargeted onto one humanoid skeleton, cleaned up and shared by every character, with IK putting hands on phones, cameras, paddles and luggage.

  5. In-engine render review

    Aerials, interiors, character portraits and UI screens are rendered from the game itself and reviewed by a person.

  6. Localisation

    Texts are written in Turkish first and translated into nine more languages; nothing is marked ready until every language is up to date.

  7. Playtest

    Internal play, then invite-only waves and a Next Fest demo, each built around one question. Findings go back into the design and data.

  8. Ship

    Builds go out with save migrations, Steam cloud saves and patch notes, and the public roadmap is updated with every major update.

Roadmap

From concept to 1.0.

Every phase from first pitch to post-launch. Shipped phases are green, the one in production now is gold.

Shipped In production Planned
  1. Q3 2026 Shipped

    Concept & pre-production

    A first-person hosting sim on a hand-built Cycladic island. We locked the idea that every hosting job is done by hand, built the island to real scale and set up a character pipeline the whole cast can be rebuilt from.

    • Design pillars: host for real, a living island, a believable rental economy, one rental to an island empire, slow island life
    • Godot 4.7.2 stack (Forward+) with data-driven economy, quests, catalogues and businesses
    • 1,024 m island laid out in 7 districts with 86 homes and a real Cycladic sky
    • Script-built cast (Blender + MPFB) and one shared 156-clip animation library
  2. Q3 2026 Shipped

    Early build (v0.1)

    Much wider than a usual slice: the family rental can be restored, furnished, photographed, listed and booked, and the career chain runs all the way from the first guests to buying a second house.

    • Intro film, character creator with a 109-item wardrobe and the parents' introduction
    • Full 8-quest tutorial and 10-quest career chain
    • The HelloBnb listing, booking, arrival and review loop, with rental tax
    • Renovation, 436 furniture and décor pieces, shops with pickup and delivery, 84 homes for sale
    • Beach loungers, kiosk, kayak and SUP hire, yacht tours, fishing and the boat
    • Aegean Bank loans and mortgages, pool building, 5 restaurants, 2 pubs and a travel agency
  3. Q4 2026 – Q1 2027 In production

    Stabilisation & quest wiring

    A small, quiet track while the studio launches Pop Star Life 2. Prove that the systems already built hold up over long saves, and connect the finished features that no quest points to yet.

    • Long soak saves across a full in-game year of seasons
    • Versioned saves with migrations
    • Quests that introduce pool building, furniture breakdowns and rating your guests
    • Newest dialogue, quest and character-creator texts translated out of Turkish into English
    • Performance pass with ~100 islanders and full beach crowds on screen
  4. Q1–Q2 2027 Planned

    Production & localisation

    Balance the economy from the €21k starter home to the €2.1M villa, and bring all ten languages up to date.

    • Economy pass: seasonal demand, nightly pricing, loans and business income
    • All ten languages up to date, including the newest quest and dialogue texts
    • Floor plans and in-game labels localised (they are Turkish-only today)
    • Onboarding and UI clarity pass on the PC and phone apps
  5. Q2 2027 Planned

    Steam page & wishlists

    We go public in spring, so the Coming Soon page catches the Steam Summer Sale and has about five months to collect wishlists before Next Fest.

    • Steam app, store page and capsule art
    • Coming Soon page and an in-engine announcement trailer
    • Press kit on rakuninteractive.com, Discord and Steam community hub
    • Cross-promotion from the Pop Star Life 2 and Midnight Bloom communities
  6. Q3 2027 Planned

    Alpha & Early Access scope lock

    Freeze the Early Access feature list. Anything not ready moves to a named update.

    • Everything in the early build stable across long saves
    • Quest-tied pools, furniture breakdowns and guest ratings
    • Steam achievements and cloud saves wired in
    • Early Access scope locked
  7. Q3 2027 Planned

    Closed playtests

    Two invite-only Steam Playtest waves, each built around one question.

    • Wave 1: the family rental (onboarding, first-person controls, hands-on renovation and furnishing)
    • Wave 2: the first summer (booking pace, pricing, tax, the beach businesses, long saves, mid-range PC performance)
    • Feedback surveys and a public known-issues list
  8. Q4 2027 Planned

    Steam Next Fest demo

    A free demo in the October edition of Steam Next Fest: arrive home, restore the family rental and put it on HelloBnb.

    • Demo covering the 8-quest tutorial, ending when the first booking request arrives
    • Livestream of renovation, furnishing and listing photos
    • Demo feedback folded into the launch build
  9. Q1 2028 Planned

    Release candidate & launch prep

    Content freeze and bug-fix only. The build goes to Steam review with time to spare, and the launch stays clear of the studio's other launches.

    • Content freeze and release candidate build
    • Steam build and store review
    • Launch trailer, press and content-creator keys
    • Day-one patch branch prepared
  10. Q1 2028 Planned

    Early Access launch

    Launch in late winter, just as players start planning their summer and the in-game calendar opens on 1 April. If the rental economy isn't solid, the date moves; we won't ship it half-tuned.

    • The whole island: 7 districts, 84 homes for sale, 6 beaches and 8 businesses
    • The HelloBnb hosting loop, renovation, furnishing, shops and deliveries
    • Beach loungers, kiosk, water sports, yacht tours and fishing
    • Tutorial and career quests, now including pools, breakdowns and guest ratings
    • Ten languages, Steam achievements and cloud saves
    • Public roadmap and patch cadence announced on day one
  11. Q1–Q2 2028 Planned

    Launch support

    The first six weeks belong to players: fast fixes, balance and listening.

    • Day-one patch and weekly hotfixes
    • Pricing, demand and loan balance from save data players choose to share
    • Community poll on update priorities
  12. Q2 2028 – Q1 2029 Planned

    Early Access major updates

    Four themed major updates, roughly every eight to ten weeks, with smaller patches in between.

    • Hired Help
    • Open House
    • Island Tycoon
    • Off Season
  13. Q2 2029 Planned

    Beta / content complete

    No new systems: the full career from the family rental to the island empire, a whole-game balance pass and stability.

    • Career chain completed through the businesses and villas
    • Balance pass from the €21k starter to the €2.1M villa
    • Opt-in beta branch for the 1.0 candidate
    • Performance and accessibility pass
  14. Q3 2029 Planned

    1.0 release

    The complete island career, about 16–18 months after Early Access launch, arriving in the northern summer.

    • Complete career from the family rental to the island empire
    • All Early Access updates polished and integrated
    • 1.0 trailer and launch event
  15. Q4 2029 onward Planned

    Post-launch

    Support the live game and grow it where players ask for it most.

    • Quality-of-life and balance patches
    • Evaluating Steam Workshop for furniture and décor
    • Evaluating Steam Deck support
    • Free seasonal island events

Roadmap updated 2026-09-27 · windows are targets and may shift with playtest feedback.

Early Access

Targeting Q1 2028. Growing with you to 1.0.

“An island economy from a €21k starter to a €2.1M villa is best balanced by the people running it.”

At launch

The whole island

7 districts, 84 homes for sale, 6 beaches and 8 businesses; the full hands-on hosting loop, shops and deliveries, pool building, the beach businesses, yacht tours, fishing, the bank, the character creator and the quests. Staff hiring stays locked until its update.

~8–10 week cadence

Four major updates

Hired Help, Open House, Island Tycoon and Off Season, with smaller patches in between. A free Steam Next Fest demo comes first, in October 2027.

Q3 2029

1.0 release

The complete island career from the family rental to the island empire, about 16–18 months after Early Access launch.

Major updates

Q2 2028

Hired Help

Staff for a growing business

  • A new career quest that unlocks staff hiring
  • Cleaners, handymen, photographers, guest greeters, and beach and kiosk attendants
  • 16 candidates on daily, weekly or monthly contracts
  • Wages balanced against real rental and beach income from Early Access saves
Q3 2028

Open House

Viewings before you buy

  • Interior previews for homes for sale in the Real Estate app
  • Localised floor plans for every house and villa design
  • New career quests after your second house
  • Buying and selling quality-of-life from player feedback
Q4 2028

Island Tycoon

Restaurants, pubs and the travel agency

  • Career quests that lead into the island's 8 businesses
  • Deeper daily reports and marketing for restaurants and pubs
  • Business loan and income balance from player data
  • Late-game goals beyond the current level cap
Q1 2029

Off Season

Life after the summer rush

  • Low-season goals: long stays, maintenance and renovation projects
  • Seasonal balance for demand, fish runs and beach traffic
  • More islander and guest moments across the year
  • Quality-of-life voted by the community
Early Access FAQ

Straight answers before you book.

The same answers we'll give on the Steam store page.

Why Early Access?

HelloBnb Simulator is a systemic sim where rentals, beach businesses, loans and seasons all feed one island economy. Much of it already works, but balancing prices, demand, reviews and income across a whole career from a €21k starter home to a €2.1M villa is best done with players running real businesses. Early Access from Q1 2028 lets us tune the economy with you while we add staff, viewings before you buy, deeper business careers and an off-season.

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

About 16–18 months, with 1.0 targeted for Q3 2029. We'll share an updated estimate with every major update and say so openly if the schedule changes.

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

1.0 adds staff hiring, interior previews for homes for sale, career quests that carry on past your second house into the restaurants, pubs and travel agency, late-game goals and off-season content, plus a balance pass across the whole career and broad polish.

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

At launch you get the whole island with 7 districts, 84 homes for sale, 6 beaches and 8 buyable businesses. You get the full hands-on hosting loop (clean, renovate, furnish, photograph, list, greet and review), shops with pickup and delivery, pool building, beach loungers, a kiosk, kayak and SUP hire, yacht tours, fishing, the Aegean Bank, the character creator, and the tutorial and career quests. Staff hiring is built but stays locked until its update. Expect rough edges and balance changes.

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

We plan to launch below the intended 1.0 price and raise it as major content lands, with notice before any change. Everyone who buys in Early Access gets every update and 1.0 at no extra cost.

How are you planning on involving the community?

Through closed playtests and a Steam Next Fest demo before launch, Discord and Steam forums, an in-game feedback prompt and a public roadmap updated with every major update. We'll poll the community on quality-of-life priorities and on the order of later updates, and patch notes will credit the player reports they fixed.

Do I have to do every job by hand?

Doing the work yourself is the heart of the game, so Early Access launches that way. The first major update, Hired Help, adds cleaners, handymen, photographers, greeters and beach staff, so a bigger business can run while you fish, sail or buy the next house.

Is HelloBnb a real platform?

No. HelloBnb, the island, its businesses and its people are fictional, and the game is not affiliated with any real rental or travel company.

Which platforms will HelloBnb Simulator be on?

PC (Windows) on Steam. We'll look at Steam Deck after launch. No console versions are announced.

Will my save survive Early Access updates?

That's the goal. Saves are versioned and older saves are migrated forward automatically. If an update ever has to break compatibility, we'll announce it in advance and keep the previous version on a Steam beta branch.

What languages are supported?

Ten: English, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Greek. Some of the newest texts are still being translated today; all ten will be up to date at launch, and we welcome reports from native speakers.

Gallery

Aerials, homes & in-engine captures.

Aerials, key art, studio renders and interiors come straight from the v0.1 build. Interface captures are English where the game already is; where a label is still Turkish, the caption says so.

Launch news

Be the first guest on the island.

Get the Steam page announcement, playtest invites, the Next Fest demo and the Early Access date first.