The Stillness of the Wind returns to a lonely apocalyptic goat farm

Indie designer Coyan Cardenas is going back to the farm with The Stillness of the Wind, a sequel to his 2017 game, Where the Goats Are. Once more, it’s you and your animals in a lonely, dreamy landscape burnished with deep golds and reds. It has a larger scope, so Cardenas has teamed with publisher Surprise Attack Games. The Stillness of the Wind will debut later this year on PC.

The Stillness of the Wind and Where the Goats Are share a similar look and feel. You play as an elderly woman who’s the descendent of the previous game’s protagonist. She’s also named Talma, and she’s inherited the family farm and all that it entails — tending to the goats, collecting their milk, gathering chickens’ eggs, making cheese. You spend your days caring for the farm and reading letters from family and friends who have moved away. Your only human contact is a traveling merchant who stops by every day.