- The Pen Pals Bundle - 13 May 2026
If you're a kind soul who gains a sense of fulfilment from helping others, The Pen Pals Bundle is for you. It brings together Kind Words 2 and Dear Agony Aunt - two games that love long-form letters and place empathy for others front and centre.Kind Words 2A game about being kind to real people. Send nice letters from your cozy room, go outside and say hi to your neighbors, swap recommendations, dress up for the poetry slam and add your dreams to a sky full of wishes. Join a community of real people with their hearts on their sleeves.Dear Agony AuntDear Agony Aunt is a nostalgic email simulator set in 2006. Offer the right advice to a diverse cast of characters to land a job as a professional agony aunt!The Pen Pals Bundle is available now ☼Faye
- InterfaceX26 is here! - 27 April 2026
I am absurdly excited to announce that InterfaceX26 has arrived on Steam!Take a look at the showcase of Fake OS games from the past, present and future:InterfaceX26 Steam festivalTo grab a double discount on three of the participating games, check out The 2000s Nostalgia Bundle. You'll save an extra 10% on VIDEOVERSE, Terranova and Dear Agony Aunt.The 2000s Nostalgia BundleAnd finally, head to my website to read about the joy participating in this event has brought me:My InterfaceXperienceFaye
- The 2000s Nostalgia Bundle & InterfaceX26 - 14 April 2026
The 2000s. What a time. Don't you wish you could go back?Without time travel technology, the best way we have of being immersed in another time and place is playing video games.So, I've teamed up with Kinmoku and Studio Terranova to create The 2000s Nostalgia Bundle! It contains three games that offer some early millennium escapism.VIDEOVERSERelive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…TerranovaA nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.Dear Agony AuntDear Agony Aunt is a nostalgic email simulator set in 2006. Offer the right advice to a diverse cast of characters to land a job as a professional agony au…
- Valentine - 9 February 2026
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- Four Year Anniversary - 29 September 2025
Dear Agony Aunt is four years old
- Pride - 15 August 2025
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜Here in Manchester UK, celebrations of the LGBTQ+ community are loud and proud across the city from 15th to 25th August 2025. Dear Agony Aunt is joining the festivities from Steam with a celebratory sale.This game was created with the knowledge that what makes a person unique is what makes them beautiful. Our individuality is what sparks friendships, romances and every other kind of valuable connection we form with one another. We are all phenomenal and worthy of love. So, please show some love to all the wonderful queer people in your world!Faye
- Year of the Snake - 27 January 2025
On Wednesday 29th January 2025, the Year of the Snake begins. To bid a fond farewell to the Year of the Dragon and welcome in the Snake, Dear Agony Aunt is on sssssale at 50% off. Happy Lunar New Year! Faye
- Happy Halloween - 21 October 2024
Halloween has arrived in your email account! Enjoy the treat of themed visuals. Beware the trick of a horrifying spam email. The trick & treat are not long for this world. Their lifetime is only 21st October to 4th November. Take a look before it's too late! Faye
- Three Year Anniversary - 1 October 2024
Three years ago today, I accomplished something I will be proud of for the rest of my life: I released Dear Agony Aunt
- Valentine - 12 February 2024
Happy Valentine's week!
- Two Year Anniversary - 1 October 2023
Happy 2nd birthday to Dear Agony Aunt! You can check out a blog post I've written reflecting on what I've learned in the two years since the game's release: Dear Agony Aunt: Two Years On And, Dear Agony Aunt is having a week-long sale to celebrate its second anniversary. Enjoy the discount! Thank you for all your support over the past two years
- Meteorological Summer Sale - 29 May 2023
According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of summer is 1st June, so to mark the changing of the season, Dear Agony Aunt is on sale all this week. If you want to hide from the summer sun, video games are the perfect indoor occupation. If you love the sunshine, grab your Steam Deck and play Dear Agony Aunt outside! Whether you're celebrating or dreading the arrival of summer, enjoy the 75% discount ^_^ Faye
- New Year, New Platforms - 6 January 2023
Happy 2023! With the new year comes new platforms for Dear Agony Aunt. As well as Windows, you can now play the game on Linux and the Steam Deck! Faye
- Steam Awards 2022 - 22 November 2022
The Steam Awards 2022 have begun! This year, Dear Agony Aunt received a major update on its one year anniversary. Every single character in the game had their story edited, expanded or even completely rewritten. And I added a new spam email! This game will always mean the world to me. Making it and continuing to support it has been a true labour of love, and I hope to carry on pouring love into it and see it grow. After all, what is worth your time more than the things you love? It would mean an awful lot to me if you would nominate Dear Agony Aunt for the Labor Of Love award
- Scream Fest - 25 October 2022
Happy Halloween! Wooooo~ Have a spectacular spooooky week! Just like last year, there will be spooky visuals available exclusively for the duration of Scream Fest. They will be on by default, but you can switch back to the classic theme in the settings menu if you wish. Haunting Hewie is back! Be sure to read the Halloween spam email while you can :D Faye
- One Year Anniversary - 1 October 2022
At this time, on this day, one year ago, Dear Agony Aunt was released! Over the past few months, I've been busy working on story updates for every single character in the game. You'll find minor changes for some, substantial edits for others and even a couple of complete rewrites. What are they? It's a mystery! :D On top of that, there is a permanent new addition to the game: new spam! For anyone who hasn't yet added Dear Agony Aunt to their library, make the most of the weeklong sale. The game is half price! I am very excited about this special occasion, as you might be able to tell! Celebrate Dear Agony Aunt's one year anniversary with me by checking out all the new content in the game :) Faye
- Six Months - 28 March 2022
There is a lot of exciting news to share with you today ^^ On Friday 1st April 2022, Dear Agony Aunt will turn six months old! (Already?!) And of course a half anniversary celebration means a half price sale. Those of you who already own the game may have noticed that it updated today. Dear Agony Aunt was complete the day it was released, but I've been working on some story updates for you and the first six were added to the game today. These updates are just for fun, to add a little more to the characters' personalities, or to tell you a little more about their lives or their predicaments. The intention with this content update is to enrich what is already there and to allow you to get to know each of the characters even better. Steam's Simfest event coincides with Dear Agony Aunt's half anniversary celebration. Simfest is all about making hard work fun and giving gamers the chance to…
- Valentine - 11 February 2022
Have a wonderful Valentine's weekend! Whether you're spending it with a parent, a partner, a pet, friends or food, have a lovely time! Dear Agony Aunt is 20% off for the Valentine's weekend, so if you haven't bought the game yet and would like to spend some time connecting with game characters (better than humans?), it's a great time to buy Dear Agony Aunt. If you'd like to show Dear Agony Aunt some love, please leave a positive review. That would be so appreciated
- Halloween Event - 28 October 2021
Happy Halloween! Wooooo~ Have a spectacular spooooky October! For the duration of Steam's Halloween event, there is new content to check out in Dear Agony Aunt! The game has new visuals to suit the spooky season. The Halloween theme will be on by default and I hope you'll want to enjoy it while it lasts. However, if you would prefer the classic visuals, you can switch off the Halloween theme in the settings. There is also a new spam email waiting to be read! Have fun with the new content! Faye
- Release Day - 1 October 2021
Welcome to the Dear Agony Aunt community :) The development process for Dear Agony Aunt has been a whirlwind of excitement and stress and amazement. I can't believe release day is already here! If you'd like to read about my experience of making the game, I wrote a post about the Dear Agony Aunt development adventure on my blog: Faye Strawberry blog Thank you so much for taking an interest in the game. I hope you enjoy getting to know the characters and trying to convince EF Magazine that you would be a great choice as their new agony aunt! Faye
