PAX West 2025 Spotlight: Fractured Blooms

Some games invite comfort, others unnerve you, and Fractured Blooms somehow manages to do both at once. On the surface, it looks like a cozy life sim: planting crops, cooking meals, and restoring a neglected home - but beneath the warm exterior lies a looping psychological drama that asks you to confront the weight of routine and memory. At PAX 2025, we sat down with the team behind Fractured Blooms to discuss how they’re weaving resource management, time loops, and emotional storytelling into something that feels both familiar and hauntingly new. You play as Angie, caught in a quiet, still world where every day is a chance to make progress - or fall further into the cycle. It’s a game about finding patterns, mastering survival, and paying close attention to the subtle shifts that whisper that something is not quite right. If you’ve ever wanted a farming sim that unsettles as much as it soothes, you’ll want to check out this interview.