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Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures

Ember is a virtual pet who feels alive - and living on your desktop. Play with her, feed her - make her feel loved. She’ll be curious and attentive, mischievous when you need a distraction, quiet when you need…

14 July 2026

Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures is an indie developed by Windup Minds, released 14 July 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures is

Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures is an indie game developed by Windup Minds and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ember is a virtual pet who feels alive - and living on your desktop. Play with her, feed her - make her feel loved. She’ll be curious and attentive, mischievous when you need a distraction, quiet when you need a little focus time. Fully 3D and animated - with a little sass.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures launched on 14 July 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Big Walk.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Big Walk.

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When did Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures come out?
Stay: Ember's Desktop Adventures was released on 14 July 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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