Spirittea Run a bathhouse for picky ghosts

The town has gone strange because nobody worships or leaves offerings anymore, and the spirits have gone rowdy. Since you drank the Spirittea, you are the only human who can see them. Your job is to find each one, work out what is bothering it, and fix it. Some just want a plate of spicy noodles. Others have lost treasures buried somewhere in the mountain, and you will need a shovel and some patience. Solve a spirit's problem and it calms down, remembers itself, and becomes a customer at your bathhouse. The chasing and sleuthing is the most entertaining part of the game.

Up in the mountain sits an old spirit bathhouse, and it is yours to bring back to life. That means sweeping cobwebs with your broom, washing and drying towels, and chopping wood to keep the boilers hot. Each spirit has its own idea of a perfect bath: the right water temperature, the right elixir mixed in, food from your kitchen, maybe a good scrub while it soaks. The real puzzle is seating. Every spirit has friends it loves and rivals it cannot stand, so leading them to their baths is a careful matchmaking job. Get it right and the money is very good.

The townspeople each keep their own schedule, with their own likes, dislikes and hobbies. If you want to see someone, you have to find out where they actually are that day. Friendship here is built with time, not gifts: you tag along bug catching, sing karaoke together, go fishing, and they give you presents as you grow closer. Once a friendship is full, you can invite that person to come work at the bathhouse, which helps the whole operation run smoother. The banter between your spirit cat guide and the spirits is adorable, and the dogs and cats of town can be petted and befriended too.

There is no debt hanging over you here, no deadline, no quota and no collapsing at midnight. You can sleep whenever you like, for as long as you like: a one hour nap to save, or stay up all night if that suits you, since tiredness depends on how long you have been awake rather than the clock. Nothing in town pushes you. Devote a day to the bathhouse, spend the next one socialising, or just wander the mountain. If one activity wears you out, there is always something else to poke at, and the game is happy to wait.

If you like the satisfying loop of a hands-on service job, this is one with ghosts at the till. The bathhouse work is physical and specific: grab the broom, sweep the floor, collect the used towels, wash and dry them, stack them ready. Chop the wood, feed the boilers, watch the water temperature. Then cook in your kitchen and serve the food, and give a relaxing spirit a scrub while it soaks. It is calm, repetitive in the good way, and each small finished task visibly adds up to a bathhouse that runs better than it did yesterday.

The bathhouse is a business, and the profit and happy customers are the score. Money earned there funds upgrades and useful tools, which in turn make life around town easier, so the whole thing feeds itself without forcing you down one path. You decide how to grow the place, which spirits to court as customers, and who to hire from town to help out. Since every spirit has preferences, part of the management is knowing your clientele: who likes which water, which food, and which neighbour to keep far away from. A well-run evening of bathing pays handsomely.