Overview
- Aniimo launched on September 16, 2026 for PC and consoles and will arrive on mobile on September 23, 2026, with the game available on Xbox Game Pass.
- The game is a free-to-play open-world creature-collector that ships with more than 200 collectible Aniimo, a Twining mechanic that lets players inhabit creatures, multiplayer modes including 3-player Egg Heist, and personal Homeland/RV systems.
- Early uptake was very large, with SteamDB reporting a peak of about 101,717 concurrent players on launch day, and the title ranking among the most-played games on Steam.
- Player sentiment split sharply at launch: Steam user reviews gave Aniimo a “Mixed” rating driven largely by complaints that the progression system uses gacha-style mechanics and aggressive microtransactions while the PlayStation Store showed a strong early player rating.
- Pawprint Studio says it implemented beta-driven fixes to encounters, progression, and training before launch and is running limited-time events such as Aniimo Together through September 27 while rolling out further updates and platform-specific achievements.