I didn't realize you just put things away. I thought it was a game were I setup my van and then drove around the map while exploring the area. And that just wasn't the case. The vibes are cute, but I wanted to drive a van around the map.

I cannot stop playing this game. If I stop playing it I will return to real life and start trying to live my own cozy camper van life and I just can't afford that in this economy.

Not a fan at this point. I love the game Unpacking so I was eager to try this one, and at first it was okay aside from the sketchy controls (moving the camera around to get how you need it is a pain). But then you start the second level and things are already partly unpacked, and that is where it lost me. I want to unpack and put things how I like it, because organization is why I play these types of games. It is so satisfying getting things just right and aesthetically pleasing. When you have to pull everything off of shelves and pile it around to try and start again, it's just irritating. If you buy a new vehicle, you should have to unpack everything into that vehicle, so why is it not a fresh start? If I am playing the owner, the way the stuff was in those cupboards is certainly not how I would have done it, so that also breaks the immersion. Like a stranger half unpacked things for me in an awful way. I ended up returning the game after playing for a half hour because it was more frustrating than relaxing, unfortunately.

Hi dear. We need to talk. I'm sorry I'm the one who has to bring this to you but...you have too many plants. I know they are cute, and I know you are on your healing era but you live in a van and the space is limited sweetheart. We need to be smarter about our choices. You wanted this, and I'm sure they are just the touch the van needs to make it extra cozy, but they just don't fit. You have to let them go girl. If it makes you feel better...think in all the watering you won't have to do!! You have more than enough with all the extra work you have with this lifestyle...and the pet of course. Yeah I know it is all worthy. Just...less plants ok? And I'll leave the conversation about candles for the future. Step by step.

I can't recommend this game any less honestly. I genuinely hate saying that about an indie game but WOW, I never even knew a cozy game like this could make me this pissed off. Almost every single thing about this game made me frustrated. Reviews say this game is like Unpacking, and it is in the fact that you are just unpacking things into your home the entire time, but every other thing about this game is just a worse version of that one. Firstly, the plot is horrendous. I struggle to even say "plot" when it comes to this game. Full spoiler warning for this review cause I'm just gonna rip into it but --- The game starts with, what I assume is, your first ever camper van. You design it and unpack your belongings into it, making it "home". The **very next mission** you are moving into someone else's camper, presumably a boyfriend of some sort. It is beat for beat the same as Unpacking in that you struggle to find places to put your things in this new, tight space. It also copies Unpacking in that, in the very next mission, you are already broken up. However, as opposed to Unpacking, it doesn't feel earned! Sure, you're struggling to unpack all your items in this tight space, but it's a camper van and the space is just TIGHT. When you're struggling to unpack your things in your shared space in Unpacking there is a distinct lack of care that the player feels for themselves through this act of unpacking. In Unpacking you need to put your own framed art degree under the bed instead of hanging it up on the wall. There are *reasons* things are happening and Unpacking has the sense to communicate that to the player. In Camper Van it just... happens. Then there is barely any story for the entire rest of the game. You get dumped mission #2 and for the entire rest of the game it's just about unpacking basically the same items into new camper vans (I won't even say upgraded ones and I'll get to why) over and over and over. You get a pet at some point, but I think that's like mission #4 and there are around 10 or so missions. It's just so boring and bland. No writing at all, not even though the items. Honestly just insulting imo. Not even an original story and then done so poorly like this. And let's keep talking about the story. In Unpacking the story didn't just come from the act of Unpacking, it was also the places you moved to, what they meant, and most importantly the *items* you unpacked. In Unpacking all the items had meaning. The games, the extensive amount of art supplies, the cosplay stuff, the books, hell even a cup had meaning. Every item had a story and meant something to the character and it wouldn't just disappear unless the character had grown out of said item or something like that. Camper Van feels like it didn't even consider what items meant to people, they just put in things they thought would look cute in a screenshot. In Camper Van our character starts to crochet at some point. We know this because she starts to have yarn that she unpacks. Just yarn. Where are all her projects? I never once unpacked a blanket she had made, or anything of the sort. There were never any crochet hooks, so idk how she even made anything with that yarn; was it just there to look cute? She gets a *shitload* of plants at some point, yet she never gets any potting soil, extra pots, fertilizer, a humidifier, plant lights, anything? I got myself a reptile as my pet and was given a thermometer so I could make sure I was keeping his enclosure at the right temperature yet I never got an enclosure? It was just a thermometer I needed to set on a table somewhere. It was genuinely aggravating and made me not even want to play. There were also tons of times where I would unpack like half the items I had from the last mission and then I would unpack the second half, plus maybe 1 or 2 new items, in the next. So for example, in mission 1 I would have 30 items, then in mission 2 I would have 40. In mission 3 it would give me only 30 of those items back and then in mission 4 it would give me back my other 10 items plus maybe a few new ones. Why am I loosing items in between missions?! This is what I mean when I say the items don't matter to the character and this is just a cute screenshot game - it doesn't even respect the player enough to keep their inventory consistent with the plot. Where did her stuff go for only 1 trip? Why was it taken from me just to be given back 1 moment later? Common guys. You also upgrade your camper van throughout the game to new ones. I thought this would be the one nice aspect to the game but it isn't. You are constantly "upgrading" your camper to be worse. One minute you'll have a really cool organizer for your plates and cups, the next upgrade it's completely gone and now your plates are just back in a loose cupboard. One minute you'll have this cool nook under your bed for your pet to sleep, the next that's just gone and they have nowhere to sleep anymore. One minute you'll have a full working bathroom, the next it'll be a toilet pullout directly next to your sink. There are occasionally some things designed for a camper, like the organizer for your glassware, but usually it's just a bunch of normal home cabinets where everything just sits loosely in there. What happens when you drive your camper away? I assume all your shit just breaks every time since almost nothing is designed with a camper van in mind. VERY disappointed in the vans, their upgrades, and just the general design of them. I laughed multiple times out loud at the way the game would basically punish you for getting the new camper. Then to top it all off the controls are just honestly hellish. I wish I could describe how little this thing should have "full controller support" labeled. I mean, I guess? The game is obviously meant to be played with mouse and keyboard, and while it does *work* with controller, the control scheme is so ass it was honestly making my head hurt, and I usually don't feel that no matter the wack controls a game has. To add to that, every single item had what felt like a "proper" place for it. This doesn't mean you only had 1 place to put things, but it did mean that I was OFTEN (and wow guys I mean so damn often) running into issues placing items where I felt they should go. This isn't always an issue, Unpacking did this with some items (I mentioned an item being put under the bed earlier) but it was basically always for a plot reason; you could unpack pretty much anything anywhere, unless the devs felt they needed to tell an important story beat. In Camper Van you just can't put half the stuff where you want, and it's because the surfaces in this game are so restrictive. I could hang a towel on the oven in one camper, but then couldn't hang it there is any other camper for the rest of the game. I could hang a hat or some keys on a wall post in one camper and then couldn't do it in any other camper for the rest of the game. It was just so unbelievably restrictive, and for what felt like no reason. I have clip after clip after clip on my Steam Deck of me just frustratingly wiggling an item over a place I *think* it should be able to go to no avail. This shit made my blood boil and it is honestly the main reason for this negative review. Shitty story? Whatever. Crappy items that don't make sense? Eh. Weird upgrades to the campers? I don't care. But not being able to just put items in spots and enjoy my cozy game, turning this into an 8 hour slog that frustrated me way more than relax me? That was the final straw and it made everything else wrong with the game stick out *waaay* more. No way in hell I can recommend this. I'm so sorry if this hurts anyone's feelings on the team but man all I could think was this was a lazy attempt at a cozy game because they thought it would be "easy". Truly an awful time for way too much money. Run, don't walk, away from this game if you care about your time or relaxation.

I really wanted to like this game. I loved Unpacking and desperately wish there were more games like it. I really enjoyed the first level, although I was a bit disappointing with the very limited color palette. Still, I really enjoyed the first level and the challenge of getting everything in its place, and the end result was very satisfying. The next level started well, with increased color options, although still in a very neutral (although pleasant) palette. However, the next level frustrated me so much that I ended up exiting out after 20 minutes and immediately going to the steam page to write this review: because there is another person's stuff in MY camper van, and their stuff is dominating the space. There's a hook on the wall, with two caps on it, and a third hook that hangs keys. I can pick up and move the keys, but for some reason I can't hang my hat on the available hook. There are SIX PAIRS OF SHOES in a CAMPER VAN and it is impossible to get them all to fit together in the wardrobe. What person brings three pairs of shoes each in such a small space? The space-related frustration continues. There are two giant caboodles, one for the pain character and one for (I presume) her boyfriend. Can I put any of the many toiletries items of the characters in the caboodle? Nope, those take up another two cupboards. There is only one tiny shelf in the bathroom, when anyone who has lived in a small space knows that vertical shelving in the shower is king. Yet there are two Costco sized bottles of shampoo that don't even fit in the cupboard, that I also can't place on the sole bathroom shelf. So I guess they just sit on the floor? The object selection just seems so random when compared to Unpacking. It seems like a collection of aesthetically pleasing objects instead of giving thought and function to what a person living out of a van would actually take with them. The main character is sharing space with someone that brings six hardcover books and three records in a van. Girl, dump him. I really want to like this game, and I think an update could easily resolve some of this frustration. Still, I wish there was some more thought put into imitating the design and belonging of those who actually live Van Life. And less of a boyfriend's shitty belongings.

Cute cozy game

- Controller support doesn't allow for menu/UI navigation with D-Pad. It's not comfortable to navigate UI with thumb sticks working as a mouse and there's a lot of tiny menu items to mess with. - No controller button on screen at all when customizing van, like X and B to rotate item. Didn't bother trying to guess the rest of the controls to place or manipulate items. - Tutorial is bugged? Got to the part where the game teaches me camera movement around my van, then shines my backpack icon gold, so i click and place a bunch of items and nothing happens, the game stops progressing and giving instruction. There's no indicators anywhere of what to do and im stuck in camera mode. I'd wait for some patches and proper controller support if this kind of stuff bothers you. I'll update my review if these things change

Can I pet yo dawg? YEAH YA CAN!

The game is adorable! I've waited for so long to play it and now I'm overjoyed it's out! The vibes are very similar to "Unpacking", with an overarching story developing in the details while the game progresses. The only downside I can see is that the camera can be a bit wonky, but nothing I personally couldn't live with. Definitely recommend if you are into this type of cozy games!!!

I bought this game because I thought that it would be similar to unpacking (which I absolutely love) but it got to the point where there was just so much stuff to unpack into such a small space that I found myself getting overwhelmed. I didn't really feel this way until the 3rd destination but the 4th one really sealed it. This game is very cute and the graphics are great but the controls were a bit confusing. Not to mention that you were able to hang bucket hats on pegs for some levels but then for others the pegs were just non-usable? Small problem for sure but it was just something that made me want to not to play it at all.

Stumbled upon this game by accident and absolutely loved it. I could play this game for a thousand hours and not get bored. Highlyyy recommend for anyone who loved Unpacking. 10000000/10 stars!

My rating: 8/10 This game reminded me so much of unpacking! It's so cute, cozy and relaxing! I had such a fun time putting things away...though I was having mental breakdowns cause I was running out of space LMAO

The game isn't bad. The only thing I really dislike is the overconsumption of some items cus who tf needs all of those plants for a camper van?

I never make reviews, this is probably my second or third review in the entire 11+ years I've used steam. This game is exactly what I've been craving, especially after Unpacking and a Little to the Left. It can be a bit finicky at times, but honestly Unpacking was sometimes too. This had a lot more freedom than Unpacking but I think comparing the two in which one is "better" isn't fair. They both are very similar in concept, but they are different styles and settings. Unpacking has a special place in my heart but honestly, this one will too. And although some may not consider this style of game to have a lot of replay-ability, I probably will replay it multiple times too. This one is just a cozy game where you can decorate a van, with a bit of a story, but I feel like the story isn't as heavily emphasized as just the "cozy decorate a space" vibe is. My only feedback would be that after designing the van, instead of saying "are you done organizing your van" maybe have a different message like "are you done designing your van" since the organizing step hasn't happened yet. Cute, enjoyable, just wish it was longer, but I had the same feelings with Unpacking. I don't think either will ever be long enough for me. To the creator: Please ignore the people saying "This is just unpacking but _." I think this game has so much charm and comparing games like that is unproductive. Games like this are equivalent to artworks, in my opinion. Interactive artworks. Games like this should be encouraged more, especially in an age of AI and soulless cash-grab games. We need indie developers. We need soul in gaming and less bitter, elitist gamers. And I need more games like this in my life.

Its really cozy and even with early access its a very nice experience. I cant wait to find out what the devs have in store for us next heheh. Thank you guys for the hard work!

So cozy and great to play

Such a cosy game, I love it.

I absolutely love this game! It scratches a very niche itch in my opinion. The art style is very cute and charming. The game play is very fun and relaxing. I 100% recommend this game

this is exactly what ive been craving since i finished unpacking. same vibe, very cozy and overall a great game. I enjoyed it and finished it in one go:)

I love this game so much! ♡ I got it today and finished it in one sitting because I was hooked. I love that we can choose what the interior of the van looks like (there are some really beautiful furniture options) as well as getting a choice of a cute animal companion. I had a lot of fun and will definitely come back to play some more! ♡

I tried the demo before deciding to buy this, and was almost turned off by the performance and mouse controls. Skip the demo! The game is MUCH MUCH better - I loved it. I played it on a Macbook Air (and even used the mouse trackpad at times), and it all worked great. It's a lovely story, with beautiful graphics and music. And the doggo is adorable. The creator says that they were inspired by Unpacking and you can definitely tell. So if you're a fan of that game I think you'll love this one.

I backed this on kickstarter 2 years ago. Why? I don't remember, probably expected SOME gameplay. This is sooooo boring

Played through the demo multiple times, so of course I bought the game the second I got the launch email. It's a relatively short game but the story line is beautiful. It's truly wholesome and relaxing. You can go completely at your own pace. There is definitely reason to play through again, not just for the relaxation, but to find new places for things to go or new things to interact with you didn't notice the first time. I played on PC and only had one very minor bug where I think the game didn't detect i was actually holding something so I couldn't place it anywhere, simply clicking to main menu solved the issue and I didn't come across the bug or any others again. Highly recommend this game if you like wholesome, cozy, organising games.

This game was cute! If you like Unpacking, you will like this game. I like that it lets you put your things anywhere. There are some items where you can't really stack things that feel like they should stack though. I think it adds to the challenge of the game in a sense. Sometimes, I look at how others arranged their camper van, and didn't realize where things could have fit. Anyway, the game is really cute, and honestly, I would replay it if I wanted to rearrange things and just chill.