History VideoGame / Spiritfarer

* ContinueYourMissionDammit: The spirits constantly remind you of the tasks you should complete for them if they're not telling you that they're hungry or have resources to gift you.

The game was released on August 18th of 2020 on various platforms. In 2021, it was announced that three new spirits would be added over the course of the year. The first, Lily, was added on April 20th, 2021. The second, Beverly, was added on August 31st, 2021. The third, Jackie and Daria, was added on December 13th, 2021.

* GetOut: When Stella follows Giovanni into Oxbury at night at Astrid's request to see where he's gone, she finds him [[spoiler:with Jennyfer at her apartment.]] [[spoiler:Jennyfer]] tells Stella to leave because [[spoiler:she and Giovanni are going to "get busy"]], confirming Astrid's suspicions that [[spoiler:Giovanni is cheating on her again.]]

* RefrainFromAssuming: InUniverse: Several residents in Edgeborough Lane argue over whether the song is called "The Autumn End" or "Lover's Myth" because while the former is its actual title, some residents call it by the latter title because it's repeated in the lyrics.

** Stella can cut down the ash trees at Ambertown Park to make ash planks out of them, but one of the visitors there will chide her for destroying the environment.

* GuiltBasedGaming: If Stella neglects to feed her sheep and keep them in corrals, they will eat her crops. Bruce and Mickey will also get mad at her for it, and their mood won't improve until she prevents her sheep from escaping.

* SuperWoolGrowth: Sheep can be sheared once an in-game day, every twenty minutes of real time, as long as you keep food in their stalls.

** Francis's errand to give him three different kinds of tuna in exchange for five jars of honey is called [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids Honey, I Shrunk the Fishes]].

* FishingForSole: One of the possible items Stella can get while fishing are Old Shoes, which can be sold to Francis at 80 Glims each.

* DelicateAndSickly: According to the digital artbook, [[spoiler: Stanley was one, succumbing to a fatal disease at the age of 8.]]

** Alice the hedgehog spirit is described as "the grandmother everyone wishes they had". She is kindhearted and selfless, she recounts tales of her younger days and gives you [[GrandmasRecipe free pastries]] from time to time. Apart from caring about Stella, she clearly also cared a lot for [[spoiler: her granddaughter Annie, and when her Alzheimer's starts getting worse, she mistakes Stella as her own granddaughter when the latter dressed up in the same clothes as Annie]].

* ShopFodder: The various treasures Stella can find by diving, growing from the Odd Seed, or receiving as gifts from Gustav can only be sold to Francis at a high price.

* SiblingYinYang: Mickey is a large buffalo that doesn't move [[TheQuietOne or talk]] very much, while his brother Bruce is a tiny, energetic hummingbird who is [[MotorMouth always running his mouth]].

* PetTheDog: Or hug the dog, in this case. You can hug your spirit passengers to improve their mood, and you can also hug Daffodil whenever you like. Notably Averted with Elena, a spirit in the form of a dog, who HatesBeingTouched.

* RhythmGame: The minigame where Stella strums on her Everlight guitar and sings to her plants takes the form of a rhythm game, where you have to press the right keys to the beat to make the plants grow faster.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The quest "I Must Be Off" has Gwen temporarily leaving the ship to be alone, and you must find her across the map. However, finding her in a good mood while shopping doesn't advance the questline because she'll talk to you as she normally would in this situation.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Many of the spirits don't have any clothes at all, and the ones who do wear clothes often don't wear more than an accessory.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Stella has dark skin and dark blonde hair.