Languages

Official language support

Text support covers Japanese, English, French, Spanish (Spain), Korean, and Traditional Chinese. Steam also lists Simplified Chinese. The NIS America PC blurb omits Simplified Chinese. No language is marked for full audio.

Last verified: 2026-10-28. Checked against public sources listed below.

Official labels identify the issuer, not independent confirmation. Unless two independent sources are named in a row, treat it as a single-source statement. Community-1 means one source; Community-2 means two community sources.
Fact	Value	Status	Sources
English, French, Spanish	Text since October 27, 2026	Official	Steam news; console stores
Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese	On the Asian and PC lists	Official	Steam; NIS America
Simplified Chinese	On Steam since mid-September; missing from the NIS America PC sentence	Conflict	Steam vs NIS America
Full audio	No language checked	Official-store	Steam
Titles	ほの暮しの庭 / 고요한 시골 정원 이야기 / 静谧田园 / 靜謐田園	Official	Nippon Ichi; Steam locale API

Dialogue scene with villagers and the child protagonist inside a shop

Snowy street in Kagatsu Village with a character in a red scarf

Game screenshots: © Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. / NIS America, Inc. Source: official Steam listing.

Names you will see in search

Japanese: ほの暮しの庭 (Honogurashi no Niwa). Korean: 고요한 시골 정원 이야기. Simplified Chinese: 静谧田园. Traditional Chinese: 靜謐田園. A looser Chinese nickname, 悠然生活之庭, shows up in search and is not the Steam title.

Sources and verification

Source review updated 2026-10-28. Publisher statements and store listings may share a source; two links alone do not establish independent confirmation. Unless an independent cross-check is explicitly identified, treat a named publisher or store claim as a single-source statement. Access restrictions and disagreements are marked in the article.

S9: Steam — official product data (US region)https://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails?appids=3934250&l=english&cc=us
S10: Steam — game store, languages and Deck badgehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3934250/Village_in_the_Shade/?l=english&cc=us
S1: NIS America — official game websitehttps://nisamerica.com/village-in-the-shade/
S15: Nintendo US — Nintendo Switch listinghttps://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/village-in-the-shade-switch/
S16: Nintendo US — Nintendo Switch 2 listinghttps://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/village-in-the-shade-switch-2/
S17: PlayStation US — game and edition listingshttps://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10015979
S11: Steam — publisher news feedhttps://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v2/?appid=3934250&count=25
S56: Steam — regional title and product datahttps://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails?appids=3934250&l=japanese&cc=jp

Questions

Is there Spanish?

Yes. Spanish (Spain) text shipped with the October 27 update.

Is there French?

Yes, text only, same update.

Is there Russian?

No official Russian. See the Russian page.

Is there Thai?

Not officially. A community file is unpublished on Nexus.

Can I change language later?

Not inside a started save. Set it before launch.

Updated 2026-10-28.