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Ooblets (previously known as Moblets) is a life simulation video game developed by Glumberland. It was released via early access on July 15, 2020 for Windows and Xbox One.

The game combines the farming elements of Story of Seasons with the creature collecting and battling mechanics of Pokémon.

Ooblets was developed by a two-person indie game development studio composed of artist/programmer Rebecca Cordingley and designer Ben Wasser, since 2016.

The game was due to be published by Double Fine, but following that company's acquisition by Microsoft in June 2019, the Ooblets developers announced that they would instead self-publish the title. On August 1, 2019, it was announced that Ooblets would be an Epic Games Store exclusive. In the announcement by Glumberland's Ben Wasser, he included what he felt had been joking language related to criticisms of the Epic Games Store, calling those who threatened to pirate Epic Games Store exclusives "immature, toxic gamers", but that the situation was "nothing to get worked up about". The announcement then led to large numbers of threatening and abusive messages being sent to the developers as well as misinformation being spread via platforms like Reddit. Wasser had not expected the community to react to the message that way, and tried to clarify Glumberland's position of needing Epic's support rather than any attempt to spurn the gaming community.