Yes — both variants are official

Village in the Shade officially supports Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, alongside Japanese, Korean, English, French, and Spanish. On Steam, both carry full support marks across the interface and subtitle columns of the language table.

  1. July 2026 — launch windowTraditional Chinese was available in the earliest Steam release window alongside Japanese and Korean, serving the Asian launch.
  2. September 14, 2026 — Simplified ChineseAn official update added Simplified Chinese support, announced together with the Deluxe Edition’s availability.
  3. October 27, 2026 — global launchThe worldwide release consolidated all seven languages — including both Chinese variants — on every platform: Steam, PS5, Switch, and Switch 2.

Playing in Chinese

    • On consoles, set the system language to the Chinese variant you read; the game follows automatically.
    • On Steam, set the game’s language in Properties → Language.
    • Content is identical across languages — the Chinese versions receive the same Patch 1.20/1.30 content (camping furniture, livestock, birthday events, the Seeder) as everyone else.

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