Welcome to the Sanctuary
Snuggle Sanctuary is heading into closed testing ahead of its Google Play launch, and we'd love your help. Nothing technical required — just play, and tell us what happens.
— Sanctuary Five Studios
Want to join?
Email us to be added as a closed tester. We'll send you an opt-in link and a copy of this guide to follow along with.
✉️ sanctuary5studios@gmail.comHow the game works
Snuggle Sanctuary is a cozy idle/clicker game. You build up an animal sanctuary, watch it earn coins on its own, and use those coins to grow it further. There's no way to "lose" — it's about steady, relaxing progress.
🐾The core loop
You start with a founding pair of animals. Pat them for hearts, and over time new animals arrive on their own. Each animal earns coins automatically, faster the more you've upgraded its care. Coins buy care upgrades and facilities, which raise your income, which lets you afford the next thing.
🏡Zones and animals
20 animals are split across 4 zones (5 each), unlocked in order as you progress. Each animal can also be rehomed — sent off to a good home for an adoption fee — after which the space can fill again. The founding pair in each zone always stays.
📈Care upgrades
Each animal has 4 upgrade tracks (arrivals, staying close, adoption fee, space) up to level 20. Levelling these is the main way you spend coins early on.
🌱Rewilding (prestige)
Once your sanctuary is well developed, you can rewild — release everything and start the zone over — in exchange for permanent conservation stars that boost your income forever after.
🛡️Guardians
8 rare guardian animals can be unlocked with conservation stars, each giving a strong permanent bonus. Slots are limited, so which guardians you pick matters.
🎪Starlight Fair
A bonus world you unlock through play (or purchase) containing an outfit wardrobe, and two mini-games — a match-3 and a lane-dodging game — played with tickets that refill over time.
📖The story
A tap-through comic runs alongside your progress, following your ranger caring for Nana's old sanctuary. It unlocks in chapters as you play — no need to seek it out.
Currencies
Hearts
Everyday currency — pats, gifts, goals, ads
Gems
Rare — variants, guardian slots, long skips
Tokens
From the kindness jar & season journal
What to test
Work through these roughly in order — they follow how a new player would naturally progress. Times are a rough guide, not a target.
First launch & onboarding
Set up your ranger (gender, skin tone, username), play through the intro comic and locked tutorial. Note anything confusing, stuck, or skippable that shouldn't be.
Core loop & first zone
Pat animals, watch arrivals happen, rehome a couple, and push care upgrades on at least one animal to a high level. Confirm the egg-hatch animation plays on a new species.
Facilities, totems & partner sanctuaries
Buy a facility, complete a zone totem, and check a partner sanctuary. Confirm income actually goes up after each purchase.
Your first rewild
Do at least one full rewild. Check your conservation stars land correctly and your permanent bonus is visibly applied afterward.
Ads & VIP
Watch a couple of optional (rewarded) ads. Confirm they're always skippable, the reward matches what was promised, and your kindness jar / VIP progress updates.
Starlight Fair
Once unlocked: try on a wardrobe item, play both mini-games at least once, and use a ticket refill. Check ticket gifting if you're in a herd.
Cloud save & herds
Sign in with Google, force-close and reopen the app to confirm your save restored. If you can, test on a second device or with a friend's herd code.
Settings & general feel
Try Day/Night/Follow-phone themes, battery saver mode, and sound sets. Note anything that feels slow, cluttered, or pushes you to spend money.
How to report issues
For anything that breaks or feels off, send:
- What you were doing right before it happened
- What you expected vs. what actually happened
- Your device model and Android version
- A screenshot or screen recording if you can grab one
Join the Discord
Sanctuary Five Studios Discord
Bugs, feedback and general chat about the game all go here — it's the fastest way to reach us and see what other testers are running into. Say hi in #welcome and we'll add you as a Tester.
Thank you — closed testing needs real players for real days, and every session you put in helps get this ready for launch. If something feels unclear or unfair at any point, that's exactly the kind of feedback we need most.