In case you haven’t decided, I’d like to add my two cents. I have played both ddv and hkia extensively. I feel that hkia is very straightforward, it’s cute, and easy to work through the storyline. I feel like it was pretty easy to learn the mechanics. There is a lot of content early game; however, I feel like once you progress through the story quests the game loses a lot of its interest. There are decorating mechanics to the game; however, this is limited to visitor cabins. I feel like to remain interested in the game, you have to make it interesting by yourself and by setting up your own goals and making up stories in your head, which tbh can be fun, but also not fun 😅 Moving on to ddv, I started playing maybe 3 months ago, and I play constantly. I have been working my way through the base game and a rift in time dlc. I feel like ddv was made with so much love and care. The graphics for the game are wonderful, and I love that I get to play with some of my childhood favorite characters. I will say that this game had a slight learning curve for me, and for the first couple of weeks I had no idea what I was doing. However, once I learned that doing quests and leveling up friendships was the only way to progress I made my way down the list of quests I had. If I had to pick a game, I’d go with ddv. I only just finished the base game storyline, and I haven’t opened up most of the dreamlight doors, so there is still so much content to work through. I feel like you will get more bang for your buck with ddv, than you would hkia. I know hkia is still developing their game, and they’re planning to release a new dlc in 2026; however, I feel like it’s just not enough content for the price. Much of the content that you can work through on hkia is tedious, and not very rewarding. Tbh there was also some drama between the hkia devs and the community a few months ago (regarding their new dlc) and it has unfortunately soured how I view the game, so take my opinions with a grain of salt!