Petit Planet marks Hoyoverse’s maiden voyage into the life sim genre popularized by games like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and, most recently, Pokémon Pokopia. The creators of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero have crafted well-received, lucrative free-to-play gacha games across several disparate genres; Petit Planet, fittingly, sees it try to attract yet another world of players. It’s been a year since I first played Petit Planet’s initial alpha test , and I spent a couple of more hours exploring its cozy cosmos at the Hoyoverse Media Tour in Seoul, South Korea.…