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Bientôt l'été cover art

Bientôt l'été

Tale of Tales · 2013-02-06

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jan 03, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 03, 2013 (Mac)

Bientôt l’été is a videogame for two players. Two players who pretend to be lovers. They pretend to be lovers separated from each other by lightyears of deep space. They have lonely walks along the shore of a simulated ocean, thinking wistful thoughts of each other. Thoughts from ancient Earth literature by Marguerite Duras.

Bientôt l'été is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner count of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 286 reviews).

0
playing now
48%
positive of 286 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 11k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 286 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2013-03-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920132026Week of 2013-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2013-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2013-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2013-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2013-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2013-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-03-262015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-05 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992016-01-29 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-05-17 — best price $3.992016-05-20 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-09-22 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-05-10 — best price $7.492018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-08-30 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $3.992019-05-10 — best price $4.992019-06-25 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-05-21 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $2.492024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-07-02 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Dutch

Player tags

IndieCasualSimulationAtmosphericExperimentalWalking Simulator

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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