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Bloomtown: A Different Story

Lazy Bear Games · Twin Sails Interactive · 2024-09-24

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 24, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 24, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2024 (Xbox One), Sep 24, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 24, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Sep 24, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world. Join Emily and her group of friends to save their cozy town from the demonic creatures that live in the hearts of its residents!

Bloomtown: A Different Story is a 2024 Adventure, Indie, and RPG game priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1,638 reviews).

27
playing now
85%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
4.36★
PlayStation Store rating (624 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (267 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,638 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 91 of 129 observed days · $17.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23223220242026Week of 2024-09-24: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-09-24: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-08: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-08: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-15: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-22: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-12: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-19: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-26: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

66102026-09-15 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 28 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 52 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 51 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 31 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 40 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 39 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 28 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 49 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 66 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 40 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 30 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 40 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12916Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 129 · peak 471Nov 2024 — avg 48 · peak 124Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 119Jan 2025 — avg 34 · peak 112Feb 2025 — avg 27 · peak 89Mar 2025 — avg 23 · peak 53Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 44May 2025 — avg 89 · peak 302Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 97Jul 2025 — avg 34 · peak 122Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 112Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 79Oct 2025 — avg 27 · peak 82Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 85Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 73Jan 2026 — avg 36 · peak 97Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 92Mar 2026 — avg 18 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 38 · peak 104May 2026 — avg 29 · peak 98Jun 2026 — avg 33 · peak 99Jul 2026 — avg 28 · peak 89Aug 2026 — avg 34 · peak 87
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.492024-09-242026-10-142024-09-24 — best price $16.792024-11-12 — best price $24.992024-12-05 — best price $13.852025-01-06 — best price $13.992025-01-23 — best price $24.992025-02-20 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.232025-04-04 — best price $11.752025-04-25 — best price $24.992025-05-15 — best price $16.742025-06-16 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-07-29 — best price $24.992025-08-19 — best price $18.892025-09-17 — best price $12.492025-10-01 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $18.892025-11-18 — best price $9.512025-12-06 — best price $24.992025-12-23 — best price $24.992026-01-15 — best price $10.632026-02-11 — best price $12.492026-03-01 — best price $19.882026-03-24 — best price $19.672026-04-10 — best price $9.102026-04-30 — best price $24.992026-05-23 — best price $9.992026-06-11 — best price $7.492026-07-14 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $20.052026-08-18 — best price $20.052026-09-16 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
95%
earned "Grandpa's lair"
19.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-09-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1953%41
PS5 (PlayStation)41311%41
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1367%41
Switch (Nintendo)770%0
PS4 (PlayStation)5420%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGComedyAdventureLore-RichStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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