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Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition

TABOT, inc. · Natsume Inc. · 2017-11-14

Steam

AdventureCasualRPGSimulation

Franchise: Harvest Moon · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 29, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2018 (iOS), May 29, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2018 (Android), Nov 14, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In celebration of Harvest Moon's 20th Anniversary comes an all new Harvest Moon title for Steam! Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition! The game encompasses twenty years of the spirit that have made the franchise what it is today!

Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition is a $19.99 Adventure, Casual, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2017, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (77% of 1111 reviews).

11
playing now
77%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (72 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Harvest Moon: Light of Hope is a farm simulation role-playing game developed by Tabot, Inc. for multiple platforms. First announced at E3 2017, It was first released for Microsoft Windows on November 14, 2017, with versions for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch following on May 29, 2018. It was later released for iOS and Android on September 26, 2018. A version containing all previously released downloadable content titled Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Complete was released for Windows 10 and Xbox One on September 18, 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (250 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–67k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,111 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2018-11-21) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20220220172026Week of 2017-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1525Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2018 — avg 76 · peak 186Apr 2018 — avg 38 · peak 66Jul 2018 — avg 30 · peak 52Oct 2018 — avg 35 · peak 67Jan 2019 — avg 66 · peak 166Apr 2019 — avg 36 · peak 71Jul 2019 — avg 57 · peak 126Oct 2019 — avg 30 · peak 70Jan 2020 — avg 37 · peak 87Apr 2020 — avg 80 · peak 189Jul 2020 — avg 60 · peak 118Oct 2020 — avg 36 · peak 74Jan 2021 — avg 39 · peak 89Apr 2021 — avg 33 · peak 59Jul 2021 — avg 36 · peak 68Oct 2021 — avg 20 · peak 37Jan 2022 — avg 21 · peak 47Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 24Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 29Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 24Jan 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 30Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 25Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 22Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$9.992017-11-152026-07-092017-11-15 — best price $26.992017-12-21 — best price $26.992018-02-15 — best price $26.992018-08-14 — best price $20.992018-09-25 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-05-08 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-10-09 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-03-08 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-04-29 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6592026-06-01 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 23 pageviews2026-06-29 — 39 pageviews2026-07-03 — 36 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-11 — 35 pageviews2026-07-15 — 32 pageviews2026-07-19 — 18 pageviews2026-07-23 — 18 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-31 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 49 pageviews2026-08-08 — 60 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-16 — 34 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-24 — 46 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews2026-09-01 — 18 pageviews2026-09-05 — 40 pageviews2026-09-09 — 9 pageviews2026-09-13 — 25 pageviews2026-09-17 — 22 pageviews2026-09-21 — 25 pageviews2026-09-25 — 20 pageviews2026-09-29 — 18 pageviews2026-10-03 — 24 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews2026-10-10 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
92.9%
earned "Novice Farmer"
18.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2018-08-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1394%28
PS4 (PlayStation)8077%28
Switch (Nintendo)530%0
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

RPGAnimeCasualFarmingRomanceLife SimAdventureDating SimSimulationAgriculture

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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