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Once in Flowerlake cover art

Once in Flowerlake

byMixNez · 2021-11-17

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a short story in a sci-fi setting with a top-down view, telling the story of a nameless man lost in routine in the middle of a cold world and soulless machines. But what if it could be different?

72%
positive of 109 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,333 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-11-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620212026Week of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.492021-11-172026-10-082021-11-17 — best price $3.992022-01-19 — best price $4.992022-05-30 — best price $0.992022-07-21 — best price $4.992022-11-07 — best price $0.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-20 — best price $0.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-05-28 — best price $0.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-11-06 — best price $0.742023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-04-26 — best price $0.742024-06-24 — best price $4.992024-07-26 — best price $0.742024-09-22 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-03 — best price $0.742025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-28 — best price $0.742025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.742025-12-17 — best price $4.992026-01-16 — best price $0.742026-03-15 — best price $4.992026-04-14 — best price $0.742026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-07-11 — best price $0.792026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
67.6%
earned "Who are these people?"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

SnowNatureMysteryColorfulRelaxingStylizedSurvivalTop-DownAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

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