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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

A remake combining the content of the Game Boy Advance games, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town, for the Nintendo Switch. The series' international name was changed to Story of Seasons due to Natsume keeping the rights to the Harvest Moon title when Marvelous began publishing through their own companies, XSEED Games, instead.

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Steam User 9012STEAMRecommended

I still enjoyed Pioneers of Olive Town's gameplay more but the characters in this game are way better.
I wish Karen had more fanart because I love her so much.

The game took me 8 hours to really get into but after that point I got hooked and played 100 hours in 2 weeks

Mar 17, 2026·109h·Verified

Steam User 4029STEAMRecommended

es recordar mi infancia

Mar 17, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 8253STEAMRecommended

童年回忆，让我玩的很快乐……当然、因为是全成就党，所以也很痛苦。
奉劝所有的成就玩家，以及要娶女神嫁河童的玩家，一定！一定！！一定！！！要提前做好规划，尤其是关于GPX的各种牛奶及各种毛的规划，不然后期会因为类似放牧时间过长错过G级别的产出等一系列的问题非常头大。
顺便，我还是喜欢以前的立绘，要是能有一版旧立绘可供选择，并且再给我一个后宫mod我就知足了~

Mar 12, 2026·224h·Verified

Steam User 2250STEAMRecommended

funny

Mar 7, 2026·25h·Verified

Steam User 9209STEAMRecommended

Jujur, awalnya takut feel-nya beda, eh ternyata malah makin jatuh cinta. Banyak fitur quality of life yang baru (kayak sistem save di mana aja dan navigasi yang lebih gampang) yang dulu kita harepin banget di versi jadul. Tetap simpel, manis, dan bikin lupa waktu. Definitely a 10/10 for the memories!"

Mar 5, 2026·41h·Verified

Steam User 6056STEAMRecommended

jogaço, otimo remake

Mar 3, 2026·46h·Verified

Steam User 0423STEAMRecommended

9/10 For The Harvest Moon Game
-999 For The DEI/WOKE Agenda

This is my childhood game and I remember playing this game when I was a Bocil. The Original (Japanese version) of this game is sooo good and hold a lot of memories within me. But this version is ruined by the DEI/WOKE Agenda, and you can see it from the Art (it is soulless compared to Original) also this game allowed SAME SEX MARRIAGE. Yes meaning that YOU CAN BE GEI! DISGUSTING!

I hope every game stay away from the Sweet Devil Inc. or other Political agenda.

So the game is good but the DEI/WOKE agenda is bad.

Mar 3, 2026·23h·2·Verified

Steam User 5334STEAMRecommended

Sangat Nostalgia

Mar 2, 2026·19h·Verified

Steam User 9731STEAMNot recommended

It would be nice if they let me know in advance that saying "No" to Mugi will lock me out of the Horse

Feb 26, 2026·7h·1·Verified

Steam User 2414STEAMRecommended

amazing farming sim this remake is every bit as great as the original.

Feb 26, 2026·97h·Verified

Steam User 7704STEAMRecommended

As a player who played HMBTN long ago, this game feels very nostalgic. There are many additional features, such as portable save/load, which are beneficial. However, why is there no greenhouse available? I need to plant more pineapples.

Feb 25, 2026·48h·Verified

Steam User 9548STEAMRecommended

Melhor game de fazenda

Feb 24, 2026·37h·Verified

Steam User 0492STEAMRecommended

game mengenang masa kecil,, pokoknya seru

Feb 23, 2026·33h·Verified

Steam User 2061STEAMRecommended

How do I zoom out in the front page? It's not letting me start the game.

Feb 21, 2026·Verified

Steam User 7136STEAMRecommended

A remake of a game from like 20 years ago. I feel the mechanics are dated compared to modern entries, but it's still an enjoyable farming sim.

[u][b]Positives:[/b][/u]
🐤 Nostalgic appeal with QoL improvements
🐤 Almost no missable events = very relaxing (except for character [spoiler]Cliff, who may leave town permanently[/spoiler])
🐤 Long-term replayability

[u][b]Negatives:[/b][/u]
🐷 Limited customization: preset/limited MC appearance, attire, house decorations, etc.
🐷 No overarching storyline, no specific goals. You inherit a rundown farm that's all. It's up to you what to do. Can feel aimless at times.
🐷 Very, very grindy if aiming for 100% completion

The game goes on sale frequently (I got mine at -75%). It's cheap enough to add to your Library and play when you want to kill some time.

Feb 21, 2026·101h·2·Verified

Steam User 4765STEAMNot recommended

I've seen the credits so I can finally write this review.

MY BACKGROUND:
I was a big fan of the harvest moon series (The series name before the two companies broke up, something like that.) And I am heavily biased to the female farmer in HM:BTN. I have also played the GBA version "More friends of Mineral town" Because the PSP version for the female farmer just ends abruptly after you get married (Yes, apparently if you're a girl-- Your career abruptly ends after getting married in the PSP Boy and Girl Version. Not the most progressive ending but I understand that we can't have it all)

> Start here if you don't care about what I've previously played from the series.

This version SOS:FOMT is like a direct port of the GBA version released around the 2000s. They didn't actually add new things except for new candidates and a few other small things.

Since it follows the GBA version, it has less dramatic plot than the Back To Nature plot line. I actually preferred the BTN plot line since it was more romantic, have a more interesting backstory for the female farmer and even though it ended abruptly, was cohesive in it's theme.

Anyway, I was just happy to be back to Mineral town... that was until I played through the events and by mid point of my first year I realized that... This game is a ridiculously hollow remake!

It's one thing if they wanted to be loyal to the GBA version but it's another when they had the audacity to add new romance candidates while keeping the interactions with the cast so-so robotic and few!

See, if they were just trying to port the game and remain faithful to the GBA, I understand. But they added 2 new characters in- Why not just improve on the characters you already have and give them three extra lines per event? is that so hard to ask?

Imagine this, you've been waiting the entire month for valentines day, psuedo-christmas dinner, moon viewing with your beloved or whatever.... AND THE GAME JUST GIVES YOU ONE LINE. ONE LINE.

It's like excitedly waiting for the romantic dinner date and all you get is something in the lines of "I made this dinner. have this ring., lets not talk about work tonight, cheers"

That may have worked for the limited technology we had back when the GBA version was first released but a remake at 2010-2020, you could've had at least added a bit more depth to the conversations instead of another empty character.

The worse culprit was during my birthday. Usually when a game asks for an in game birthday, I set it near the end of the year so I have time to befriend everyone (and I love winter). By winter I was at high friendship and affection with everyone after painstakingly giving them gifts every day while balancing life at the farm. And what do I get? JUST A LETTER FROM THE MARRIAGE CANDIDATES. DUDE, NOT EVEN THE NON ROMANCE VILLAGERS GREETED ME. And those letters? they're not even sappy long ones. One of the Romance Candidates (Elly) even just sent me the most corporate birthday greeting of all

"Happy Birthday! For your health, please remember to get a physical exam at least once a year" That is the exact letter you get from her.

And no one mentions its your birthday at all. nope.

Look man, How hard is it to put something in the mail along with those letters? it doesn't to be game breaking. The harvest goddess sometimes give you a bottle of Van's favorite in the mail. It is certainly doable. Not to mention, adding a line on the script like "Happy birthday!" when you talk to the villagers and maybe a extra cutscene if you're generous.

I understand if they were trying to be 100% faithful to the MFOMT version but they weren't (Case in point, existence of Jennifer and Brandon)

They just took the original game, changed it to newer graphics added "fun new features" like new romance candidates but they didn't strengthen what made their game good-- The story, the characters and the scenes that made farming and gifting feel worth it.

Other notable examples to support this failure: According to wiki, your rivals don't get married anymore and there are less rival heart events. You only see like two rival events, People don't condemn you anymore if you put the golden log on your farm, your animal don't get sick or die so you don't have that funeral scene anymore. You don't get to talk to people after winning the derby to hear them congratulate you and so on and so forth.

I feel like they also tried to "reduce" the difficulty but at all the wrong places because to get to the deep parts of the mine you have to go through 255 levels. And to unlock an elevator at the mine you have to give 100 gifts to the spring goddess and it only counts once a day. I get that there supposed to be some sort of game balancing but if I was a new player going into this blindly, I wouldn't think of scum saving or throwing 100 days worth of offerings to the spring goddess so it would be nice if they did some sort of a milestone checklist.

Also I know they did this because they were probably trying to stop players from romanticizing the pastor or the married villagers but... Why did they have to do them so dirty? Like poor Zack, he used to look so cool or the pastor that I remember a lot of people having a crush on. Gray also look like he lost a lot of his personality and ended up as a typical cool boy but I think that was also kind of the direction for him in MFOMT. He was a lot more interesting in Back to Nature for Girls to be honest.

Anyway, I wrote this review after seeing the credits scene and I MIGHT still continue playing it regardless but that is because I have a huge attachment to Mineral town that the game is preying upon.

Do I recommend this to anyone who doesn't have a huge attachment to Mineral Town? No. definitely not unless you want to start on the series but keep your expectation very very low. Like youre playing a game from the 2000s that just so happens to have modern graphics.

Do I recommend this to anyone who has a strong unhealthy attachment and yearning for their childhood game? Still no but chances are you already bought it the moment the game was released and we both suckers for the old Harvest moon games.

By the way, I don't remember MFOMT that much. Just a Disclaimer. My Bias is HM:BTN and specifically the Boy and Girl version for PSP because that what I had back then. Thanks.

Feb 20, 2026·36h·3·Verified

Steam User 3763STEAMRecommended

good game, very nostalgic

Feb 19, 2026·22h·Verified

Steam User 5195STEAMRecommended

Para quem conhecia a franquia a jogabilidade é quase a mesma dos anteriores so que com gráficos bonitos e mais fofinho o único ruim e que como sempre nunca tem uma interface no nosso idioma

Feb 15, 2026·71h·Verified