STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
Grow seasonal crops, care for animals and get to know Mineral Town's residents. Your farm develops through shipping produce and improving facilities, while conversations and gifts build relationships beyond the fields.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
In Mineral Town, farm work starts with the ground beneath your feet: till a patch, sow suitable seeds and keep the plants watered until harvest. Ship your produce to earn money, care for animals to improve the quality of their products, and develop the farm through better tools and expanded facilities. Crop choices change with the seasons, and winter brings a break from growing them. Town life runs alongside the fields. Residents follow their own schedules, and talking or bringing gifts helps you get closer to them. Relationships with eligible residents can develop into marriage and family life. Between cultivation, improvements and visits to town, you choose which parts of your new routine to develop.
Collected in topics
Gentle escapes
Slow down with gentle routines, creativity and discovery, finding pleasure in small goals and worlds that welcome a quieter pace.
Category: Occasion
Collected in series
Story of Seasons is the farming-life series known in Japan as Bokujo Monogatari, with earlier Western games released as Harvest Moon. Grow crops, care for animals and make time for your neighbors as you develop a farm. Individual entries bring different rhythms through family life, village friendships or trade.
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AI review
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A good fit for players who enjoy turning small, repeated tasks into a farm and a social life.
Cultivation and animal care give everyday effort a tangible purpose, which should appeal if you enjoy nurturing gradual progress. Relationships provide a separate reason to leave the farm, though seasonal restrictions mean plans cannot revolve around the same crops all year.
Strengths
- Farm improvements give routine cultivation a continuing practical goal.
- Conversation and gifts let social progress complement agricultural goals.
Weaknesses
- Seasonal crop restrictions may frustrate players who want to maintain an unchanged planting routine.
Who it is for: Players who like tending a place over time and dividing their attention between farming and relationships.
Play notes: Crops cannot be grown in winter.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Changing crop seasons and farm improvements offer reasons to revise plans instead of pursuing one fixed daily checklist. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The link between caring for crops or animals and receiving useful produce should make routine work satisfying for players who value incremental results. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Residents following their own schedules can help the town feel like a community with a life beyond your farm. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Selectable button presets offer some room to match the controls to your preferred layout. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Publisher
- XSEED GamesMarvelous
- Release date
- Jul 10, 2020
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Long-term ProgressionTop-downLife SimulationSlow BurnResource ManagementStory-drivenSolo-friendlyCozyFantasyReplayable
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideJul 10, 2020
Game gallery
Sources
- www.storyofseasons.comSource revision: 1
- www.storyofseasons.com