Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

2019 Marvelous79Good

Playtime

LongIt typically takes about 80 hours to finish the game, but players put about 25 hours into it on average.

Playable on

GeForce NOW
Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2
PC
PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Steam Deck
Playable
Steam Machine
Playable
SteamOS
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

Included with

PlayStation Plus
Extra

Available on

Nintendo eShop
$39.99
PlayStation Store
$39.99
Steam
$39.99
Xbox
$39.99

Game modes

Single player

Details

Launch: October 17, 2019
Developer: Marvelous
Publisher: Marvelous
Themes: Fantasy
Business
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Simulator
Strategy

Overview

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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Metacritic77from 49 reviews
OpenCritic77from 46 reviews

‎Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is a farm life and management simulator, aimed at a specific audience or looking for something relaxing to do in their spare time. With its shadows and lights that make something so characteristic this remake of its original released on the Game Boy Advance and that maintains all its essence by improving certain...

I feel like I will get some backlash for this, but I did not enjoy my time with Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. I am not usually a fan of the farm sim genre, but I can tell other non-fans that this is not the game that will get them into it. It is a remake of a 22-year-old game, and for that, it gets credit for helping build this niche genre...

Who says you can never go home again? Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral town takes an already great game in the storied franchise and throws it into HD, with a hefty bushel of new content along for the ride. Whether you're a nostalgic veteran like me or a greenhorn just starting out, Mineral Town is a worthy addition to your Switch library.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town puts a contemporary spin on a charming farm-sim that sees you plant crops, raise livestock, and start a family. The controls and character models could use additional work, but this leisurely game is incredibly addicting.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is perfectly shaped to fill that post-New Horizons void in your soul. If you were a fan of the original Harvest Moon game, you’ll find a lot of nostalgia in this retelling of the Mineral Town story, but those looking for complex characters or a compelling story to follow may well be left disappointed.