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Bloomtown: A Different Story
Developer Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games
Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world. Join Emily and her group of friends to save their cozy town from the demonic creatures that live in the hearts of its residents! From the Steam store page
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60 of 101 · most liked firstThe best part of waiting for my editors to go through my script is that I can basically play whatever so I got to dive a little more into Bloomtown tonight 👹🧵 Game: Bloomtown: A Different Story Platforms: PC + All Consoles, Mobile (iOS/Android) <-- seems to be not recommended due to performance
unlabelledView post →I'm just an ordinary 12-year old girl going about my routine in this small town teehee ✔️ Water my plants ✔️ Do some yoga ✔️ Work a little bit ✔️ Read at the library ✔️ Make dinner ✔️ Call it a night Game: Bloomtown: A Different Story Platform: PC+Consoles, Mobile(ioS/Android)
unlabelledView post →So new game find! Bloomtown: A narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world Where Emily and her group of friends have to save their cozy town from demonic creatures that live in the hearts of its residents!
unlabelledView post →Enjoying playing ‘Bloomtown : A different story’ Very stardew valley meets stranger things. And the style of game reminds me a lot of Sea of Stars
unlabelledView post →I am live a bit early and playing more Bloomtown: A Different Story! This game has a Corgi! 🐶 Live now on Twitch! Come hang! 👇 twitch.tv/hunt_traindx #twitch #twitchstreamer #indiegame #rpg #jrpg #bloomtown
unlabelledView post →Schedule for 6/30/25 - 7/6/25 Starting a new game this week and going to focus more on P5R! Tuesday - Bloomtown: A Different Story @ 7:30 PM EST Thursday - Persona 5 Royal @ 1:30 PM EST Sunday - Persona 5 Royal @ 1:30 PM EST Have a great week! ✨ #twitch #twitchstreamer #bloomtown #persona5royal
unlabelledView post →Bloomtown just got a quality of live update - making an amazing game even better! At first glance, Bloomtown seems like your typical charming cozy town where you can spend your day by the lake fishing, befriend the townsfolk’s or even visit the local yoga studio for some much needed relaxation.
unlabelledView post →A cute and cozy Persona type game??? Let's check out Bloomtown: A Different Story! Live now on Twitch! Come hang! 👇 twitch.tv/hunt_traindx #twitch #twitchstreamer #indiegame #rpg #jrpg #bloomtown
unlabelledView post →This game's artstyle and premise are great: it's like Persona mixed with Gravity Falls. Unfortunately, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The biggest problem is the level-up system. All four party members have a primary Demon they keep at all times plus a slot to be filled in by a secondary Demon, allowing them to access each Demon's respective set of skills. You can make secondary Demons stronger by fusing while primary Demons level-up through battle. The problem is that only one party…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What I love most about end-of-the-year video game lists is uncovering hidden gems that slipped past my radar. Sure, I knew about Mouthwashing and 1000xResist, but Bloomtown or Keylocker? Those didn’t cross my path until I saw them featured on several lists. That thrill of discovery is the best part.
unlabelledView post →Even putting aside things like this being "persona for kids" which it is, it still sucks. The game feels oddly lacking polish. Like certain gameplay niceties that should have been a piece of cake to include/fix just aren't. I wouldn't even say it's buggy because it's not. It's like they reused a working engine from a different game, Adapted it to the new idea, then limited playtesting to only the new content. For example the demon catching is the most bizarrely unintuitive piece of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is Persona, unapologetically Persona. And that’s fine. It’s mixed with the story of Stranger Things. And that’s fine. It has the classic Lazy Bear style and polish. And that’s fine. Then why do I not like this game? I think because there are no stakes. You are just dropped into the situation and told to care.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →IMO only worth it on sale for like $5-10 considering this a FREE mobile game and they want to charge $25 for it. It definitely feels like a kids game that could use a lot of QOL updates. - the fast forward toggle should stay the value it was set to after selecting a dialog option instead of turning off and requiring it be turned on again every time - sprint speed should be the default walk speed, its about 20% faster than the walk speed which is very slow - If the quest says to turn in 6 items…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game #Bloomtown to drown my sorrows about Zelda being late but it’s so good 😂
unlabelledView post →Bloomtown is a good game that is constantly flirting with being a great game. It's never bad but you'll regularly be thinking to yourself "Man, if only it pushed this a little more it would be amazing." Unfortunately, that's just sometimes the weakness of small indie development. But being a good game with a lot of untapped potential doesn't mean it's not worth a play. Far from it. Emma and her brother Chester are shipped off by their recently divorced mom to Bloomtown for the summer to stay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art is beautiful but that's where my intrigue with this game ends. The early pacing is so clunky that I can't bring myself to power through it and the game reminds me so much of Persona. So many things are just accepted by the characters with little to no questioning and the fact you can be locked out of quests by a bad dice roll is bad design. I wanted to like this game but the combat and demon fusing is so persona and at that point I'd rather just replay persona. Also the fact the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 – Nothing says “wholesome summer vacation” like befriending monsters and punching inner demons in a cozy 1960s suburb. Bloomtown serves turn-based thrills, monster taming, and Stranger Things energy with lemonade on the side. Cute, creepy, and devilishly delightful. Follow for suburban secrets, tactical tantrums, and games where therapy comes with boss fights. ✨ https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42602807-Osiris-Reviews/
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🟣NOW LIVE🟣 Gonna get the guild together for some sponsorship game, lunch, and then Bloomtown! Oh...and I got a little dressed up for you today. twitch.tv/onirin
unlabelledView post →The only issue i really have with this game is the writing/dialogue. It all just seemed very generic and not very personable. I always found myself skimming through conversations and only noting important details. The music is okay at best, some of them caught me off guard since it didn't really fit certain contexts. That being said, credits music was great. I was also kinda sad i couldnt talk to bestie Ramona during the fair ;-; again.. lack of open dialogue with the npc's aside from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Perfect comnination of cozy and action. It reminds me of a mix between Stranger Things, Stardew Valley and Persona. Play it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played over a half of the game until now and I really enjoyed it. It is cozy and has a nice shallow story in a nice world. There is no pressure, there are no stakes. You can do the crafting and cooking or just skip it by doing your summer job which essentially just gives you money to progress. The battles are nice, but not very complex. The world is beatiful and the monster designs on point. The characters hint on complexity, but dont tell you everything. You see the world through the eyes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the game Bloomtown... aesthetically. The story/tone didn't hold my interest, but you might still like if you're looking for a Persona-like game! I'm mainly bringing this up because I cannot get this battle theme out of my head lol
unlabelledView post →This was such an amazing game, with amazing visuals and sound effects and music. Very Persona-like in a cute pixel style. The world is interesting and very charming, it took me to a very childlike place and I cried at the end. It doesn't take long to complete so definitely recommend for a cosy evening!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly I'd want a "recommended if" button. The game is okay, the story is predictable but theres a background of real, painful subject for both adult and children that is treated with the respect and the care deserved. However its a game and it needs much more than a couple touching moment to make it good. As the game stands, the UI is clunky, finding some info about you characters is a chore, the side quests are not really interesting, the town is underdevelopped, the mechanics showed barely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beat it out of spite. By the end I just wanted it to be over. Really wanted to like it, but it just wasn't good. Don't get me started on the awkward grammar and how much of your time is wasted doing pointless stuff. Sure, it had some cute ideas and references, but all were executed rather poorly. Getting a ton of crafting materials dumped after final boss was pointless, too. Like, why? Who cares?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm considering playing Cold Steel 1 and Bloomtown (a game I gotta review) simultaneously, and just alternating between them every other day or so, but honestly the most annoying part about that would be constantly switching between the Nintendo and Xbox button lay-out 😭
unlabelledView post →I needed a break from Pokemon Violet for now so I decided to start Bloomtown. Maaaan, this game is pretty much dead on with the vibes I was looking for and it's just another game for me to get addicted to. It's so quirky and I just love it so far.
unlabelledView post →Bloomtown: A Different Story is close to 20 hours of an 1960's Americana-persona adventure, that lacks the depth of Atlus's titles, 10-15 with no side-content. It's on the short side, and it feels it. There are 3-4 dungeons, that feel too big with long corridors, dead-ends with nothing in them, and pointless side rooms that are just there for load screens and autosaves. The city aspect is underdeveloped, with another large area with little of worth in it. The dungeons could have had another…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to love this game, but its too hard to ignore the Native American elements. If you're going to have representation, do it right, do it with respect. For example, having any treaty between the U. S. and the Iroquois isn't cool, its maybe poignant and neat to have something that old, which would've been a better dialogue, but don't let the character be that ignorant. Do your research. I don't care if its set in the 60's, you can do better. The best thing you couldve done was just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although it has been a bit since I've played it, I think about it every so often. I think it's a solid 6.5/10. There is not a lot in this game I was blown away by. I think the battling is serviceable and the story is fine, but the visuals were really the shining part of this game. Very pretty world. I do think that both crafting and farming were essentially shoehorned into this game and do not serve a purpose unique enough to warrant them existing. They could have been removed and I think my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ Overall I'm recommending this game echoing the plethora of complaints about the writing. The game is just too visually gorgeous and sonically great to call it bad, though. Some more care for the writing would've made it an immediate recommend. If you're a fan of the Persona/SMT games, you'll find something in this to enjoy. Pros ✧ The pixel art is so well done I was super impressed by the sheer AMOUNT of detail in every scene, it definitely hits the mark in creating fresh take on a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm still very early in this game but it's also not super long which is welcomed since I just finished Metaphor: ReFantazio, a "million hour" RPG 😂 The cover art doesn't do it justice either, Bloomtown: A Different Story has beautiful pixel art, an excellent soundtrack and great writing 💛
unlabelledView post →ITS SUNDAY WIND DOWN~ Which means we'll be jumping back into Bloomtown, to figure out what the heck is going on! I need to finish this game! >:c See you all at say 4PM GMT? It's cold, bring your warm things.. - #vtuber #streamer #twitch #vsky
unlabelledView post →to be honest, i just got bored. i feel like kids or young teens would enjoy this game but it's just not for me. great art though!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No rest for the wicked! We have to capture the Demons and rescue our friend from the Asylum!! Today at 8pm CET/ 2pm EST we're going back to Bloomtown: A different Story together with friends! I'm already excited to get to content even I haven't seen from the game >:3c www.twitch.tv/kunstgebildevt
unlabelledView post →This is one of the few games, I genuinely felt like I wasted time playing. I really want to like this game because the art and music is beautiful, but there's some really silly mechanics that just ruins the entire joy of the game. If you mess up without reading a walkthrough, you just end up failing the whole quest (with no manual saves). Side quests with no rewards, why did I even do it? There's rng miss mechanics in combat. The story and dialogue is rushed and gravity-falls cringey.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game after playing the demo for an hour + The story and atmosphere is AMAZING + Music is magnificent - some things feel pointless *unless* you are an achievement hunter such as fishing and gardening - the battle system isn't that fun - demon system (capturing, fusing ect.) a mix of pointless, confusing and hard to do - as an achievement hunter I am going absolutely insane because if you mess up ANYTHING, you're screwed and have to replay the entire game. I've had to replay four…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bloomtown: a different story is the game you didn't know you needed to play. There's so much to love here: banger music, great humor, creative monster designs, and a whole city full of interesting characters. Most importantly, the dog is part of your team and he can talk. #indiegame #rpg
unlabelledView post →Second game beaten of 2025: Bloomtown: A Different Story 🌼😈 Spent 25 hrs in what could be a 15 hr game for some, missing one trophy I locked myself out of! Will do a battle card review with more thoughts later today on DearGamers
unlabelledView post →Stream schedule for this week is the usual time of 6 AM EDT/12 PM GMT+2. Bloomtown today, unannounced game tomorrow.
unlabelledView post →I enjoyed my time with this game, because the pixel art is beautiful, the soundtrack is well thought out, and the vibes are good. However, the technical aspects are.... not great. They stretch the game in weird ways to incorporate persona systems that don't need to be there. The demon system is a little infuriating, doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and in the first few hours i only had one demon captured after trying for ages. The battle and power progression system is poorly thought out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another neutral rating if Steam would allow me to select that. To preface - turned based combat really isn't my thing, but I've enjoyed a few games with it and wanted something a little Halloweeny that was a little relaxing. I was initially pretty hooked on the game. A cozy town, beautiful pixel art, and a pretty interesting story. There were some minor annoyances though - forced to do certain tasks in the beginning with absolutely no freedom to explore and figure things out on your own.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This week's scheddy! I know I've been on Bloomtown for a bit but I really want to finish this game! Some community hangies on Webfishing tomorrow & then FFXIV FC map grinds on Saturday! Another chill one this week, I hope you'll swing by & say hello! I MISS YOU!! - #vtuber #vsky #schedule #twitch
unlabelledView post →My goodness, what to say about this game. I had my doubts I'd like it at first as I'm not traditionally someone who likes the turn-based combat games. But Bloomtown pleasantly surprised me in how entertaining it was. Without giving too many spoilers, you get to garden, craft, cook, and do fun activities around the town and everything you do is to work toward being better dealing with the enemies in the game. You get to capture these enemies and use them to amplify your own powers and level them…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If the devs ever bother to change the subtitle size from "laughably small" I'll consider changing my review. This game is supposedly "controller compatible", but yeah that only applies to t he controls, not how people usually play with a controller, because if you sit any kind of distance away from the screen the subtitles are barely readable and even then you're not reading it without eyestrain.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BACKGROUND: When I first picked up this game, I felt nostalgic. I was worried; assuming it would be like those other RPG Maker-esque games with an inflated price but I was pleasantly surprised and quickly proven wrong. Bloomtown is refreshing, fun and has so much to offer. If you grab it, I promise you'll be as hooked as I was). APPEALS: Bloomtown appears to be your generic RPG game at first glance, so its easy to worry that it would quickly feel repetitive or unordinary - this is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its the type of game where you have to figure out a lot of stuff, then restart the game because you mess up. it seems to be a very good game if you know everything about it, like how things work, and what needs to be done before certain deadlines. replaying the start of the game constantly is extremely tedious, and messing up stuff, isnt always immediatly noticeable, so its not really about loading a earlier save, as you might have to load saves from 5-10 hours earlier, or just start a fresh…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's enjoyable. Kinda relaxing. Feels a bit like Earthbound, but like not really. Beautiful sprites. Gameplay on 'normal' is fairly basic, but that's the way I prefer games when playing on normal. There's some stratigezing, but it's not taxing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We FINALLY finished Bloomtown. 11/10 game. Gorgeous art, ingenious monster design, fire music score throughout & a heart breaking story. I cried.. Big love to my love @cryiiic.bsky.social for raiding through!💋💚 We raided through to @spookierose.bsky.social for LN2! Stay safe & I'll see you Friday!💚
unlabelledView post →PSA: Bloomtown: a different story will be released in 5 days on Sep 24th. A turn-based RPG that I believe is inspired by Persona. The game is about you trying free people from their demons while you can capture demons to help you fight as well. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2445990/...
unlabelledView post →I forgot just how charming Bloomtown is. This feels like an excellent choice for an October game.
unlabelledView post →This game is a Hidden Gem. This game has something really special to it, it has the mystery of gravity falls but with its own little twist. The pixel art is so charming and beautiful, the colors are warm and inviting. The underside is eerie and ghostly, gloomy if you will, exactly as it should be. Every aspect of this game made me so excited to traverse into the world of Bloomtown and figure out its crazy little underlying mysteries. It connects you to every area of the town, every npc,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bloomtown is a pixel style JRPG/turn-based combat and monster taming game set in the 1960's where Emily + her friends must save their town from demonic creatures! This would be a 10|1|10 (10 mins, 1 hour, 10 hours) Review. ✅ Pixel graphics ✅ Interesting story ✅ Interesting combat ✅ Monster taming
unlabelledView post →The first time I tried to play this I stopped halfway through. I couldn't remember why I hadn't finished it so I tried again. The first half was fun but then it seemed like the devs rushed to finish the second half. There were too many fetch quests and it felt like a chore to finish. There were also some very obvious bugs such as quests not completing and achievement requirements being met and not actually getting the steam achievement. The mechanics were completely taken from persona 5 and the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sunday Wind Down was lovely!~ I think we might even be end game of Bloomtown... Massive thank you to @gingerninja76.bsky.social for raiding through! Love you homie! Took the party over to @chardmonk.bsky.social for some Alan Wake 2! Have a safe start to your weeks! Stay safe & see you soon!~ 💚
unlabelledView post →Playing Bloomtown: A Different Story. ♡ | twitch.tv/sunflowerrvt #envtuber #vtuber
unlabelledView post →Overall, a nice and easy little game to play. I enjoyed it for what it was, which is a quick and easy adventure game. However, as much as I liked the game. I do have some complaints and I think these complaints will determine whether you will enjoy this game or not. So, complaint number one. The battle system. It's not my biggest gripe because I don't mind if a battle system isn't over complex or grindy. However, I felt like this tried to be complex with added extra features that weren't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really loved this game. Cute story and fun easy paced gameplay. If you like Persona games you'll like this. I have only played Persona 5 but very similar gameplay but in a cozy type game. Would absolutely recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bloomtown: A Different Story? More like Bloomtown: A Boring Story. Joking aside, this game was boring as hell, god the intro was so... SO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slow to get into the main game, not to mention the dialogue like, I know these are kids but I've seen better dialogue from ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Undertale and the protagonist of that, who is a kid might I add you, doesn't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ speak. I just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hated the main characters and how slow it was to get to ANYTHING.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8.5/10 Game!! Yall I was hooked the second I realized I could actually collect vinyl records in the game (couldnt find them all lmao, but was still awesome to listen to them in the bedroom). The battle music is crazy good and the overall OST really sets the mood while you're exploring different parts of town. Speaking of exploring, the pixel art is just astounding. It’s super detailed, and seeing the town open up as you progress makes the world feel really alive. The Underside is easily one…
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