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Echoes of the Plum Grove
Developer Unwound Games
A new life awaits in Honeywood! Build a thriving community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage and uncover the secrets of the island! If someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means. From the Steam store page
258 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
79
LovedLoved
154 positive · 41 negative
95% range 73–84%
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| Steam reviews | 154 | 41 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,764 of 3,152 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed but leaning positive; many love the customization and challenge, others find it tedious.
Many players praise the game's customization options and the ability to toggle difficulty features like disease and tool decay, which allows for a personalized cozy experience. Some find the generational gameplay and survival elements rewarding, with one player calling it a 'breath of fresh air' in the farming sim genre. [7][13][16]
However, critics point out issues like unbalanced gameplay, bland NPCs with random dialogue, and a tedious loop that lacks depth. One player noted the game 'lacks any real depth' and another found it 'more tedious than fun.' [29][30][34]
Praised customization options · generational gameplay · challenge
Criticised tedious gameplay · bland NPCs · unbalanced mechanics
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Reactions
60 of 258 · most liked firstI played the first spring and then lost interest. As others have said, the game is not balanced at all. Once you manage to make pickled or dried food you are basically set and there is little incentive to do more. There isn't much / anything to do once you've finished watering your crops. The "festivals" are not very exciting and neither are the villagers. I was really drawn to the generational aspect of the game (RIP The Sims) but as the villagers don't have personalities, it's hard to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it’s more tedious than fun, and it lacks any real depth. you notice pretty quickly that the dialogues are completely random and the characters don’t have personality. i don’t even listen to their chatter anymore, i just click through to level up the relationship. you can trade with pretty much anyone, even with kids, some of whom are better equipped than certain adults. makes sense, right? on top of that, the character moves painfully slow, i’m already getting irritated by it. same with the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have not finished this game, but I feel like I've played long enough to give an honest review. Do I like this game? Yes, somewhat. Do I recommend it? No, not really. Long review incoming as to why. I played 100% of this game on the Steam Deck, so that will likely influence some of this. First off, a couple things I do appreciate about this game is the manual save (seriously, thank you for this one. I HATE sleep to save!!) It does save automatically at midnight so there is an auto-save…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am liking what it currently is...but there is one GLARING downside to the game that Castrates any Proper enjoyment and stops me dead in my track to recommending it. Crafting Bench Blueprints are locked behind >>>RNG!!<<< I mean, f***ing WHAT!?! In early to mid stages of the game, you'll end up in a Disgusting loop of Needing something, to Get something, but to get the something you need to give Another something that requires Some Other Something which you need Something Else to get in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I had quite some hours of fun in this game, sadly there are enough things that bug me which ultimately lead to a negative review. One giant positive tho is the fact that you can customize your experience by making it easier or harder to play by, for instance, disabling energy or diseases. Every cozy game should have that, in my opinion. However, what bugs me about this game is the fact that the controls are uh.. pretty bad. Sometimes the character doesn't do what he is supposed to do,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The trailer and screenshots are exactly how it looks, but nothing like it feels to play. If only the creators added a workshop and alowed mods... Or, if they worked on a npc personality fix and story dlc, this could go somewhere... Plume Grove is a slow paced survival game mostly played by walking very very slow across a tricky map, full of organized NPCs that are replacable and bland, where you will do fetch quests for hours... before being able to find some story, but none involving your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i found this game after i got laid off from my job & in between me submitting application after application... i was in this game. Echoes of the Plum Grove was a wonderful escape from reality where i got to experience the reality of the colonial times, and honestly i got a pretty lucky run. my town never really had many sickness-related deaths (ahem... unless cake was involved) and i managed to finish the dead characters' collection pillars rather quickly. i overall adored this game & plan to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why are so many game devs so allergic to making it obvious which item/button you're highlighting in the UI? Don't put aesthetic over function. I'm trying to play Echoes of the Plum Grove and the game just makes the background of things you're selecting a sliiiiiiiightly darker brown. Hurts my eyes.
unlabelledView post →I really wanted to LOVE this game. The story and the artstyle are both unique. Unfortunately, the gameplay can't keep me engaged. The NPCS feel like they lack depth in their personalities which makes it more tedious to talk to them. I just ended up skipping through their dialogues for relationship. Fishing and mining feel boring, repetitive and uninteresting. The mining may get more interesting the more you play but after a few hours, I just feel like I do not want to continue.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently the game feels a bit unfinished to me, or maybe I just don't find the gameplay loop enjoyable. Kids don't act like your kids, they act like strangers, my kids kept calling me ma'am instead of mom. Characters in town don't have much depth. The guy that lives in the mines just disappeared one day and became a ghost and there was never a funeral held for him. Once you get an animal, you regret it because all they do is sit in the front room and block…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a huge fan of SDV and other cozy games, I was set to love this game, too. I did not. I need to pee and eat on occasion (IRL), so when I pull up a menu or put this game in the background, I expect it to stop. It didn't. When my dog needed to to out, the game kept going in spite of my efforts to pause it, and I ended up starving and exhausted with piles of spoiled food. My sister just called me from Mexico and by the time I got back to the game, my character was dead, game over, starved to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it started not so good but after i realised what i was doing it has turned out to be very good i am addicted to it now lol i am 73 thank god for google hahaha
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i build fields i planted seed 23:59 everything is fine 0:00 seed magicaly vanished that bug is known for years dont forget to water the field before midnight or you get a gib problem i dont care how the rest of the game is not fixing known bugs for years is hand down
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Working on completing this game, I can't stress enough how cozy this game is and it's soooo nice to see a game that honors history, generations, and the farming niche all in one! One of my all-time FAVORITE games and great development team! There is tons of of replay value in this game. It helped make my chronic illness filled days brighter!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every month my Discord chooses a cozy game to play together and this month we're playing Echoes of the Plum Grove from @unwoundgames.bsky.social 🌱 As you can probably guess, it is absolute chaos! Soooo come join in 😊
unlabelledView post →This game did not live up to its promises and expectations. It's tagged as a "casual game," but it's also extremely monotonous, boring, repetitive, empty af and terribly balanced. - There are x100 more digging spots in a free field than in a paid mine. HOW??? Why am I even paying for this? - There isn't a single tree in the forest. They're all just background and decorative. It's madness. - With a farm of hundreds of land tiles, NPCs sell one seed per day. ONLY ONE. - Buying prepared food is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm trying out Echoes of the Plum Grove tonight! A cozy game with survival elements! ...And the ability to do away with villagers you don't like!? Let's hop into this Paper-Mario-like world at 7PM EST!! See you there! 💙 #EchoesofthePlumGrove #Vtuber #vsky #Twitch www.twitch.tv/rashiira
unlabelledView post →I really like this game, but it took me a while. First time I played it, I got 3 hours in, then I quit and didn't touch it again for about a year. Now I kinda love it. But I am also aware that this isn't everyones cup of tea. So if anyone is considering this game be aware of this: - This is not stardew valley. While it is a cozy game, it's not as relaxing as games like SV. You can starve, get sick, and die in this game. And your OG character will eventually die, if not from disease then from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring, failed to be gripped by anything and was very put off by the art. I'd like to call attention to the game's colonial America aesthetic and how it uses this while not including any indigenous people. This just made me super uncomfortable. There's a desire here to have a super cozy, live off the land fantasy while utterly ignoring what this lifestyle was actually like for the people it replaced and genocided. This might be dangerously woke for Steam but it needs to be said that this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Echoes of Plum Grove is a breath of fresh air in the farming sim genre. It takes survival elements and mixes them with a robust NPC system that allows the townsfolk to live their own lives. While it may not be for players who are looking for deep character stories, all the other elements from the farming genre are here. The generational gameplay system will keep you playing for hours, and every new game feels different. If you don’t like survival games, then you may still want to give Echoes of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game and i could never really get into it, as someone who does like games like Stardew and stuff, it just want fun. The NPCs don't have much character, and yes the aspect of being able to die from disease is different and i do like that about this game, I just found it boring. There isn't much incentive to keep playing after a little while.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game seemed promising at first, but sadly does nothing to keep you invested in the game past the first few hours of game play. While it has a cozy art style, this is not a cozy game, its a survival and resource management game with a strong focus on grinding for very scarce resources. After 9 hours of grinding, there doesn't really appear to be an ongoing storyline that you follow. The main activities are around accepting job quests to provide ore, plants and cooked recipes, however the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A chill farming sim with life sim characteristics such as generations and aging families. 8+/10. Most annoyances such as tool durability or taxes can be disabled in the Options. TL;DR below: +++ overall (visuals, OST, etc) ++ the option to toggle some mechanics/features on and off + can lock tools/hot bars + emotes, acts, faces - yes you can do them all here + easy to learn + items are relatively cheap, and on the other hand, some basic mats such as wood are expensive enough to make good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy Farm'n Friday! New content updates for Echoes of the Plum Grove and Fields of Mistria, a new indie farm'n game announcement, and Collector's Cove release date - fogu.com/hm/index.php...
unlabelledView post →I honestly wanted to like this, and I tried to get into it. Both the genre blend and the story tease were interesting to me. But the movement is so slow, and the power-ups to make the gameplay bearable are consumable and temporary with crafting requirements that are either rare or difficult to come by. I just looked at those recipes, did a little digging on the wiki, and came to the conclusion that the loop would be tedious and waste more time than I was willing to give. Not only that, but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd change my review if I could toggle the mpreg and mysterious third sex off. It's weird/creepy and doesn't fit the old-timey theme. It's a clunker of a game. Had some interesting parts (I liked the concept of diseases spreading, multi-generational gameplay, art style) but playing was tedious, walk speed was slug, my seeds disappeared from the field, etc. I come back and check for updates sometimes because it had a bit of promise, but so far, naaah.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is actually good, but my only complaints are: 1. The gameplay is slow. 2. You can craft items, but you need blueprints, and getting them is very difficult and annoying due to the RNG system. Sometimes you have to complete NPC missions, but there are also missions that you can't complete because the daily time is short, only 5-10 days, and even after that, you need tools, and those tools have to be crafted using the blueprints you get. You can also get blueprints, but you have to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Singleplayer grinding sim with not enough content to justify the time and effort it takes to grind. Game is barely updated which I don't really blame the devs because I'm pretty sure it's just two people who now have a kid. Amazing concept and great running start, but now its just another Stardewlike with no fulfilling content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If, like me, you've grown tired of farming games that are all cozy, no challenge, this just may be the perfect game for you! The struggle of fighting off disease and starvation, paying taxes, and watching friends, family, and livestock die makes it all the more rewarding to finally establish your legacy. Another point in the game's favor is the breakneck pace of the in-game clock, reminiscent of my all-time favorite game, Harvest Moon 64. Nonetheless, "Echoes of the Plum Grove" is not brutal in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Essentially it's pilgrim stardew valley. But I love that the difficulty you can adjust to your perferred comfort level. food can deteriorate, tools will break, and you can get sick and die. Most things you can turn off and on to really create a gameplay experiance that's fun for you. You can have a family and have children and eventually play as your offspring as generations go by. I've spent almost 200 hours in this game and it's had many fun updates to keep me coming back to explore more.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't believe people like this game. If you are farming around midnight, it automatically deletes everything you planted that day. All seeds lost, just poof! Also, the new game is right by the save button and if you misclick by a hair, all progress since last save is instantly lost because it will not ask you to confirm. This game seriously sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →o.0 I can make death cakes in #EchoesOfThePlumGrove? Does that mean I can actually murder NPCs in this game? There's disease, aging, and death in this game so uh...damn that's dark.
unlabelledView post →We managed to finish Echoes of the Plum Grove today! 😭💕 This game was so good and the ending actually got me a little choked up. What an absolute gem!
unlabelledView post →I wish I liked this game.. It is too slow paced and I am not entirely a fan of my tools breaking when I already have no money lol. There is no explanation as to what I need to keep, just a list of stuff I do not have. I want to like this game, but I am afraid it might not be for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Wish there was more variety in occupation & character design but can't complain considering a team of two made the game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Appleseed's Indie Game Of The Day! Day 32) Echoes of the Plum Grove by Unwound Games Just your average farming sim set in a medieval esque time period... Where every decision has consequences, one case of disease could lead to your entire village dying and winter is brutal & harsh. It's great!
unlabelledView post →This game is so cute! It's my favorite cozy game with farming elements out of the many I've played. It's the only video game my grandpa liked watching me play. He liked the "little guys" walking around and watching my character and her family farm. RIP Grandpa <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have any attachment to the villagers, make sure to turn off diseases because they will all get consumption and then spread it to each other and then the next thing you know the next two weeks are back to back funerals and then all of a sudden half the shops are closed because the owners all DIED and you have to wait for their replacements. you can infect your enemies though, so i keep it on to punish those who have wronged me. 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/5 I bought this game upon launch and still think it was fully worth it. I love playing this game! ❤️ In Echoes of the Plum Grove, the player arrives in the new world after a terrible shipwreck. Build your farm and your family and try not to die from rampant illness or the wrath of hunger. The settings are very customizable, so you can turn off food and tool decay, aging, and illness if you want to just enjoy the world, but the first playthrough is very worth the challenge of keeping…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I originally played on the switch but I love this game so much. It is the ultimate cozy game imo because you can set the level of how cozy! I haven't seen that in other games and it can appeal to everyones level of cozy gaming/
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun spin on the farming sim genre! I love the option to play as non-binary characters and their inclusion in the game! The story is interesting and the generational aspect is very unique.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well it is time for the review.. Another farm game, wonder how popular they became after Stardew Valley (starting with Harvest Moon and Run Factory...): Unique and pro: -Kids grown up and can get their own family -You can die -You can kill your animals -Adapted on an old era -You can poison villager -You can insult villager cons: -pregnant in this game can be wierd and not it a good way... -Technical bugs -It is not easy to farm rocks and wood -Taxes lol Anyway aside of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I REALLY wanted to like this game..I sat on it thinking it would improve over time and seeing Plum Grove always super well received I figured it was time to try again. Maybe its because I'm on SteamDeck [however its LITERALLY VERIFIED] but... O.M.G is this game rage inducing...and not in an endearing way. 99% of the time Im literally just moonwalking trying to click items or just DO SOMETHING end up eating items that make you sick, and spending the day looking for the right townspeople [THEY'RE…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a top-tier cozy game. I'm on my second play through now and it's like returning to an old friend and remembering all the little things about them I admire and missed. If you enjoy crafting, a social aspects, some spooky supernatural, a little optional murder and larping the rags to riches life in total freedom, this is the game for you. This is one of those games you're going to be impressed by if the above is your typical fare. This isn't a slap-dash money grab with a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am in love with this game and have been since release. I wish I had more time to play but my toddler demands my full attention. It's such a charming game. The art style is unique and beautiful. The story and characters are very well written. It's a different twist on the regular farm sim. 100/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way more in depth than I anticipated. Not too similar to games of the same genre, the paper art style really helps pull you into Plum Grove specifically. I have came to terms with the fact my first character will not be with me the whole game, I am excited to continue a legacy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I REALLY wanted to like this game, but I just can't. The graphics are cute, but that's about it. It's incredibly slow, characters are boring, and all you can really do is farm and fish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The walking speed is terribly slow considering how much you walk in this game, because you spend most of the day just walking around. I got to the point where ghosts and their quests became available to me, and I can't imagine walking to the other side of the map every day (okay, I can teleport, but it's not worth it in terms of time spend), then down the winding stairs to the basement and then down the loooooong stairs to the area with ghosts so i can hand in the quest. And that's just the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Positive vote for inclusion as we can never have enough of those. Unfortunately, I can't really get on the game without the male pregnancy something I can toggle on or off. I know this is a fantasy game, but people like me exists where we like our fantasy world as realistic as possible. I hope they make this available soon. =( Oh well, am going back to SOS: Grand Bazaar for now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun game you can kill your neighbors with cake! I enjoyed the hardness of this game with keeping up with decomposition of food, tools, etc. Its nice that these features can be toggled on or off depending on how hard you want to make it. The illness in the game killed the entire population and had a funeral everyday for 3 weeks lol.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoying Echoes of the Plum Grove. Cozy game on Nintendo Switch. 🏳️🌈 www.tiktok.com/@emmanessyga... #EchoesOfThePlumGrove #Gaming #NintendoSwitch
unlabelledView post →Echoes of the Plum Grove is 50% off on Playsum! 👨👩👧👧 Build your farm & family tree - this game spans generations 🏝 What you plant, stock for winter & who you befriend shapes the whole island 🤝 Work together with townsfolk to make a great community Buy here ➡️ bit.ly/plum-grove #SpringSale #Cozygame
unlabelledView post →If you like roleplaying colonial times and dabbling in witchcraft, Echoes of the Plum Grove is the game for you Best features include: 💜 A really beautiful papercraft art style 💜Random events like illnesses that can wipe out an entire town 💜 Playing generations of your family on a farm
unlabelledView post →Happy Farm'n Friday! Colonial farming game Echoes of the Plum Grove has a Switch release date, a few indie farm'n game updates, and some new features revealed this week during the Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma online presentations - fogu.com/hm/
unlabelledView post →just not a game for me. i did not enjoy it. it felt like it was for a younger demographic
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Echoes of Plum Grove really brings some fresh gameplay to cozy games! At first I was worried the item spoilage would make the game a little too hard, and instead it has kept me from hoarding crops while keeping the game the right amount of challenging to feel rewarding. The fishing mini game??? Actually fun! In fact, following the line to reel in the fish feels like one of the more "realistic" fishing mini games I've played over the years, the only problem is that it feels a little slow? or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-VY... Heya folks, here's a new First 10 video. This time featuring an indie farming sim called Echoes of the Plum Grove. #echoesoftheplumgrove #videogames #indiegames #farmingsim #gameplay
unlabelledView post →I got really excited when I first saw it.Its a nice game and very cozy.I liked the mechanics and I was playing on controller and it worked really well.The developers really love this game and it shows,its well made.Its nice that you can customize your experience if you want to play easy or hard and disable if you dont want something.On the negatives now.There is not really much to do.It grows boring really fast.You cant mine because there is a limited mine area,you can plant crops but thats not…
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