Worth it for the right player.
At $39.99. It has been as low as $19.99.
- Story and characters: 99 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 1k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
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The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
🌾 Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life – Review
The soft soundtrack, gentle visuals, and unhurried pace make this game feel like a quiet countryside retreat.
There are also helpful quality-of-life improvements, such as faster story progression (the original dragged on a bit) and a bell that automatically transports all animals in and out of the barn or coop.
Personnally, I recommend playing this game with a controller.
(I played on Steam Deck; some of my review accounts for my Switch playtime.)
Many menu and action sounds also return from the original—an excellent move that preserves the game’s legacy feel.
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Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.99.
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