Bloomtown: A Different Story

Developer: Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games
Publisher: Twin Sails Interactive
Released: Sep 24, 2024
Steam reviews: 86% of players recommend it, from 1,673 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
Tags: AdventureIndieRPG

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Features

Full controller support

Single-player
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Gamepad Recommended
DualSense Controller Support
Steam Cloud
Family Sharing

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Languages

English
French
German
Japanese
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Portuguese - Brazil
Spanish - Spain
Korean

Steam lists 9 languages.

Age rating & content

DEJUS 6 · Violência fantasiosaThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
IGRS 13 · KekerasanThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it

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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

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.

Play as Emily and her younger brother Chester sent on their summer holiday to their grandpa’s cozy and quiet town. May be too quiet… Children starting to disappear, nightmares getting more real… Something’s not right, especially for a 12-year-old girl with an adventurous mind!

It is up to you to solve this mystery and free Bloomtown and its inhabitants from a glooming fate!

Bloomtown is a quiet and cozy American town with its cinema, grocery shops, library, parks…

But this is only a façade! A demon world is growing on the underside, children are disappearing, and it is up to you to save the town!

Embark on mysterious adventure to save the townspeople from their own demons: Fear and vices have taken monstrous life form in the Underside.

Follow Emily and her group of friends, figure out the mysteries of the mystical disappearances and save Bloomtown’s inhabitants souls!

In the turn-based tactical battles against giant demons and dungeon bosses from the Underside, Emily is not alone! Use each character abilities and strengths to come out victorious. Summon your own inner demons as well as the captured ones to set up devastating combos.

During combat, catch weaken creatures to add them. With loads of creatures, level-ups, unique skills and a fuse system, create hundreds of synergies and your own demon-hunting squad.

Explore the town’s secret areas, strengthen your physical abilities at the gym, gain pocket money working at the grocery store, make resourceful friends or do some relaxing gardening. You decide what is the most useful for your adventure.