Publisher Twin Sails Interactive and developers Different Sense Games and Lazy Bear Games have revealed that a demo of Bloomtown: A Different Story is now available to download on PC via Steam. The developers are targeting a Q3 2024 release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Preview the latest trailer, which debuted alongside the announcement.
Bloomtown: A Different Story was one of the RPGs that caught my attention when I learned of it at the start of 2024. The turn-based combat and monster-collector aspects drew me in right away, but what won me over were the charming pixel-art graphics and the 1960s Americana setting, both of which kind of remind me of Chained Echoes‘ sprites. If that’s not enough to convince you just yet, read the overview and check out the in-game screens below.
Bloomtown: A Different Story Overview
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!
Key Features
A TALE OF TWO WORLDS
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!
A DIFFERENT STORY
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!
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
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.
TAME DEMONS FROM THE UNDERSIDE
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.
A SUMMER HOLIDAY ADVENTURE
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.
Screenshots
Bloomtown: A Different Story will release for PS5, PS4, XSX, XB1, Switch, and PC. The demo is out now on Steam and it covers half of the first chapter.
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