Distant Bloom
Skip · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 43, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 7.6h 11.3h to 100%
- Value
- $0.66/hr
- Reviews
- 76% of 274 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $3.74 (25% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
From a world in ruins to a world in bloom. This serene management game lets you explore an alien planet where things have gone amiss. Harness the power of plants to restore the environment and build a flourishing community with your crewmates.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 (or equivalent with 4 GB VRAM), 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
18 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 32 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 64 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Hello Kitty Island Adventure ($21.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Hokko Life ($19.99, scores 16).
More about Distant Bloom
Of the 244 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2024 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 7.6 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
93% start to 6% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Loved the idea, but the amount of bugs and game freezing makes it super annoying.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The game has UI, placement, auto features that you can't disable once enabling and the devs disappeared after getting a list of complaints in September of 2024. Disappointing.
It's buggy, there were several times I had to go back to base to reset my character. There are times that navigation is tedious. But overall, it's a cute game with a peaceful "regrow the world" playcycle. I enjoyed my time with it.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Distant Bloom scores 43/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1450250/distant-bloomReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.