Echoes of the Plum Grove
Worth it · Strategy · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 40h
- Value
- $0.50/hr
- Reviews
- 88% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
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.
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $8.99. That was April 2026. 24 discounts in the 2 years on record. They run about 40 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games closest to it, Garden Paws ($19.99, scores 70) and Lemon Cake ($14.99, scores 64) both come in lower.
This site sampled 630 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 26 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2024 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,725 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 722 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 219 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 40 hours; clearing it takes 120, which is 3.0 times the campaign.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
90% start to <1% 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
Players
37 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 03:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Echoes of the Plum Grove is honestly my favorite game in the farming sim/ town sim genre right now. While I may have more hours in total with other games, the depth of enjoyment I get from them doesn't have me coming back nearly as much as this game does. My favorite parts: I really enjoy the artisan gameplay. There is a lot more legwork and effort that goes into upgrading certain things and it feels much more...
I brought this game last October but didn't play much as I had other cosy games to play, but felt a huge urge to get back into it so made a new save and judging on my hours 😂these pass few days racking up just over 20 so roughly 6 hours each day it's so cute, so cosy and so versatile in what sort of gameplay you want, for me I wanted a cosy relaxing no stress so turned off decay, durability, illnesses and aging of...
Well. 30 hrs so far. It's cute enough to have kept me going but it is starting to get a bit repetitive and boring. There is lots of toil. Earning money is challenging and time consuming (30 hrs in and I still haven't been able to upgrade my house), especially when you're trying to complete a never-ending list of quests. Still, I have enjoyed my experience with it so far. Pros: music is pleasant and not terribly...
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Cite this score
Echoes of the Plum Grove scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1536090/echoes-of-the-plum-groveReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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