Bientôt l'été
Skip · Strategy · 2013
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 0.8h 2.9h to 100%
- Value
- $12.49/hr
- Reviews
- 48% of 286 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 4 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
Bientôt l’été is a videogame for two players. Two players who pretend to be lovers. They pretend to be lovers separated from each other by lightyears of deep space. They have lonely walks along the shore of a simulated ocean, thinking wistful thoughts of each other. Thoughts from ancient Earth literature by Marguerite Duras.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Geforce 7600, Radeon X1600, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 31 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 22 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 98 percent. On the same math PLAYNE : The Meditation Game ($14.99, scores 60) and Everything ($1.49, scores 65) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Bientôt l'été
Critics scored it 62, but players land 14 points lower at 48 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 49 percent of the 121 reviews written there were positive, against 48 percent overall, and those are 75 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 0.8 hours. Doing everything runs 3, 3.6 times as long.
What players say
It's one of those games you can never be sure whether you will like it or not before you give it a try. It's short but unique in its narrative design, especially when you find an actual person to play this with. You collect thoughts from the waves of the ocean and share them with your lover by using the pieces on a chessboard. Very slow-paced, but soothing and poetic. There are certain design aspects that might seem...
1 more review, not recommended
This game was released before Itch(dot) io existed. A shame, as that was the place for an interesting experience like this to be. Unfortunately, I can't give a positive review for something that should be for free.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Bientôt l'été scores 0/100 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/229600/bient-t-l-tReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.