
Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!
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Prices
The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.14/day in the week to Jul 24 → 0.57/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About

Sightings of exotic plants and creatures near the town of Shimmerbrook have attracted a wave of new settlers. The Violet Archive was set up to record the development in the region, and is looking for researchers to aid its cause!
A game about research and discoveryDiscover and record 90+ plants, creatures, and fish at various locations around Shimmerbrook, and contribute your findings to the Archive.
Forage for seeds, grow crops with different growth conditionsObserve wild plants and grow them as crops based on their requirements!
Tame and raise 32 unique creatures! 
Tame creatures as part of research! Observe wild creatures, learn their diet, and tame them with their favourite food!
Raise creatures, meet their needs, and unlock their perks! Each creature has a unique ability: Chickens find you seeds, Sproutkittens grow seeds into sprouts instantly!
Collect Shimmers! These rare coloured variants give double the Produce!





Fishing - some common fish, but also unique fish requiring research!Find Fish Parts and use different bait to hook various fish!

Dive deep into the Mines! Mine ores and gems in the Mines.
Certain plants and creatures can be found only in the Mines!
Explore the puzzle caves to uncover the mystery behind ShimmerbrookComplete puzzles to obtain Artifacts! Each puzzle you solve brings you one step closer to learning the truth behind the proliferation of flora and fauna in Shimmerbrook.

Cook, craft, build, and more!Cook meals to gain buffs!
Craft and automate with sprinklers, auto-feeders, and more!
Meet the townsfolk!Befriend townsfolk! From a druid whose family has lived for generations in the mountains, to a featherfolk whose first job is in this new town - many characters await in Shimmerbrook!
Schedule Hangout Events with them to learn more about their stories!
Romance any of the 10 romanceables and marry your favourite!


Sums Steam only; Nintendo publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $14.99 | 343reviews | 95% | — | $194.3K |
| $11.99−20% | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 52 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Awesome game, great for fans of stardew valley and similar games.
cool game very cute
W I W L G U Y epitomized
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Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Simplified Chinese
Hours played at review time, across 53 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
So far I am liking this game. It took a little while to get used to the mechanics and figure out what all I am supposed to do. There are still a few things I am figuring out for what I need to do to further the story line and complete a few quests but I do like this game.
Super cute and the research element adds a new element to the farm sim formula
无法与任何物品互动,包括邮箱、npc、公告栏,只能打开背包,走来走去,没法和其他东西互动,不知道是什么莫名其妙的bug
cozy and fun! A cool and different concept than the standard farming sim!
Very cute, relaxing and all the villager events feel fairly organic. Only gripe I have is it feels as though you should be able to do more in a season than you can in your first year.
J'aime vraiment ce jeu. J'apprécie le rythme plus lent, le calme. Il y a un système d'interaction intéressant avec les NPC. J'aime le système de recherche. Et la ferme n'est pas nécessairement à propos de faire de l'argent mais de faire des recherches. Il y a beaucoup de détails que j'apprécie comme le fait d'avoir des outils quand même, même s'ils sont en train de se faire "upgrader", un suivi pour les événèments avec les NPC. Et le dév répond rapidement au rapport de but. J'ai soumis un bug qui faisait crasher le jeu et le lendemain il y avait un fix. Vraiment, vraiment apprécié!
It was a really close call on whether to recommend the game or not. I decided to do so because it does have an enjoyable/unique research element that is unlike other similar cozy games and did keep me interested for a while. The game is aesthetically pleasing, the animals/plants are very well thought out, and I can tell they did put a lot of effort into it. However, the game still feels like it's in early access in some ways. The characters lack depth and it feels like there isn't much story for a game with "story" in the title. They need to expand the number of romance options (you mean to tell me I can't romance either of the DILFS?!) and add a lot of dialogue lines. Most of the characters have little more than 2 or three repeated small-talk lines that they ever say. The game just gets too repetitive when all you do is research, care for your farm, and search the mines without any additional substance behind it. BUT, there is potential, so I will come back for future updates.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
Players also reviewed
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