SEASON: A letter to the future on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.

SEASON: A letter to the future is a open world, mystery and visual novel game developed and published by Scavengers Studio.
Released on January 31st 2023 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 1,842 reviews of which 1,720 were positive and 122 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified SEASON: A letter to the future into these genres:

Open World Mystery Visual Novel Narrative Female Protagonist Emotional Interactive Fiction Exploration Atmospheric Relaxing Drama Adventure Stylized Philosophical Singleplayer Nature Photo Editing Cinematic Story Rich Narration

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i3 / Ryzen3
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 7 GB available space

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Nov. 2024

This was a beautiful game. A little short, But it was BEAUTIFUL. It's a shame it ended so soon, I wish it was more expansive so we could learn more about the world, it's past, and it's people. I loved the scrap-booking/journaling/photography elements. Looking forward to more games and stories from this developer! I got this game on sale, and for it's shortness, I think I'm happy about that. There's virtually no replayability for me, unless you want to redo some choices. Also, I hope the cows got out.

Nov. 2024

An underrated cozy game about preserving memories in between two eras. I'm not much for writing game reviews, but I felt compelled to write about this one. The gameplay is simple: you walk, run and/or ride around different areas while using your camera, recorder and notebook to capture "memories". Your task is to compile your findings into set journal entries, which the game gives you freedom to arrange in any way you like. There IS an overall plot with a set ending, but this game is more about the journey and not the destination. Note that this game was developed by a new studio, so expect it to have slightly less polish than your top of the mill indie game. That said, the art direction is impressive for their first game and more than makes up for the little kinks in performance. The environment is inviting, the character designs are zany, and there's some solid worldbuilding here in spite of the game's very short length. But it is a complete game. With all that said, the game is very short relative to the original price tag. I strongly recommend picking it up during a sale if it at all interests you.

Aug. 2024

A very beautiful and underrated game, I loved taking the time to take photos of the surroundings and the fact that you get to do some scrap booking as well with the photos. Also loved the diversity of the characters and their culture. Definitely a game that's worth buying, its a wonderful experience.

Aug. 2024

As a person deeply interested in the topic of the archive, the base premise already resonates with me. I think the way a society preserves its history, memories and legacy is very indicative of how that society is structured and which values it upholds. History is not a given, it’s a process of writing and re-writing, at least loosely informed by the archives that hold traces of the past. But those traces aren’t a given either. Whose history does a society decide is worth recording and safeguarding? Whose history is neglected or even getting erased? The archive belongs to the ghosts - but we need it to know who we are and where we came from. There’s an intangible feeling of sadness and loss that comes with these questions, especially when talking from a queer perspective. I’m non-binary – and I do rarely find myself anywhere in what the west calls its history. Season: A Letter to the Future sits somewhere in this entangled mess of historiography, softly and calmly singing its own song. You'd think that gamifying the process of writing about history would result in a game that you could "100%", in which you could collect all the collectibles and “win” at historiography. But Season isn't that. It's as much a game about what you do not or cannot record as it is one about what you end up recording. The tools you are given to do so are a camera, a microphone, and handwriting (or rather: handwritten prompts). What you record with them is stored in a notebook, which you can freely customize – one page per area or topic is all you are given. It’s way too little to store every information you find. The player is put in the position to center what parts are important to them and what aspects of the current season they want to preserve. They also have the power to assign moral judgements to some events, influencing if and how the next season will remember what happened. The game also adds a clever twist to its setting: It’s set in the context of already having happened. It starts with a person already reading the “finished” notebook. The parts of the game you play are narratively already in the past – this re-focuses who else might be reading the book in the future and what they are taking away from it. Season is also about what can’t be recorded or written down, about a lot of small or big moments and their atmosphere. The roadtrip-setting of the game is one filled with endings without closure, fitting for a game about recording history. In that aspect, it’s not just about history, but also about living in it. About the people you meet and their right (not) to be remembered. But also about the people you can no longer meet, about the absences felt in this game’s world – which is brilliantly crafted. Through careful sound design, it manages to have a tangibility to it that few games will ever reach. A tangibility that makes you feel the absences even more intensely. Season’s writing is also incredibly strong and poetic. It uses every inch of its dialogues and monologues to think about history, memory and the emotional depth that reside in those concepts. It’s beautiful. And I think that is the note I want to end on, for now.

Aug. 2024

love the story. love the game mechanics. while i would've loved more places to explore before the season ended, i get why the journey started once it was near ending. a sequel would be fun! maybe a dlc? well, anyway i had fun doing touristy things like taking pics despite the background of the apocalypse lol tldr; good game

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24.99€

8.9

1,720

122

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Developer

Scavengers Studio

Publisher

Scavengers Studio

Release 31 Jan 2023

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