{"id":336111,"date":"2025-10-20T14:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2165515"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:35:51","slug":"story-of-seasons-pioneers-of-olive-town-heading-to-steam-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/story-of-seasons-pioneers-of-olive-town-heading-to-steam-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town heading to Steam in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/story-of-seasons-pioneers-of-olive-town-heading-to-steam-in-september.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, the latest entry in developer Marvelous Inc&#8217;s much-loved farm-life series, is making the jump from Switch to PC on 15th September.<\/p>\n<p>Pioneers of Olive Town, sticking firmly to the well-worn Story of Seasons template, casts players as a newcomer to a peaceful community after they inherit the local farm from their grandfather. The usual formula of busily compulsive seasonal crop-growing and animal-rearing follows, with players once again free explore the nearby village and befriend the local in their downtime.<\/p>\n<p>This latest instalment in the series initially launched on Switch back in March, where it received rather mixed reviews &#8211; with critics calling out some wonky performance, a disappointingly lifeless cast of townsfolk, and some questionable design decisions, such as a bizarre over-reliance on fussily implemented Maker machines to get things done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-31-story-of-seasons-pioneers-of-olive-town-heading-to-steam-in-september\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-31-story-of-seasons-pioneers-of-olive-town-heading-to-steam-in-september\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, the latest entry in developer Marvelous Inc&#8217;s much-loved farm-life series, is making the jump from Switch to PC on 15th September. 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