COLOGNE, Germany – Aug. 21, 2024 – During today’s Future Games Show at Gamescom, publisher Twin Sails Interactive announced that Bloomtown: A Different Story will launch on Sept. 24, 2024, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. Developed by Lazy Bear Games (the team behind Graveyard Keeper and Punch Club) and Different Sense Games, explore a seemingly pleasant slice of 1960s Americana in this Persona-inspired JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social elements.
Release Date Trailer: YouTube
Bloomtown is a quiet and cozy American suburb, but this is only a façade – a demon world is growing beneath the surface, children are disappearing, and it’s up to you to save the town! Playing as Emily and her younger brother Chester on summer vacation, you’ll tame monsters from the Underside and create your own demon-hunting squad with unique team synergies.
Make the most of your summer holiday adventure! Explore the city’s secret areas, exercise at the gym, work at the grocery store, take up gardening, or make resourceful friends. The decisions – and the adventure – are yours!
Key Features
- A New JRPG Adventure: Inspired by beloved classics like the Persona series and Earthbound, Bloomtown balances social life with demon taming, pulse-pounding turn-based combat, and a gripping story. It’s up to Emily to figure out the mysteries of mystical disappearances and save the townsfolk’s souls!
- Two Worlds Collide: Enter the dark Underside which lurks upon the children of Bloomtown. Encounter the inner demons of the townsfolk brought to life as monstrous manifestations of fear and vices.
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Use your own demons’ and allies' unique abilities to defeat fiends and dungeon bosses in turn-based, tactical battles.
- Capture & Tame Demons: Weaken unique demons to capture and add to your own demon-hunting squad. Level up your demons and fuse them to create powerful synergies for battling in the Underside.
- A Summer Vacation to Remember: Fighting demons won’t take up all your time in Bloomtown! Explore the town, pick up jobs, make friends or take it easy - how you spend your time is up to you.
Bloomtown: A Different Story is available to wishlist now on Steam, the PlayStation Store, and the Microsoft Store. For more information, follow the game on Twitter and join the community on Discord.
About Twin Sails Interactive
Twin Sails Interactive is an international video game publisher, part of the Asmodee Group, an Embracer company since March 2022. Based in Paris, our team of passionate professionals partners with developers to help drive their titles to success. Originally known as a specialist of digital board-game adaptations under the name Asmodee Digital, Twin Sails expands Asmodee’s reach into original, creative titles aimed at a wide audience on PC and consoles. Following the release of the acclaimed Gloomhaven adaptation and Ember Knights' full launch crowning its well-received early access period, Twin Sails is publishing indie gems Survival: Fountain of Youth, Wantless, Innchanted, News Tower, Amberial Dreams and Bloomtown, with more yet to be announced. To learn more: www.twin-sails.com.
About Lazy Bear Games
Lazy Bear Games is an international game development studio based in Vilnius, Lithuania. We develop games for PC and consoles: PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch.
About Different Sense Games
Different Sense Games is an international game development studio based in Vilnius, Lithuania. With our title Bloomtown, we wish to bring memorable gaming experiences inspired by classic JRPGs with modern twists.