Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook
Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook
Game
Game2014
Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook
Developer Winter Wolves
The Flower Shop: a dating and farming sim game. Steve's life is in shambles: bad grades, rocky relationship, and forced to work on a farm for the summer. Join him in Fairbook as he navigates farm life, makes new friends, and maintains old relationships. From the Steam store page
132 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
68 positive · 34 negative
95% range 57–75%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 68 | 34 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
71 of 106 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
67% recommend · 69 yes, 34 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 103 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (95 of 137 positive).
Players find the farming mechanic pointless and disconnected from the story. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the protagonist as unlikable and the story as generic. [4][5][6] Others enjoy the visual novel for its cute characters, music, and romance. [7][8][9]
Representative posts
- [4]
Grade: D The story is generic and forgettable even if it has its moments. The art is decent but uninspiring. The farming feels tacked on and is largely pointless (as you can only spend money on, gasp, more seeds). For genre of "dating sim" it does nothing new and features an un-relatable protagonist. I'm not sure how any girl or guy would find this story or its male lead compelling. I can't say I hate this game but …
- [6]
I can't play this game because the protagonist, basically YOU, are such a terrible guy that it's not even enjoyable. A lot of girls play these games and quite frankly, a man like the main character is so unappealing that you can never get over his behaviors. The opening scene has him tell his aspiring doctor/politician GF that he is hoping to 'just bum around', meanwhile, he keeps kissing her and holding her hand, …
- [7]
Twee anime virtual choose-your-own-adventure where slacker college boy-seeks-girls in quaint little town. With flowers. Probably a little better than that sounds (unless that sounds awesome to you, and then here's your game). The characters are all a little two-dimensional (also literally) but kind of engaging. The story's somewhat predictable but not terrible, and achievements are pretty easy to pick up in a few …
- [1]
Apparently I suck at this game, since I had three playthroughs were I ended up alone and a fouth were I got a girl I didn't aim for. The farming gameplay is utterly useless, since you earn money just go buy more seeds and your work at the garden doesn't seem to influence anything for the characters. But well, since it forces you to work at the garden every morning, you might as well keep growing and cleaning. The …
- [2]
Albeit not worth the normal steam price, this game is actually rather satisfying, with some really in depth and likeable characters and some really cute romances! The farming mechanic is rather useless/pointless but that aside, the visual novel element is good, but ultimately, the soundtrack is what wins it for me. Such peaceful and serene music! If you can pick this up on sale or in an indie bundle, it's definitely …
Summarised from 34 of the 133 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
67% of the 103 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook. The complaint that keeps coming up: farming mechanic is useless and pointless. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 132 · most liked first#WhatAGameDevLooksLike Hello there 🌸 I’m Elle (she/they) I’m a chronically ill game dev, lifelong gamer, writer, & freelance artist. I am working on my first game, Flowerbud: A Flower Shop Dating Sim in Godot. I’m not at GDC (see pinned post) but would still love to connect :)
neutral · AI labelView post →I met four cute girls and got friendzoned by all of them. More realistic than I would've thought. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Derrick Rose has had one helluva retirement rollout in Chicago this week. He gave out flowers to thousands of fans at Rose’s Flower Shop, launched a new garden pollination initiative in his native Englewood and played his last basketball game with his son at Simeon. thetriibe.com/2025/01/whil...
neutral · AI labelView post →Grade: D The story is generic and forgettable even if it has its moments. The art is decent but uninspiring. The farming feels tacked on and is largely pointless (as you can only spend money on, gasp, more seeds). For genre of "dating sim" it does nothing new and features an un-relatable protagonist. I'm not sure how any girl or guy would find this story or its male lead compelling. I can't say I hate this game but it is a solid, "Meh."
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can see the Black Bra of an Adult Woman while its raining. I will never come this close to a Bra anymore! 12/10 Thanks to the Boob factor!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I personally wouldn't recommend paying $15.00 dollars for this game. It's not that bad it's just short, not to mention the gardening gameplay isn't all that fun/ or even nessasary. Unless you can get it on sale for less than 5 dollars I wouldn't even bother.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Twee anime virtual choose-your-own-adventure where slacker college boy-seeks-girls in quaint little town. With flowers. Probably a little better than that sounds (unless that sounds awesome to you, and then here's your game). The characters are all a little two-dimensional (also literally) but kind of engaging. The story's somewhat predictable but not terrible, and achievements are pretty easy to pick up in a few hours. Also the emoticons are pretty. Picked it up in a bundle and I have no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FLOWER SHOP HOURS 💐 📍 January 16th @ 5 PM PST | 8 PM EST playing BALATRO until i get my second win... almost 80 hours in the game btw :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_anQ...
neutral · AI labelView post →IF only there was a thumb recommendation that shows the thumb aiming sideways in the only means to justify that me saying this game is fairly decent. It's not groundbreaking, it's not revolutionary, it's not bringing anything new to the 'visual novel'/'dating sim' genre (aside from the 'Harvest Moon' mechanics) but the game overall, is not BAD, per se. Far from it, it is a decent experience. You take control of a character (or need to say pervert) named Steve, as he recently broke up with his…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Flower Shop: Summer in Fairbrook feels like an early effort by the developer. The central charater is a boy named Steve who is shipped off to his uncle's farm by his father for making all D's in school and for being a selfish child with no ambitions and an attitude problem. On the farm, Steve protests royally against having to do actual labor, but in order to try to have good relationships, you have to choose options that seem contrary to Steve's nature which takes some of the believability…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to give this a good review but I couldn’t. The iPhone version is better but it stopped working after the iOS 4 update. I was very glad to see this show up on steam however I must say that the new mechanics almost ruined the entire game. The farming mechanic is useless and the rearranging of the way you spend your time broke the story in to parts where it just doesn’t feel as well made as the one made for the iPhone. The one advantage this one has over other dating Sims is that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all I must mention that i've played Always Remember Me which was also made by Winter Wolves and left a negative review. It's not that they are bad games, it's because they have some pointless aspects, they will force you to grind to get the different endings and they have a very short duration for $15+ games. Flower Shop is a visual novel with a vegetable patch that you can manage in uncle Sam's farm. The story is good in my opinion, but to get the different endings, there is some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice 😎 Side note: I am a solo dev battling chronic health issues and am learning EVERYTHING for the first time. I am moving as fast as possible. I promise that Flowerbud: a Flower Shop Dating Sim will be filled with so much heart and soul. It will be a game worth playing 🌸💖
neutral · AI labelView post →This third visual novel release on Steam by Winter Wolves feature a male protagonist Steve who started with a partial break-up with his girlfriend Jill who attend the same college with him in Los Angeles. As a result of his poor grades in college, his father sent him to a remote town in Fairbrook to help out at his uncle's farm over the summer. At his uncle's farm, Steve has to help tend his uncle's farm by cultivating 8 different types of crops and making a certain profit. At Fairbrook, Steve…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Apparently I suck at this game, since I had three playthroughs were I ended up alone and a fouth were I got a girl I didn't aim for. The farming gameplay is utterly useless, since you earn money just go buy more seeds and your work at the garden doesn't seem to influence anything for the characters. But well, since it forces you to work at the garden every morning, you might as well keep growing and cleaning. The game is very short, which means that neither the story nor the characters are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#PortfolioDay 🌸 I'm Elle! A multi-disciplinary freelance artist / game dev Currently I am: - a 2D background artist for a TBA game - Creating Flowerbud: A Flower Shop Dating Sim - Working on commissions (closed until further notice) I have done everything from pixel art to UI cara.app/pxpetals
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #PortfolioDay 🌸 I’m Noelle, an artist and solo game dev currently working on my first full-length game, Flowerbud: a Flower Shop Dating Sim I also have experience with narrative writing and UX/UI. I love working on assets for games!
neutral · AI labelView post →Choosing a flower shop concept to 3D model for my Moth Game soon (it will make sense), 💜🦋 does anyone have a favourite? #solodev #coneptart #blender #flowershop #isometricart #handdrawn
neutral · AI labelView post →AD ♡ ⋮ ➜ Mimi is LIVE on Twitch Double feature day! 🌷 #Stardew Valley ➜ FIRST LOOK at Hanako's Flower Shop (sponsored) ✿ Lurks are extra appreciated today! ✿ (@fantajigames.bsky.social, @theindiexp.bsky.social) Tap here to watch → twitch.tv/dear_mimi_
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More research for my game, Flowerbud: a Flower Shop Dating Sim. Something tells me Entrapta from She-Ra would LOVE this book 🤭
neutral · AI labelView post →this game would almost be tolerable if not for the insufferably awful male protagonist who conveniently melts from being the most unbearable man alive into Sufficiently Empathetic For Girls To Fall In Love With Him with no real justification for doing so besides 'he worked on a farm a bit i guess' despite being a major selling point of the game, the farming literally serves no purpose and gives you no incentive to work on it aside from "you should". i'm not kidding - you make money, but the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't play this game because the protagonist, basically YOU, are such a terrible guy that it's not even enjoyable. A lot of girls play these games and quite frankly, a man like the main character is so unappealing that you can never get over his behaviors. The opening scene has him tell his aspiring doctor/politician GF that he is hoping to 'just bum around', meanwhile, he keeps kissing her and holding her hand, not reading her emotions, it feels like... Then she seems to miraculously not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another meh VN. What’s the point on having a farm simulator together with a dating simulator if when you earn over $1,000 you’re basically stuck in Fairbrook and cannot date the girls? It simply RUINED the concept of the game! The art style was okay, nothing fantastic and nothing terrible. BGs were ok too, BGM was a bit annoying sometimes. The story was meh and its characters were also meh. This game is really short and all about status raising, and you barely have time to talk to the girls.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great kissing scene. Non-hentai. Fap-free visual novel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Working on a title screen for Flowerbud: A Flower Shop Dating Sim Plus, testing out UI choices 🌸 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →To fellow #voiceactors, here's a #castingcall for a cute and heart-warming game demo about Hanako's Flower Shop, hence the title. If this tickles your fancy, let's give this studio a flood of excellent VA choices, shall we? Reminder - deadline is December 17th 2024 (JST)!
neutral · AI labelView post →Got the game from a bundle. A simple game suits my flavor. Typical AVG.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AD ʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝ Mimi has a new cosy Youtube video! ʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝ Consider to watch, co-work or play alongside my newest cosy video for Hanako's Flower Shop! 🌿All support is greatly appreciated as it really helps my channel to grow!~🌷 @fantajigames.bsky.social Tap here to watch ➜ youtu.be/hQ5BB1nX-Tg
neutral · AI labelView post →My rating: 3 / 10 This game has cute anime graphics, not so bad narrations for a visual novel (but also lack of voice acting), additional bonus in a form of "economic" mini game, and 5 different endings. But that's unfortunately all that's good there. First issue is that the game is very short - you just need a few hours to finish with all the possible endings and all achievements to collect (which are only 5) - after that the game loses any replayability value. Secondary, the whole…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy the games Winter Wolves come out with. The music really adds to the atmosphere. Farming part wasn't really worth doing but it was a good distraction from the story from time to time to keep playing. Have seen 3 of the endings so far and like each one of them. Hope to see more games from them in the future
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We have a release date for Hanako's Flower Shop! It's been a pleasure to be a part of this game as the titular character's grandfather. Thank you, @fantajigames.bsky.social for letting me be a part of this. youtu.be/137GZo5Uufw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook is a nice visual novel game with some beautiful designs and a good soundtrack. I recommend it! 💗
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't play it, there's better games out there. Biggest problem is that there's no relationship bar outside of the one you see when making important dialogue decisions. This means that you can spend 80% of your Summer with one girl and still end up with the forever alone ending. Just for an example, Clara the Tomboy is interested in the big city. She's only interested in you once you tell her your from LA. Okay, whatever. But then despite being a tomboy you have to figure out that she wants to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story is quite shallow. The farming component not well integrated. You get all these money and don't really have anything to spend it on except for more seeds. Not very imaginative if you ask me. NIce drawings/art but I didn't find the characters that likeable, especially the main character you control. On the dating piece, you could be pursuing one girl in mind, but was generally nice to someone else then suddently they've hooked up with you. I didn't like it. Not enough depth to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Albeit not worth the normal steam price, this game is actually rather satisfying, with some really in depth and likeable characters and some really cute romances! The farming mechanic is rather useless/pointless but that aside, the visual novel element is good, but ultimately, the soundtrack is what wins it for me. Such peaceful and serene music! If you can pick this up on sale or in an indie bundle, it's definitely worth your time and money! :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best Waifu dating sim of the year, 8/10 without a doubt. Only reason it does not score higher is for the fact that there is no bewbs, something I'm sure everyone can agree is kinda important. Just remember that crying in the corner and using your own tears as lube after playing this game because you know you will never have a perfect qt 3.14 waifu in real life is completly normal and nothing to be ashamed of!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Flower Shop Summer in Fairbrook is a visual novel,where you'll make choices what to do with your week. Each activity raises a certain stat forcing you to balance your time, which stat to improve, which activity to pursue, and how hard you want to farm to earn money in the game. Certain events will occur depending on your activity. Summary The game features a male protagonist named Steve. In the game Flower Shop Summer in Fairbrook, Steve's girlfriend Jill, leaves him and due to his poor…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, this game isn't really worth playing. You can get all the endings within a few hours. The difference between the "normal" and "special" endings for each of the four girls are a few lines of text (you get the single CG for each girl regardless of which of the two endings you get). There is no point to scheduling "Work" for any of the days; you can easily get enough money for the "special" ending without it. The story is also rather bland and for three of the four girls, it quickly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really just don't like this game. Characters and Arcs are just really generic and forgetable. I hate the main character. There was just no emotional investment compared to other visual novels. Most choices for relationships are two options and woe betide you if you guess the wrong one. There aren't many clues as to what's what. I understand VNs are meant for multiple playthroughs, but I see no point or drive to continue. Not to mention, there's little feedback in game on the stats available,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad and short grinding visual novel. The romance is not really cute or the story in any way interestening. Played 2-3 hours and got all endings. The decisions you make are feeling somewhat random, even if you have max sympathy with a character for some reason you have to get atleast 50% sympathy from another character to get her ending. So the game felt without a guide pretty unbeatable, since you would have played through the game and just guessed a couple of times. Would not recommend this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hanako’s Flower Shop isn't a complicated VN, it's in fact the opposite as this game prefers to keep things simple... But the world needs more relaxing games, and pink is a calming colour; so let's help people with the powers of flowers! 🌸 Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/hanak...
neutral · AI labelView post →spent all my time in the garden so i ended up dieing alone. well my flowers were pretty anyway.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bland. Generic. Uninspired. Avoid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello everyone! It's time to explore another game called Hanako's Flower Shop. A developer has graciously provided me with a key for coverage, and I'm excited to share it with you. #keymailer #gameplay #vtuber #Hanakosflowershop #twitchstreamer
neutral · AI labelView post →visual novel game with planting simulator, my flowers so beautiful (✿´‿`)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are a fan of cute and short visual novels (like Go Go Nippon, for example), then I highly recommend this game. It's just SO ADORABLEEEEEEEEEEE Okay. I'm done. Really though, the only complaints I have are that the gardening mechanic is kinda useless, and the game loses some of its vibrance when there's no music (such as when farming, or viewing the non-important scenes). As for the rest of the game, I loved it from start to finish! I might not pay $15 for it (and I didn't), so I'd wait…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4 love interests, 9 endings, steam achievements and trading cards! I enjoyed and highly recommend this Visual Novel and its little farming twist. The plot revolves around Steve, a guy who’s barely getting by at college with a D average, just got dumped, and has an appalling relationship with his father. His father sends Steve to live with his uncle for a “Summer in Fairbrook” as punishment for his low grades, where Steve is destined to become a farmhand. This trip changes him. His…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔴 STREAM STARTING 🔴 Today, we're trying out a new game called Hanako's Flower Shop by FantaJI Games. Afterwards, we'll do some coworking + pewpew. twitch.tv/HeraSays
neutral · AI labelView post →Streaming in about an hour! It's time for another indie game night as I play Game Over - A musical RPG and Hanako's Flower Shop! 🦝🎮✨ twitch.tv/ladypixelheart #furrylive #vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m live trying out this cute Flower Shop game! Come hang!!! www.twitch.tv/sapphireghos...
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah, don't play this f.cking piece of sh.t. Unless you're bad at farming, you're gonna end up like me. Playing it 3 times in a row, and not getting any ending, due to the stupid reasoning of the writers. If you want to play it, search for a guide. The game is f.cking broken... PS: I just tried skipping all farming altogether. Yeah, it's of no use to spend all that time in farming. Simply pass the time, and look for a guide, and look at the endings. The farming doesn't change the endings, or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an interesting little game. Winter Wolves has done a lot of great games, and while this is not as high up as most (It seems to be rough enough that maybe it is one of their earlier products), it still is satisfying. So, you split time between farming vegetables and fruits (berries are fruits, so are tomatoes) and trying to build a relationship with some available women... or even the one who dumped you before you got shipped off to this town. Oh yeah, you were shipped off to Fairbrook…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boooring! It's a story about a teenager who works on his uncle's farm on the summer vacation. There are four girls to romance, and to get each ending you have to go through the same long dialogues. If you have a wireless mouse, prepare some extra batteries. Or just mash the space key. There is a farming minigame which is completely useless, you earn money to buy more seeds, to plant more stuff, to get more money... You get the idea. The game would have been better if you could buy stuff to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to be fair about this game. So I try to play it simple. It is a dating sim or visual novel, whatever term you prefer. It isn't exactly bad - but it also isn't quite good either. The story in short, you and your girlfriend break up at the start of a three month semester break. Your father is upset about you being a slothful , negligent and superficial way of life (what also was the reason your girlfriend was using to coerce you). So he puts you into his car and drives you to your uncle,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sent a raid over to Kaemsi doing a PR segment for Hanako's Flower Shop, a very cute game with a flower shop and expressing messages with flowers. 💐 Go give her some support for a no-spice PR stream, it's gonna be a wholesome stream~ twitch.tv/kaemsi 🧡💙
neutral · AI labelView post →Lets Play Hanako's Flower Shop by @fantajigames.bsky.social cant wait to give this game a try and thank you so much @theindiexp.bsky.social for giving me a chance to play this! twitch.tv/tailordraws
neutral · AI labelView post →Just good game +++
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played The Little Flower Shop Dice Game today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/32...
neutral · AI labelView post →sugoii/10 genuine waifu experience lots of dokis to be had
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