One of the most confusing parts about the Harvest Moon series is its connection to Story of Seasons. Bokujou Monogatari is the name of the series in Japanese. It was localized in English by Natsume until a split occurred, and appeared as Harvest Moon when Natsume handled it. At that point, Marvelous and XSEED took over publishing worldwide, and thus released all Bokujou Monogatari games under the Story of Seasons name. This makes playing all Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons games a confounding matter, since some Harvest Moon ones aren’t part of the series.
While the games were originally known as Harvest Moon in the West, the core series has been known as Story of Seasons in English since 2015. On the other hand, Natsume continues to make its own completely separate series of farming sim games known as Harvest Moon. Here’s how to play all of them.
Here are all Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons Bokujou Monogatari Games in order
These are all of the mainline Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons titles that are part of the core Bokujou Monogatari series, in order of release:
- Harvest Moon (1997): SNES, Wii/Wii U Virtual Console, Nintendo Switch Online
- Harvest Moon GB (1997): Game Boy, 3DS Virtual Console
- Harvest Moon 64 (1999): Nintendo 64, Wii/Wii U Virtual Console
- Harvest Moon 2 GBC (2000): Game Boy Color, 3DS Virtual Console
- Back to Nature (2000): PlayStation 1, PS3, PSP, PS4, PS5
- Harvest Moon 3 GBC (2001): Game Boy Color, 3DS Virtual Console
- Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (2001): PS2, PS3, PS4
- Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (2003): Game Boy Advance
- Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (2004): GameCube, PS2, PS4
- Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town (2005): GBA
- Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (2005): GameCube
- Harvest Moon DS (2006): Nintendo DS
- Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (2006): GameCube, Wii
- Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl (2007): PSP, Vita
- Harvest Moon DS Cute (2008): DS
- Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (2008): DS
- Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (2008): Wii
- Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands (2009): DS
- Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (2009): Wii
- Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar (2010): DS
- Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (2010): PSP, Vita
- Harvest Moon: The Tale of Town Towns (2011): DS, 3DS
- Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning (2012): 3DS (final localized mainline game under Natsume)
- Story of Seasons (2015): 3DS
- Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (2017): 3DS
- Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (2020): Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC
- Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (2021): Switch, PS4, PC
- Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (2023): Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
All Natsume-original Harvest Moon games in order
Here are all of the spin-off Harvest Moon games that aren’t affiliated with the core Bokujou Monogatari series. They are solely developed by Natsume and are farming sims inspired by Bokujou Monogatari.
- Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley (2014): 3DS
- Harvest Moon: Seed of Memories (2016): Wii U
- Harvest Moon: Skytree Village (2016): 3DS
- Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (2018): Nintendo Switch
- Harvest Moon: Mad Dash (2019): Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC
- Harvest Moon: One World (2021): Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC
- Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (2023): Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One Xbox Series X/S, PC
