Spores of Fortune

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Spores of Fortune is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Sarthak Taunk and was released on August 1, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

Spores of Fortune is a cozy mushroom foraging simulation where you learn to identify 15 beginner-friendly mushrooms while exploring a large map inspired by European forests. Manage and grow your inherited shop by selling edible mushrooms to townsfolk. Invest earnings in guide upgrades, baskets, and lanterns to enhance your foraging adventures.

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Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews

music3 negative mentions

The game features a cute art style and high-quality graphics that enhance the overall experience.
It offers a fun and relaxing gameplay loop centered around mushroom foraging and selling, making it enjoyable for casual players.
There is a lot of potential for future updates, including more mushroom types, map expansions, and gameplay features.

The game lacks a proper settings menu, making it difficult to adjust graphics, audio, and other preferences, which can hinder the experience.
Players often find the gameplay repetitive and limited, with some expressing frustration over the lack of meaningful interactions with poisonous mushrooms.
There are several bugs and technical issues, including problems with game exit and screen resolution, which can make the game unplayable for some users.

graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
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The game's graphics are generally praised for being fun and cute, effectively supporting its gameplay, though some users find them adequate rather than exceptional. However, there are concerns about the repetitiveness of character designs and the game's overall size relative to its graphical fidelity, with some players feeling that the graphics do not justify the large file size.
- “I love how many mushrooms there are to discover, and the art style is super cute!”
- “In terms of graphics, the game's graphics are perfectly adequate for what it needs to do.”
- “The selling of the mushrooms also suffers from a certain amount of sameness after a while; you'd think that your customers would identify what they want by name after a while (after all, the same customer graphics are used over and over again; perhaps they use too many 'other' mushrooms to remember what the names of the mushrooms are?).”
- “I'm not asking for full, modern-day commercial-quality games to all weigh in under 650 MB, but 3 GB for what is essentially a first-person walking simulator (with non-realistic graphics, mind you) plus a single-screen selling mini-game just seems beyond a bit too much.”
- “Yes, times have changed and I have to realize that with better graphics comes bigger games.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay has been criticized for its repetitiveness and lack of engaging mechanics, with some elements feeling like mild punishments rather than meaningful challenges. Despite being built on the Unity engine, the game offers limited content for its size, leading to a perception of poor value. Future updates could potentially address some of these shortcomings, but currently, the gameplay experience is underwhelming.
- “While some of the drawbacks can be mitigated by future game design decisions, the gameplay experience currently leaves much to be desired.”
- “The gameplay has its moments, but it often feels repetitive and lacks variety.”
- “The game offers a unique blend of mechanics, but it could benefit from more engaging elements to enhance the overall gameplay experience.”
- “The game is not without its faults, and one of the biggest ones is the sameness of the gameplay.”
- “The only reason why they seemingly exist in the game at all is as some type of mild gameplay mechanism of punishment.”
- “While some of the drawbacks can be mitigated by future game design decisions, the file size of this game is currently repulsive for the gameplay that you get out of it.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with users expressing strong dissatisfaction and labeling it as subpar.
- “The music is really disappointing.”
- “I found the soundtrack to be quite lackluster.”
- “The audio quality of the music is subpar.”