Gripping, twisty story
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“Story is one of the best in the WHOLE GAME HISTORY.”
Steam review · 94.7 h played ↗
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%KEIZO2022Action RPG · JRPG · Metroidvania
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A huge, passion-driven solo-dev action RPG with addictive combat, layered progression, a twisty story and a great soundtrack. Skip it if you hate grinding, anime fanservice or janky old-school design.
Great for
Fans of old-school JRPGs and 2D action RPGs who like deep progression, grinding and long twisty stories
Main risk
Heavy grind, spongy bosses and cringe fanservice from chapter 4 can wear you down
What changed in the last 30 days
13 recent reviews
Recent score is 89% versus 95% overall. The few recent negatives cite weak gameplay, lack of quality-of-life features and bullet-sponge bosses. The sample is small, so we're only moderately sure.
13 recent reviews
What players love
Addictive, crunchy combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The game has the CRUNCHIEST gameplay ever, and it is purified dopamine straight to my brain.”
Steam review · 114.8 h played ↗
Deep, layered progression and builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“there is a mastery system where you gain bonus abilities, etc by mastering weapons, so you are always incentivised to switch things up.”
Steam review · 124.8 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“10/10 soundtrack and its worth it for that alone”
Steam review · 34.1 h played ↗
Passion project by a solo dev
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It's one of those games where you can feel the developer's passion through it.”
Steam review · 72.1 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and value
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“so much content in it. After 120 hours I haven't done everything yet.”
Steam review · 120.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Slow, unskippable dialogue and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“they feel the need to CONSTANTLY pause the dialogue to have a word bubble with "..." animating in it above the characters' heads.”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Repetitive, clunky combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“You're never going to be doing anything in a battle except mash Attack ten times -> use a spell -> maybe dodge or guard if you feel like it -> repeat until everything's dead.”
Steam review · 30.3 h played ↗
Heavy grind and damage-sponge bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I finished the game at around 33-34 hours. If I had to calculate how much time I spend just killing mobs to get the right items, I would say around 50% of my playtime.”
Steam review · 46.4 h played ↗
Unfair difficulty spikes and no checkpoints
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Long ass boss fights with no checkpoints? yup. Weirdo difficulty spikes due to enemies that just aren't really that balanced? check.”
Steam review · 61.4 h played ↗
Cringe, sexualized writing and fanservice
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“A fantastic game for the first 15 hours, until you reach Chapter 4 and everything is thrown out of the window to undress and embarrass women”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗
Obtuse progression, puzzles and no guidance
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“this game is so convoluted that you have to google how to get the torch just to get into the start of the game.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 11/10/8.1/7 64-bit
ProcessorCore i3-380UM 1.33GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11/10/8.1 64-bit
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i3-4330 CPU @ 3.50GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsFullHD : GeForce GTX 460 / 4K : GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 11/10/8.1/7 64-bit
ProcessorCore i3-380UM 1.33GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics
Storage4 GB available space
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