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Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%2020

$24.99

US Steam price, checked 1 h ago

The verdict

A cozy, story-first romance about a couple stranded on an alien planet, with great music, art and banter but shallow, repetitive gameplay. Skip it if you want real co-op or deep mechanics.

Great for

Couples and story lovers who want a relaxing, romance-driven game with a gorgeous soundtrack

Main risk

Buying it for true co-op or gameplay depth, then finding repetitive islands and one-player-drives co-op

What players love

Believable, charming couple dynamic

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“Their dialogue and banter feel incredibly natural, like that of an actual couple who have lived together for a long time.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗

“it's the little mundane interactions between the two characters that really sell the game.”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗

“The relationship is shown very realistically; in every dialogue you want to say "that's literally us/me/you".”
Steam review · translated · 11.8 h played ↗

Beautiful art style and world

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The soft, vibrant art style perfectly complements the intimate story”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗

“Art direction is one of the best I've ever seen.”
Steam review · 35.2 h played ↗

Gorgeous soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“The soundtrack by Danger is unreal. Just beautiful atmospheric dream-funk, bouncy cosmic house, and flowy trance.”
Steam review · 35.2 h played ↗

“And the soundtrack is fantastic.”
Steam review · 70 h played ↗

Cozy, relaxing atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“this game is actually so chillllllll I can actually feel my stress melting away when scooting around”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

“What I liked most is that the game is in no hurry.”
Steam review · translated · 20.7 h played ↗

Great as a couple's game

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“the best game for couples!”
Steam review · translated · 19.8 h played ↗

“Played it with my girlfriend and it's one of our favorite games of all time.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗

Choice of character genders

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“it's great that they let you choose which partner you want.”
Steam review · 95.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Clunky controls and camera

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“TERRIBLE CONTROLS AND CAMERA.”
Steam review · translated · 6.7 h played ↗

“I spent most of the game fighting the camera as it kept changing FOV, flipping around, turning places I didn't want it to while floating around”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗

Co-op is not real co-op

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“You do not each control one character - the pair acts as a single character, and you are both trying to control both of them”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗

“the camera focuses on one leader, so the second player runs around the screen like an MMO pet.”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

Repetitive gameplay and samey islands

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“It's made up of about 40 islands to explore, and they all look pretty much the same: green hills and rocky mountains.”
Steam review · 21.3 h played ↗

“All the islands are the same, clumsy controls and absolutely repetitive actions every time.”
Steam review · translated · 10.3 h played ↗

Weak, repetitive combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The combat cycle, which does make up a sizeable chunk of the games' playtime just felt slow, samey and boring to me.”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗

“it's just a nuisance if you play solo. If I could turn the combat off I would like to see more of the story and dialogue.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

Dialogue-heavy, boring or grating writing

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Characters that never stop yapping”
Steam review · 14.5 h played ↗

“horrendously boring. 90% dialog, 10% gameplay.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

No online co-op, Remote Play issues

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“online co-op is not supported and due to distance steam remote play did not work well”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“it does NOT allow co-op on two PCs, only on ONE device.”
Steam review · translated · 0.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 7, 8, 10

ProcessorIntel Core i3 / AMD Phenom II X4

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 650 / AMD R7 250 (1GB VRAM min)

Storage5 GB available space

OSWindows 7, 8, 10

ProcessorIntel Core i3 / AMD Phenom II X4

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 650 / AMD R7 250 (1GB VRAM min)

Storage5 GB available space

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