Ticket

Ticket

Don’t let the initial presentation fool you - this is an incredibly creative 2D platformer with unique visuals and an outstanding soundtrack. My first playthrough, I constantly found myself saying “the next level couldn’t get any weirder than this” only for the game to do just that.

The only caveat is that some levels are a bit obtuse and frustrating to figure out without a guide - but that’s something you can find easily enough.

Real player with 30.8 hrs in game


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Ticket is the product that challenges your preconceived notions of what games are about. It is certain that the so-called seriously taken game reviewers would not be able to give acclaim to this game, as it does not follow the conventional rules of high quality game design. This tells about the sad state of gaming industry rather than about Ticket though. If you are the person who thinks that good games follow strict rulesets of certain design-economic and mathematically measured criteria and are usually some sports titles followed by a running year number or the latest installment of a well-established series, then Ticket might not be for you.

Real player with 9.3 hrs in game

Ticket on Steam

Into A Dream

Into A Dream

An interesting and touching psychological story with you playing as John… a man who has entered the mind of Luke Williams in an attempt to save him during a personal crisis.

The art, music, and voice acting are well done. For the most part, the game is a black and white side scroller with strategically placed touches of color. There are several platforming sequences with one at the end that took me quite a few tries to get through. There are some puzzle elements (turning on equipment, advancing time, etc.).

Real player with 13.4 hrs in game


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Into a Dream is a heartbreaking journey into a man’s bleeding soul; the more you know this man named Luke, and try to disentangle the circumstances of his life, the more you get attached to him and the urge to help him escape what he believes to be his fate is inevitable. He needs us and I just could not help feeling empathy for him.

The whole atmosphere builds up as you progress in the game and the relaxed dreamlike and apparent uneventful scenes in the first levels advance to more intense and dramatic moments as the story unfolds and Luke allows us to go deeper into his dreams. As in a dream, timeline is not linear, information is provided in bits and pieces by the characters you encounter along the way and the player has to connect the dots in order to make sense of it all. The story is brilliantly written and left me emotionally shaken.

Real player with 8.2 hrs in game

Into A Dream on Steam

FireFly

FireFly

PLOT

Natsume Hanabi, a girl suffering from autism and mild anxiety.

On the way to growth,

Parents divorced, grandmother passed away, villain’s coercion, sincere friendship, father’s care.

and finally, maybe she can find true love ?

Different decision, different endings.

How will her life be?

Key Features

1. A unique & non-combat story-driven experience

2. Classic RPG game elements

3. A touching story

4. Multiple endings

NOTICE!

This game dont have exciting shooting scenes, or H scenes. This is just a story about an ordinary girl with mild autism and anxiety. Therefore, this game may not be suitable for everyone.

The story touches on real-life issues and is mature in tone, so the game is may not intended for children. Some may even find some scenes in the game to be disturbing or upsetting.

Firefly is not a tranditional RPG game, it relies on atmosphere, and storytelling. The game has multiple endings where the player must rely on their past interactions to make the choice.


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FireFly on Steam

Love of Dragons

Love of Dragons

Cute visual novel. Though some of the back story is not… Anyway, decent read. There are choices, but they don’t seem to matter much. Might suggest getting on discount.

Real player with 0.2 hrs in game

Love of Dragons on Steam

NOSTALGIC TRAIN

NOSTALGIC TRAIN

画面がきれいだけど、字をもっと大きくするほうがいいじゃない

Real player with 11.5 hrs in game

The most beautiful game i ever played.

More like a relaxing trip to a rural Japanese town in the 1960s. Plus a train driving simulator.

It is difficult finding the right words. Right now there is only the Japanese version released, but an English translation is planned. So right now you definitely miss the best part of the game if you can’t read Japanese. The story mode is more than just a story, it is somewhere between poetry and memories of the past.

But even if you don’t speak Japanese and always dreamed to have a time machine and go to a small Japanese village in the 1960s this is the closest you’ll ever get.

Real player with 7.0 hrs in game

NOSTALGIC TRAIN on Steam

Esper - Make You Live Again

Esper - Make You Live Again

Brief

Esper - Make You Live again is a pretty straight forward story telling game in the design of a Visual Novel, known as a Kinetic Novel. Offering various characters and scenes, it gives a pretty accurate depiction of what it would be like to be in this universe.

Pros

  • Good Story

  • Decent Length (see Additional Comments)

  • Chapter Select

  • Good Options

  • Good & Consistent Art

  • Decent Music

  • Has A Demo (Not many games do this anymore)

Cons

  • Lack of Story Choices (see Additional Comments)

Real player with 54.5 hrs in game

Esper - Make You Live Again is a kinetic Visual Novel published by Stoigames early this year, but the development has started back in 2015, and it’s clearly a work of passion.

Espers are people with special abilities, capable of establishing emotional links with individuals on the edge of rapture. Those feeling depressed, suicidal or in a tremendous sadness turmoil, if lucky, can be approached by an Esper, which will do everything to help. This order is well established among society, with schools that train and develop Espers, from a very early age. All of this running in the underground of the world as we known it.

Real player with 14.2 hrs in game

Esper - Make You Live Again on Steam

Motivational Hero Vol. 2

Motivational Hero Vol. 2

This game is very challenging and full of features.

Real player with 2.3 hrs in game

I really liked the psychedelic theme mixed with a change of colors and that crazy drops effect gave a unique identity to the game, but for me the coolest thing is how the theme of each stage relates to the gameplay, sensational game!

Real player with 1.2 hrs in game

Motivational Hero Vol. 2 on Steam

The Last Yandere: Cursed Dark

The Last Yandere: Cursed Dark

This one is a gem and underrated. I loved everything in this game. Thank you For everything.

Real player with 8.6 hrs in game

Very cool game. As a fan of visual novels I can definitely recommend.

9/10

Real player with 1.9 hrs in game

The Last Yandere: Cursed Dark on Steam

FINAL FANTASY VI

FINAL FANTASY VI

The original FINAL FANTASY VI comes to life with completely new graphics and audio!

A remodeled 2D take on the sixth game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.

FINAL FANTASY VI on Steam

Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars

Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars

So far I have read the equivalent of a 300 page book and I’m only an hour in. I don’t mind that there aren’t any voice actors. What bothers me is that every place our hero goes, he “finds” a stack of books and instead of going about his business, decides to pick each one up and read from it. I understand there’s a theme to the books, but why would you kick off a game with this much reading? Our hero goes into the library where there are about 20 shelves filled with books. I’m not exaggerating when I say that he picks a book from each one of the shelves and reads about 3-5 paragraphs from each book. Then he goes around and reads books on stands too. I love to read but today I decided to play a game instead of reading a book. Unfortunately, the game disagreed with me and made me read a book anyway.

Real player with 15.0 hrs in game

Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars is a beautifully great haunting Lovecraftian game; okay let’s talk about the story.

It’s a cold wintery day as Michael Kearney is on a train with his wife Lily and their daughter Gabrielle as they head to their new life in the little town of Haven, where they can put all their troubles behind them and start anew.

But Michael has been having strange dreams about dark waters and an unknown ancient evil resting beneath the cold waves, what could it mean? Is it just anxiety or is it something else. Whatever it is if Michael is not careful it could destroy his whole world.

Real player with 11.5 hrs in game

Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars on Steam