My Playtime: 5.2h (100% achievement, finished the game)
Grindy Achievement(s): No.
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (17 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): No.

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is a visual novel with tarot-like card-making elements in between. You'll see the day-to-day life of Fortuna, a fortune-telling witch in exile while trying to use your tarot-like cards for your fortune-telling.

Pros:
- Multiple endings
- Customize the cards however you want from the given templates
- Determine the ending you want

Cons:
- No fast-forward option for the second playthrough

Specs
Intel Core i5-9300H 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

Yes.
If you enjoy designing cards and reading light stories, buy the game when it's extremely discounted.

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First of all, I had to praise the cutscene that was shown at the beginning. The animation was smooth and concise, and even though the pixel looks blurry (which makes them look like 2D art being zoomed in so it looks pixelated), they still look great. The animation frames are many and they look great for the prologue.

The game itself uses pixelated art. The setting was done mostly on a 2 story house on top of an asteroid, which makes the scale of the area so small, especially since you can see everything inside from your screen. Despite the small scale, it still has a lot of details, though.

That being said, the close-up portrait doesn't disappoint. Characters that come to you will be displayed on a large screen, allowing you to see their details. Each witch gives a different vibe from them, and the variation of the witches' magic also makes them unique. I like all of their designs.

The story is a light one. As a game focused on dialogues, you'll have to read a lot of them. The dialogues are light in nature, and I never found myself being overwhelmed by the number of texts. Moreover, the game will shift its location from time to time, giving a fresh breath of scenery.

The story is about Fortuna, a witch who specializes in fortune-telling. Being a fortune-telling witch, she'll receive some guests who require her assistance with her magic. You'll draw cards, and tell what the card says. The unique thing is that there are several interpretations that you can make out of the card and this makes the fate of each character different.

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Sadly, despite the freedom of choice, the story won't change by a lot. Your fortune-telling will only affect a small part of the story of that character. Major events will always happen, and you will have a chance to change only a minor part of it. However, games with branching choices tend to feel off whenever you are in a dialogue that is different from what the game intended, but it never gets weird in this game.

That being said, the story is quite compact. As I said, there will be major events that become the theme of each chapter, and the story will progress based on that. Now that I think about it, the story is pretty empty otherwise, although the writing does it in a way that won't make you bored.

Gameplay
The game focuses on two elements: visual novel and fortune telling. The first one is straightforward, although the latter one is more unique. It's the driving force that will change the fate of most characters in the story. I like it since I can choose a good ending for everyone. There will be several results that you can select from your fortune-telling and what you choose will become the truth.

Before you do your fortune-telling, though, you need to make a deck. This is what I enjoy about the game. You are free to choose 3 bases out of several available bases to make your card, and then you are free to put the parts to make the card that you want. The customization is limited, although I found it enough to make the cards. And you can do it as many as you want, provided that you have enough resources.

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The resources to make the card can take a while to gather. You can only get it by doing the fortune telling, and the resources that you get will depend on the result that you tell. Each result represents different actions, which will translate to the resources. Most results can be comprised of more than one result, although the dominant one will receive more resources. This makes it hard for me to gather the fire resources since you need to deliver bad results to your fortune-telling, and I don't really want that. On the other hand, I was overwhelmed with water resources because of the same reason.

That being said, it seems that the card that you deal with doesn't matter. They might give off different results and dialogue, but it's as if some result will always predetermined in certain events. Moreover, since you don't know what the result that your card will bring apart from their trait, it's almost useless to make new cards apart from the achievements.

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Length and Replayability
I finished the game in 5.2h. That includes the time I spent reloading my save after I finished the game to see the other ending that I could get from that playthrough. The game has several minor endings, although I won't recommend playing a new game just to see that - I don't think the story will change that much, and it can be time-consuming to replay the whole game since there is no fast-forward option.

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood has a unique concept, but it feels like a mediocre game. I enjoyed reading the light dialogues, and they were made well. I also liked creating the tarot-like card and doing the fortune telling. However, the story is pretty much empty for a visual novel. It's not that bad, though - that's why I'm still recommending it. However, the asking price might be too much, so buy it when it's extremely discounted.

An inspired and well written pixel art story about feminism, politics and community. You can build your unique tarots like if it was in MS Paint (yet it's not too easy to make them good looking ^^) and the story is intriguing, queer friendly and overall charming. As I said there is a part about about politics and it's kinda intense in a good way. Your choices feel meaningful and actually change the story in a believable way. The plot is also very "adult" in its themes and the graphics looks great, plus the final is so intense and mind bending you'll be in awe... if you're into visual novels you'll love it.

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This game has a wonderfully unique concept, mixed with some fun game mechanics, and they execute all of it very well. Character designs and atmosphere are amazing, choices and dialogue feels meaningful.

I think it misses a bit with the final bits of the game, but it is still a great experience.