Recent reviews by Adrie Therin

I very much enjoyed my time playing Critter Cafe, but I do wish maybe was an option besides Yes/No.
Game ran great on Steam Deck and I did really enjoy every minute I played, but it only takes like 12 hrs to get through everything. I do think the price is a little high. I wanna get usually an hour of game play per dollar I spend. So I do 100% recommend if you can get it on sale.

Good:
Cute Graphics
Critters are super cute
Puzzles are easy (good for me, but probably not others :D)
Little cafe mini games are pretty fun
Works great on Steam Deck
Has Achievements
Has Trading Cards

Bad:
Only 12 hours of game play
Can't control camera angle
NPCs are just decoration
Critters did not seem to do much
Cafe Management sim is not very in depth

Melty Amethyst
By Miniature Fluer
Translated & Published by VNka

I did buy my Steam copy (It was $3, I bought it the day it released), but the dev did offer me a free copy to give to a friend and another copy to do a twitter giveaway.

Melty Amethyst is an otome with 4 CGs and 2 endings. It is set in Japan and it is about Hotaru and Nao’s romance after they meet while working at a convenience store.

Overall I did enjoy the game, but it is pretty short like 1 hour to get through both endings short. Usually I like to get an hour per $1 outta my games to feel like I’ve gotten my money’s worth, but ultimately even thought I didn’t get that amount of gameplay, I do feel like I got my money’s worth.
The game is short, but it’s really solid. It’s a cute fluffy romance with good art (sprites & CGs & BGs), and it is fully voiced. You are mainly paying for the translation costs, which I’m okay with because it does not look like they used machine translation which has been used by other companies for more expensive game.

Good:
It’s $3, that’s cheaper than Starbucks.
Art is good (Sprites, CGs, & BGs)
Fully voiced in Japanese, like even the random side characters like Fangirl #3. MC is not voiced though. I assuming this is done to help with immersion for the player.
Does have a back log to review if you missed some text while reading or misclicked.
Has an opening video with a catchy song called Amethyst Drop.
Has decent background music playing throughout the entire game.
Your coworker is the best wingman I have ever seen
Credits are cute with showing the CGs.
Game screen changes after you finish the game depending on the ending you got, which is super cute.
Nao is super cute and shy and he is very diligent. I absolutely love that he is a gamer

Neutral:
Did not work properly on my Steam Deck, the colors were off, but this is technically not deck verified. I wouldn’t count this against the game, but I would suggest getting it Deck Verified since VNs are fun to play on the deck.
When I started the game and looked at the saves, there were some save already. Doesn’t really affect anything, but they may want to watch out for that in the future.
No steam achievements or cards.
There are a few typos/mistranslations (Ex “he told me about me” should be “He talked about me”) but not enough to be distracting.

Bad:
No CG Gallery
No way to remove text box while looking at the CGs, so hard to see the variations.
No option to rename the Heroine. I really like to name my MCs Adrie :D
No way to skip the opening video on second playthrough and you also can’t skip the credits.
Super short, I got like an hour out of it. I am a pretty fast reader and didn’t listen to the voiced lines fully complete, so it may take you longer to complete.

This is game is official my favorite "survivors" style game.
I'm loving the color scheme, the art (it's super crisp and good looking), the characters and the skills.
Planning to 100% the game once I get all the characters.
Also it plays super great on Steam deck.

I received Demonheart: The cursed Trial for free through Keymailer. Thank you Rolling Crown for giving me a key!

I've been playing Visual Novels/otome games forever. I remember when there was like nothing on Steam. So happy that things have changed.
I've kept an eye on Rolling Crown since I saw Demonheart: Hunters, and was like oh this looks cool. Actually becasue I enjoyed Cursed trial so much, I went and bought Hunters and plan to get the other games too.

It's a solid visual novel/otome game. I love the art style (I'm a weeb so this more anime art style appeals to me), like the art feels distinct. The story is good, it really picks up towards the end of Chapter 1 and start of 2. Like I couldn't put it down, I had to get tot he end of Chapter 3. I am super sad that the game is only in early access and only up to chapter 3 because I want the rest now. Can't wait till the rest comes out next year.
Of the two bachelors, Ran is my favorite, but Kaisar is growing on me. Super sad Raze is not an option, he's super hot (secret route, please?). I guess I'll just have to go play the first 2 games ;D

Witchcraft Survivors is a good game that any 'survivors' fan can enjoy. The heroes are all fun to play (personally I like the ice mage the best) and the zones are nice.
What stands out the most to me is the modes you can turn on for each zone. They add some extra quirks to the level. I like the Hallucination mode, but be careful it can make you motion sick.
I've gotten a decent amount of game play out of this game. I'm happy with it, I think it's fun. If you have money for this game, grab it, it's fun, and pretty inexpensive.

Disclosure: I received a free review copy of this product from https://www.keymailer.co

It's basically Disney Animal Crossing. If you like both of those things, then you will enjoy this game. If you do not like either of those things, then you will probably not like this. It's on PC, Switch (I have on here also since I got the Cozy edition), playstation, and xbox with cross save capabilities. Personally I like playing on my Switch. It has been on xbox game pass, but not sure how often it is on there. It is also coming to Apple Arcade w/o the monetization.

Monetization:
Buy to Play Standard Game (The game was supposed to go Free to Play but they changed their mind) and Expansions (Not sure but I'm guessing there will be an expac every year)
BattlePass that awards Cosmetics
Premium shop with cosmetics (house skins, outfits, furniture, character outfits, pets, tool skins)
The premium does have character quest packs that unlock extra quests, character skins, outfits, and furniture.

There are supposed to be free updates that you'll have access to even if you do not buy the expansion, but we'll have to see whether that stays true or not. The devs don't have a great record of sticking to stuff they have promised.

Regardless the game is fun, I have gotten my money's worth out of it. If you are looking for an Animal crossing Game that is still supported and updated, then this is a solid option.

Its fun and very Diablo like, so if you like Diablo then you'll enjoy this. I'm treating it more as a single player game than a MMO at the moment, and it's free so that's cool. I like the character customization, but a downside is that some of the classes are gender locked, which doesn't make sense from my perspective.

First I'm excited to see more BL VNs on Steam, and I'm also excited that another mobile game is coming out on Steam. Apparently it was originally on Steam in Japan, but Mobile in the US. Personally I don't like some of the freeware apps because you have microtransactions. I would rather pay for the game.

On to the game, There is no voice acting, which at $13 I wouldn't expect. So far I really like the art. The chapters are on the shorter side, but again the game is $13. There are only three routes, which is a little bit of a downer since similar games like the Dogenzaka Games have at least 5 routes for $2 more, but I also didn't like the storyline of several of those. For me the first 30 min can break or make a VN, so far the story line has been interesting enough to keep my attention. I do hope Giiku Games brings more VNs to steam at this price range, and hopefully their other games are as interesting as this one.

Overall I recommend because its not a bad price for what you get.

Story and art is fantastic, but the game crashes so much while playing. Go buy it on the PSVita.
*Upadte after 6 hrs in. still loving the story, so I'm gonna finish it, but the crashing is so annoying. I'm having to constantly save just in it decides to crash during the next scene. Sometimes it crashes while I'm saving, or just a black screen comes up and stays while it is trying to switch to the next scene, or it just randomly closes.

Fun, cute clicker game.