Underplayed Gems

Aroma (2022)

Aroma cover
Developer
Oyashiro.dev, NTWL
Publisher
Oyashiro.dev
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Rating
4.2 of 5, 465 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A gentle, text-driven journey through the everyday struggles and small joys of young adulthood in a faded post-Soviet city.

atmosphericnostalgicslice of lifecoming-of-agereflectivefree to playvisual novel

What players say

Players are split on this free visual novel. Some praise its atmosphere and original twists, while others find the writing weak and characters uninteresting. The choices leading to endings are often described as non-obvious, and the blend of a Russian setting with Japanese school uniforms strikes some as jarring. It is short, around 30 minutes to a few hours.

Screenshots

Aroma screenshot 1Aroma screenshot 2Aroma screenshot 3Aroma screenshot 4Aroma screenshot 5Aroma screenshot 6

More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like playing and it picks from the whole catalog, or browse by platform and genre.