Relieve (2024)

Developer: Salt Game Studio
Publisher: Kylinhall Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie
Rating: 5.0 of 5, 45 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 3.0 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A quiet, introspective visual novel that amplifies the small, hesitant emotions of two ordinary people finding comfort in each other without melodrama.

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What players say

Players praise the hand-drawn comic style and heartfelt slice-of-life romance, but a near-universal complaint is that the PC controls feel like an afterthought from the mobile original: dragging, scrolling and QTE sequences frustrate instead of flow. The 2-3 hour story is warmly called a pleasant echo of Florence, though some wish the puzzles were less fiddly.

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