Underplayed Gems

Relieve (2024)

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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

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.

Screenshots

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