Underplayed Gems

BURIED STARS (2021)

BURIED STARS cover
Developer
LINE Games Corporation
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Casual
Rating
4.2 of 5, 2,219 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 15 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A tense, story-driven mystery where you navigate a collapsed building and unravel a murder through dialogue and investigation.

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What players say

Players praise the art and music but split on the story: some love the character drama and real-time tension, others find the dialogue tedious and the mystery underwhelming. The conversation system is repetitive, the skip function doesn't work for new game plus, and a mandatory bad first ending plus no flowchart annoy many.

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