Underplayed Gems

Deemo (2013)

Deemo cover
Developer
Rayark
Publisher
PM Studios, Flyhigh Works
Platforms
Android, iOS, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Music, Adventure
Rating
4.3 of 5, 24 player ratings
Main story
about 1.3 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A quiet, mournful piano-rhythm game wrapped in a tender, mysterious fairy-tale-like story.

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About

Rayark brings you Deemo, a hybrid of music rhythm game and the story of urban fantasy, with hand-drawn art, story-telling gallery and real instrumental feedback of piano key sound. Deemo is a mystic character lives in solitude, a castle, all by itself. A little girl falls from the sky, not knowing who she is, where she comes from. To help the little girl back to her world, Deemo comes to realize a tree keeps growing tall on top of the piano whenever it plays. What would Deemo do when it gets comfortable with the companionship it never had before? What if the little girl couldn't deal with the truth when she seemingly lost memories regained?!

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