Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future (2023)

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future cover

Genres: Free To Play, Indie, RPG
Rating: 4.6 of 5, 13 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.8 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

You make difficult decisions quickly in a historically grounded visual novel with multiple character routes and endings.

free to playhistoricaltext-basedchoices mattermultiple endingseducationalhand-drawnaccessible

What players say

Players praise the historical research and writing but note bugs like unclickable buttons and a slow start with many similar character introductions. Opinions on the art are split: some find it charming, others think the samurai look too much like cute anime school boys.

Screenshots

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