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Tide Girl: Phenomena

95% positive of 88 Steam reviews

Released: 2023
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by momoluna.

About the game

Enjoy the murder by the word.

Tagged by players

Psychedelic
Text-Based
Psychological
LGBTQ+
Minimalist
Abstract
Visual Novel
Anime
Pixel Graphics
Emotional
Female Protagonist
Top-Down

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
I thought I was about to play a casual visual novel, but it felt like a slow fall into the subconscious, definitely more on the experimental side, trying to get into your head and connect on a personal level - a deceivingly artistic game, doing a lot, by doing very little. While the game may not look all that great in some parts, the actual experience was very strange but in a good way, I thought the narrative and…
46 min played when written. 24 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Tide Girl: Phenonema is a very experimental visual novel. There are short walkaround sections, the text autoscrolls with the speaker almost always of screen, and the visual style being very reminiscent of Monogatari. I loved all of it, especially the music, which really suits the introspective yet intense nature of this VN. You follow a schoolgirl named Jing Xi through her daily school life that's upended when one…
1.5 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The awful, incorrect translation ruined the experience. I just couldn't take the story seriously. The game barely requires any input from you, it might as well just have been a pixel art movie. However, the art is very striking. The minimal colour palette paired with the fantastic framing and perspectives of the pixelart turns the whole thing into a screenshot simulator. Even if the translation was faulty, i could…
1.7 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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