Recent reviews by Derriere

Great game both solo and with friends. It definitely helps if you know how to play an MMO or touhou/bullet hell game. The music is excellent.

The ending of this game was sooooooo sweet. Perfect soundtrack, the vibes are off the chart. This game is incredibly chill compared to Wilmot's Warehouse, I'm looking forward to anything else they add to the Wilmotverse, I hope Postwoman Sam is having a great day.

I'm really enjoying myself with this one, pairs perfectly with a notepad and a calculator for a good time. The art direction is (chef's kiss) and petting the dog is SO lovingly animated (with multiple animations!! pet that damn dog!!)
Game is in dire need of a "back" button, and cursor memory, but is otherwise so chill.

Cool meditation moment. This is one of those games that's probably better described as a toy you play with, and I love that about it.
Open this game once a day, look at the neat idol you encountered for the day, then assemble an offering plate with the items provided to you, make a little piece of art that is then screenshot for you. I like to do it to unwind at the end of the day when I'm trying to unplug my brain before bed, or in the morning when my brain is still offline. Sometimes I'll make multiple offerings just for funsies.

If you like this game, consider the real-time succulent gardening game Viridi, and would love to hear other recommendations for games like this.

Addressing the social grief borne of growing distant from your friends while navigating Myst puzzles AND Mental Health Awareness Month. Love the art direction, so cool. No jumpscares.
Finished to 100% completion in about 9 hours while keeping notes on paper, had a blast!

The art and music in this little game rules, would love to see this dev try another game in this style with some meaty puzzles. Great work to everyone who worked on this!

I've been playing touhou for years, and Mountain of Faith probably my favorite - the stages are colorful and beautiful, the music is cheerful and delightful. This game left a footprint on the series when it was first released, marking a significant change in the look and feel of every game that followed it.
Gameplay-wise the mechanics in TH10 are pretty standard, the gimmick of this game really only affects the score and doesn't have much an impact for those of us not playing for big numbers. This game also made a change to how player bombs work - bombs no longer have their own count, instead, using a bomb consumes a portion of your power. This has an unfortunate side effect of punishing players who are learning the game, one must bomb in order to prevent dying or get out of sticky situations, consuming your power, thereby lowering the amount of damage you do.

If you are looking for a game to get into Touhou with, this is a good place to start. Install the touhou language patch to make your life easier, use steam's game launch settings to point to the language patch executable to make it work with steam integration.

I definitely owe ZUN some money for providing me with years of entertainment and enjoyment through his games, here you go, cheers.

This game is a mood-lifter, absolutely! Sweet colors, catchy music, wonderful narrator saying very kind words, the sound effects are poppy and fun, it's rewarding to watch the donuts drift across the puzzle. This is the kind of game you play to vibe and unwind after a hard day, refreshing and sweet. <3

I bought this on impulse after trying the demo, I finished it in about 4 hours between about three sittings and had a pretty good time. Imagine if Sweeney Todd wasn't a musical play, but was a video game instead, give it the gameplay of a resource management game like Diner Dash. The gameplay was sometimes rather tedious, and more often than not the unlocks added to the complexity without adding much to the fun. I don't think I ever used a quarter of the recipes before the storyline completed itself, I do wish it had given me more control over how quickly the storyline resolved itself, but.... maybe it's the perfect length.

This game will forever be unfinished and unfixed, so I can't recommend it, even though I love the core gameplay of it. The game runs like ♥♥♥♥ and the AI in the late game frequently makes the game unplayable or broken.
If you play this game despite all that, go to the workshop and install ACE Mod, this game's life has been extended by a dedicated group of modders, and ACE mod is necessary to fix bugs and balance various parts of the game, in addition to adding features or mechanics that improve the game.