Metamorph

What a refreshing little indie gem! I am a huge fan of both psychological horror and otome games, so when I saw Metamorph had both, I had to give it a try. Based loosely on Kafka's Metamorphosis, it shows a teenage girl struggling to cope with her growing emotions and changes, wondering if they will overtake her. One word I would use to describe this game is charming. There are a few different endings, and it doesn't take too long to play through them. The mini-games are adorable, and I absolutely love the roach references and UI. This game is not perfect; some text goes off screen at times, and there is no save function, but those two things didn't bother me too much. Overall, I absolutely adored this game. There are no jumpscares, just good ol' fashioned spooky environment. The body horror scenes did do their job of making me feel squeamish without going overboard. I also thoroughly enjoyed seeing her interact with her love interest. If you are in the mood for a unique bite sized psychological horror experience with cute psx graphics, I highly recommend giving this game a try.

Very interesting game, surreal and surprisingly sweet. A weird and gross game about puberty? Maybe? The character movement is incredibly slow, which honestly discouraged me from looking for all the secrets and doing all the quests, having to search each room at every time of day each day to talk to every npc is quite the slog at such a slow pace. But the characters are fun, the artwork is wonderful, the gameplay is varied and the creativity is through the roof. Excellent storytelling and a bizarre and interesting atmosphere as the story progresses. Avoid if you cannot handle bugs (the kind with creepy crawly legs) in your game. I played through twice to see different npc questlines, but there are more I didn't do also.

what is existential dread if not the alienation of self under capitalism and systemic misogyny persevering. or something of the sort