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PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Android • 2025

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Quick resume

An action anime RPG adventure!

Global score

92/100

Genres

Adventure, Casual, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Free To Play, Visual Novel, Simulator

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    Pros

    • Engaging and emotional story
    • Cute and well-developed characters
    • Generous free-to-play system
    • Relaxing and accessible gameplay
    • High quality art and music

    Cons

    • Repetitive and simple gameplay
    • Slow progression at endgame
    • Community toxicity reported
    • Some localization issues
    • Limited social interaction

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is mostly on personal progression and social play; PvP exists but is not central and often unbalanced."

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long playtimes, habitual daily logins, and sustained engagement driven by story and events."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "No character creation or deep customization; players can swap equipment but overall follow a fixed structure."

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    • Domination

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      "Community described as wholesome and supportive; no evidence of power imposition or toxic dominance behavior."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game for stress relief, distraction, and immersion in a dramatic, humorous fictional world."

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      "Players use the game for stress relief, emotional engagement, and immersion in a fictional world."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and affection for the characters and story."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Some experimentation with team compositions and gameplay strategies, though core gameplay remains consistent."

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    • Exploration

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      "Story and events encourage discovery of new chapters, lore, and cultural references across different eras and locations."

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    • Expression

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      "Customization of Player Room and character interactions allow for personal expression."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Strong fantasy setting with anime-style characters, magic, and imaginative storytelling."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Community exists but is small and somewhat inactive; social connection mostly limited to multiplayer with friends."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills through training and learn story details, showing personal development."

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    • Health

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      "Game is sedentary with no physical activity involved."

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    • Idle

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      "Game supports casual play sessions and can be played intermittently, with some mechanics encouraging continued engagement."

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      "Game supports short daily sessions and casual play, but also longer engagement."

    • Intimacy

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      "Players form emotional attachments to characters, describing comfort and companionship."

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      "Players form strong emotional attachments to characters, some describing parasocial relationships."

    • Leadership

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      "Players follow established quests and storylines; no evidence of leading others or managing groups."

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    • Progression

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      "Character leveling, skill upgrades, and resource management provide clear progression."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Many players find the game relaxing and a good way to unwind."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable visuals, character animations, and sound contribute to sensory pleasure."

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    • Status

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      "Limited social recognition or visibility; achievements mostly personal and community-based."

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    • Story

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      "Highly praised narrative with emotional depth, character development, and immersive plot."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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      4

      "Generous free-to-play rewards and fair progression provide good perceived value for time invested."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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      "Game operates in stable conditions with minimal threat or failure consequences."

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Idle, Thrill, Violence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story, Violence.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

    Last update: 30/04/2026