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Crystalline

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

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Quick resume

A choice-driven, fantasy adventure visual novel featuring full voice-over and an intricate relationship system!

Global score

94/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator

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    Pros

    • Deep and engaging story
    • Well-developed characters
    • High quality art and animation
    • Full english voice acting
    • Many meaningful player choices

    Cons

    • Only one romance option
    • Early access with some bugs
    • Minigames are simple and feel tacked on
    • Some repetitive backgrounds
    • Lack of visual variety in some scenes

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have extensive freedom in character creation, decision making, and party composition, with many choices affecting story and gameplay."

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      "Players can mold the main character through hundreds of choices that affect character interactions and story outcomes, allowing personal freedom in shaping the experience."

    • Competence

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      1

      "Gameplay is simple and accessible with light puzzles and mini-games, offering some skill challenge but mostly straightforward."

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      "The game involves mostly reading and choice-making with some very easy minigames that add light interaction but minimal skill challenge."

    • Competition

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      -5

      "Single-player visual novel focused on personal story experience without player comparison or competitive elements."

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      "Singleplayer visual novel focused on personal story experience without any competitive elements or comparison to others."

    • Continuation

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      4

      "Players report long play sessions, emotional attachment to characters, and replayability via New Game+ and multiple endings."

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      "Players report long play sessions, emotional attachment to characters, and desire to replay for different choices and endings."

    • Cooperation

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      -5

      "Entirely single-player experience focused on individual narrative without multiplayer or cooperative play."

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    • Creativity

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      3

      "Players create their own narrative path through choices, though within a predefined story structure."

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      "Players create their own story path through many dialogue choices that affect relationships and story outcomes."

    • Domination

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      -5

      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are balanced and respectful."

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      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are balanced and respectful."

    • Escapism

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      5

      "Strong escapism through immersive fantasy world, relaxing gameplay, and stress relief."

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      "Strong escapism as players immerse in a fantasy world, emotionally connecting with characters and story, often as a stress relief."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and love for the story and characters."

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and love for the story and characters."

    • Experimenting

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      3

      "Multiple dialogue options and personality paths encourage players to try different approaches and explore story variations."

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      "Many choices allow players to experiment with different dialogue and relationship paths, encouraging exploration of story variations."

    • Exploration

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      "Players explore different story routes and uncover hidden lore, though physical exploration is limited."

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      "Players explore a fantasy world through story progression and uncover different story branches, though physical exploration is limited."

    • Expression

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      "Players express themselves through dialogue choices and shaping protagonist's personality; some customization of gameplay style."

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      "Players express themselves through choice-driven character personality shaping and dialogue options."

    • Fantasy

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      5

      "Set in a whimsical fantasy world with magic, mythical creatures, and imaginative fiction."

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      "Set in a fantasy world with magic, fantastical creatures, and an isekai premise, strongly embodying imaginative fiction."

    • Fellowship

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      "Players feel part of a community through character relationships and story, but social interaction is limited to single-player narrative."

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      "Players feel part of a community through character relationships and group dynamics, though social interaction is limited to narrative."

    • Growth

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      "Players learn more about characters and story, gaining new knowledge and emotional insights."

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      "Players learn about characters and story through choices, gaining knowledge and emotional development."

    • Health

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      -5

      "Sedentary gameplay typical of visual novels with no physical activity component."

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      "Sedentary gameplay typical of visual novels with no physical activity component."

    • Idle

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      -3

      "Requires focused reading and attention; not a background or idle activity."

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      "Requires focused reading and attention; not a background or idle activity."

    • Intimacy

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      4

      "Emotional connections with characters and romantic relationships foster feelings of closeness and attachment."

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      "Strong emotional connections with characters and romance options foster feelings of closeness and attachment."

    • Leadership
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    • Progression

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      3

      "Players progress through story chapters, unlock endings, and develop character relationships, representing narrative progression."

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      "Players progress through story chapters, unlock endings, and develop relationships, showing narrative progression."

    • Relaxation

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      "Players describe emotional catharsis and flow state while engaging with the story and music."

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      "Players experience flow and catharsis through engaging story, humor, and emotional moments."

    • Sensation

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      "Colorful visuals, dynamic music, and animated sprites provide sensory stimulation and emotional fun."

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      "Enjoyment of visual art, voice acting, music, and animated character sprites provide sensory stimulation."

    • Status

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      "No social recognition or ranking systems; experience is personal and private."

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      "No social recognition or ranking systems; experience is personal and individual."

    • Story

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      5

      "Highly praised narrative with emotional depth, multiple endings, and strong character development."

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      "Highly praised narrative with deep character development, multiple endings, and emotional engagement."

    • Strategy

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      0

      "Choices affect story branches but require little strategic planning; mostly intuitive decision-making."

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      "Choices affect story but require no complex planning or problem solving; mostly straightforward decision making."

    • Thrill

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      "Some suspense and emotional tension in story, but overall controlled and predictable emotional flow."

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    • Value

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      4

      "Players feel the game offers good return for time and money with quality content and replayability."

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    • Violence

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      "Combat exists but is minimal and not emphasized; focus is on story and character interaction."

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    • Survival

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      "No survival or resource management elements; stable narrative environment."

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation.

    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.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026