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Lingering Fragrance

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

We walk together, play together, and do everything together. This is our last trip, our last memory. It is a short visual novel contains three story lines, after main story the other two will be unlocked. Which one is your side of story?

What works
  • Compelling and emotionally impactful story
  • Unique dystopian setting and narrative structure
  • Affordable price with good value
  • Expressive artwork and music
  • Thought-provoking themes about memory, love, and freedom
Things to keep in mind
  • No player choices or interactivity
  • Short playtime
  • Some translation and text issues
  • Limited visual variety and reused backgrounds
  • Story pacing and narrative delivery may feel slow or heavy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

  • SnowNight

  • the 9th day:第九日

  • KARAKARA

  • Fox Hime

  • Starlight of Aeons

  • KARAKARA2

  • 女巫与六便士 the sibyl and sixpence

  • Games&Girls
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • SnowNight

  • the 9th day:第九日

  • Games&Girls
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Lingering Fragrance: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Autonomy.

Why this game works

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