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Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque

2022

Should you play it?

Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"

What works

  • Deep, emotionally complex storytelling
  • Unique blend of pastel aesthetics with psychological horror
  • Thoughtful branching narrative with multiple endings
  • Atmospheric art and music supporting mood
  • Developer responsiveness and ongoing updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Incomplete content and slow updates
  • Rough and inconsistent art and ui quality
  • Repetitive and sometimes confusing text
  • Lack of voice acting at launch
  • Limited gameplay mechanics beyond reading and choice

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Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy.

Last update: 27/08/2026