HITOTSU NO MORI

Shuka is an adopted girl living peacefully in Ikkaku Village who was blessed to be able to speak with animals and purge evil from her surroundings, but new visitors to the village bring some terrible news; demons sealed long, long ago on the island have broken free of their bindings and are causing destruction! Set off on a short adventure to banish or re-seal these demons! 40 min to 5 hours, Hitotsu no mori is a cute game that that’s unfortunately no longer available on Steam. With watercolor backgrounds, explorable areas, cute and animated sprites, a fun combat system, 5 routes and endings to play it’s a fairly solid game. There are no difficult battles, but enemies don’t respawn so exp, or “purity points” is limited but technically unnecessary unless you plan on being overpowered. There are 5 routes and 5 endings, and while the game is short there are many visual novel segments and it never felt like the game was lacking. You pick your route about halfway through the game, and can make a save point so re-playability is high.

Really enjoyed this game. Not very long but very enjoyable and is a very beautiful game. Loved going through each character ending.