Mayor May Knott

Will be purchasing again as soon as it comes to PS! Highly recommend. There are many reasons I loved this game, mostly all these little nice touches that make the game really feel like a labor of love from the developer(s) rather than a product shoved out to market. Beat in under 20 hours with minimal outside help (Mansion is hard!) At the end of the day this is a puzzle solving game. I found the puzzles easy enough to figure out. Without spoilers the most important NPC is Madame Pastrami. You can visit her and she will give you a selection of 'fortunes' to read you. In reality these are hints to any and all puzzles you have active at the moment. This eliminates the need to go off and google every time you get stumped or are having a hard time figuring out a particular part of a puzzle. You cannot leave a review about this game without talking about the soundtrack. I saw another person refer to the soundtrack as 'weirdly good' considering the material is un-serious. I agree. I love the quirkiness of it all. Mayor May Knotts' opener legitimately has gotten stuck in my head, and I sing it at home. Absolute banger and relatable. I don't want to spoil any other soundtracks in this game, but you are missing out if you don't listen to the records! Fried chicken is legit! As your town gets larger you start unlocking short cuts and alternate routes, it really feels like a live town because of this! I enjoyed meeting the residents and their 'scary' self and their 'friend' self. It reminds me a bit of Digimon World with its town building mechanics. I even loved that residents have a 'favorite' house. Also, a nice touch of having the residents out and walking about, makes the town feel alive! I also liked being able to look out the windows when inside any building and you can see residents moving around outside still. If you love a bit of dry humor, puns, or on-the-nose comedy, you will love the jokes in this game as well! Cannot recommend enough!

Ich war zuerst skeptisch da ich gruselige Spiele nicht mag. Aber ich hab mich getraut und ich liebe dieses Spiel. Es ist nicht zu gruselig und man wächst zusammen mit May über die Angst hinweg und macht die Stadt wieder schön. Ich würde mir nur wünschen man könnte die Häuser mehr einrichten oder umbauen, meine Bewohner haben schön eingerichtete Häuser verdient.

Absolutely loved this game!

I spent my weekend completing this game. It's impressively addictive from such a simple loop. Mayor May Knott is the story of May Knott, a young girl who, being afraid of everything, spends all her money on the last train to the end of the line and ends up in a town full of ghosts and monsters. However, with luck, she discovers the deed to the town and becomes its mayor. With nowhere else to go, May sets out on a journey on fixing up the town, inviting residents, and conquering her fears. But this isn't a management sim. The game has the gameplay loop of a point and click adventure game, but with the progression of a Metroidvania. This means you're going around fixing houses and dealing with the requests of the townspeople. This results in a very addicting sequence where you can clearly see an improvement in the town you're regularly going around: New paths open up, new mechanics and shortcuts to common routes become available, resource farming is sped up or automated and new equipment and recipes progress through the quests given by the townspeople. Everything ties up together in such a neat little bow as much as it's naturally blended with the town's growth. Every townsperson helps in some way, puzzles don't follow a linear path (you need to come back to some puzzles later on) and there's a certain joy seeing your town lit up and full of people going about their day. There's even a mechanic of listening to music to progress and they're all pastiches of songs we're heard elsewhere! I've heard The Smiths, boy bands, French rap, Michael Jackson, The Beach Boys, etc. It's sincere in all its goofiness. Visual and world design is very Addams Family and Burton-esque, that is, featuring comedic horror and dark whimsy. It's not scary, but it's creepy in an inviting way. May's fear plays into this. Alongside physical blocks and lack of tools/ recipes, May's confidence level blocks access to progress until you increase it via helping the town and its people. In a gentle way, you can very much see May move from being a quiet girl to talky as you progress. Performance-wise the game runs well for 75% of the time. There is some mild stuttering once you get enough people to live in your town and inside a mansion, but it's not bad enough on my end to affect gameplay, though your mileage may vary. Try lowering quality to see if it helps. Highly recommended. I recommend to the devs on selling a supporter's pack which includes the OST and concept art.

I LOVED this game! So much fun! Puzzles made me think but not overly complicated. I was sad when it ended!

Love this game! Cute, creepy, and cozy. Plenty of in-game hints if you slow down and look. The only thing I would change is adding some sort of guide to what all the symbols mean (like the box means they have been asked to help move something).

I love, love, LOVE Mayor May Knott. This is a game I didn’t know I needed in my life. It balances creepy, cozy, CHARMING, and challenging so well. The character voices are reminiscent of Banjo Kazooie and it tickles my nostalgia on top of everything. I binged my 17 hours in 2.5 days. Happily diving into a second play through now for the Thrill Seeker achievement.