Particles of Reality

I have finished all routes and achievements for this game. I really liked the dark premise and the start of the game is very fun. Once you are deeper in the story, I found it a bit lackluster though. All endings are bad, but they are not that interesting. You might die or your lover might die or you might end up entrapped. But from a game with many bad endings I would have liked to see more different, unique and surprising endings. It seemed all too similar, you were just waiting to get shot at the end. The R18 scenes looked a bit awkward in some routes, e.g. anatomically a bit off. Overall, I would recommend it only if you like dark games and have played very few of those or if you really play only for the art and the love interests.

The depth and worldbuilding to this game is so intricate. I cannot wait to play the next one!

Not for people who doesn't like dark themes. I like it overall but I think I wished for more control over the MC. I get that she's traumatized BUT sometimes she just makes VERY bad descitions without "my" control. I played a lot of otomes and she makes me irritated sometimes. Like...♥♥♥♥♥ come on.

I've already clocked like 60 hours into this game a couple years ago via itch.io. I used to review mostly non-indie otome games for SML Podcast under the name mcdonaldsgoth. This is my favorite indie romance visual novel of all time. I've gone on record at multiple conventions as a panelist also highly recommending this game to anyone who can handle the content warnings. I beg people to play this; I've bought it for multiple people. I decided to buy this game for Steam to just give them some more money, and replay it. I do so knowing all my Steam friends can see the page for this game and think I'm watching porn. Let them think that. They should play it and not toggle the sexually explicit parts off either. They will be a better person for it. As a final note, I want to say I don't love poly stuff, but Alexander's route made me question myself. Still, it's Sebastian for me until the cows come home. He can murder me for even downloading Alexander's route in the first place, for all I care. I deserve it.

Whew. Where do you even start with this one? If you’re into dark, toxic romance like yanderes, obsession, confinement, the whole red/black flag lineup—don’t skip it. I played on itch, so my runtime clocked in closer to 60 hours, and not a second felt wasted. Fair warning: it gets heavy. Even when you know what kind of story you signed up for, you’ll still catch yourself hoping for a happy ending… and immediately realizing that’s probably not how this goes. The writing is phenomenal. It's sharp, immersive, and unapologetically messed up in all the right ways. Each path is packed with endings, so the replay value is kind of ridiculous. And the “What If” scenarios are genuinely one of the best parts. Perfect if you’re the type who can’t stop poking at alternate outcomes. Overall, the fact that this was made by one person is honestly insane.

welcome to reality