A Comfortable Burden

A Comfortable Burden

OtterWays · 2021 · Time Management, Casual, Female Protagonist, Isometric, Cute

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Positive89% · 28 📉 Recent reviews down 80%
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About A Comfortable Burden

Face a home in dire need of cleaning! Get ready and roll up your sleeves, this otter couple needs your help to end the imbalance in their task sharing!

Commitment


A Comfortable Burden tackles the question of the mental load of domestic chores, coexisting as a couple and everyday life. Half the income will be donated to the organization Women in Games Fr.

The game



Manage your home, do the housework, take care of the kids… So, quite the ordinary life. A model couple who is sharing domestic chores, what could be better than that?

But try to keep up the pace! Finish your tasks before the end of the day, the clock is ticking. It’s up to you to be quick to react if you want to reach the end of the game!

You can play both protagonists in this cute and colorful yet intense series of levels!

Features

  • An accessible and nice-looking game introducing an issue by experiencing it
  • A game that stages spot-on reality and aims to make you question your habits as well as your understanding of such small everyday details
  • A relatable experience and story that contributes to build empathy with the situation and characters, providing more extent to understanding the issue

Nuances


A Comfortable Burden is the second game from the Nuances series which holds a strong message about feminism, LGBT+ themes or inclusivity.

It follows Sweet Love, a game about moral harassment within a couple, marital rape and femicides.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Mar 23, 2021
[h1]Major Pros:[/h1] [list] [*]I identify with this story [/list] [b]Minor Pros:[/b] [list] [*]Cute graphics [/list] [h1]Major Cons:[/h1] [list] [*]I struggled with the controls and couldn't rebind them [/list] [b]Minor Cons:[/b] [list] [*]Short [/list] [h1]Quick Recommendation[/h1] I enjoyed A Comfortable Burden, mostly for the story and message it offered. I wish I could have some of my household members play it, but I'm not sure it would be as impactful for someone who hasn't experienced the same sort of situation. The gameplay itself was fun, though I struggled with the controls and the game is pretty short. Regardless, I recommend A Comfortable Burden for players that can sympathize with the burden of imbalance responsibilities. [url=https://cthulhuscritiques.com/]Website[/url] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33596395-Cthulhu%2527s-Critiques/]Steam Curator[/url] [url=https://twitter.com/CthulhusCritiq1]Twitter[/url] [url=https://www.facebook.com/Cthulhus-Critiques-726185434394773/]Facebook[/url] [h1]In-depth Review[/h1] A Comfortable Burden is a short time-management game. It features cute graphics of two otters moving around their house to complete chores. P…
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Not recommended Feb 23, 2021
Sorry for the devs cause i think it was nice to create a game on that theme, but for me the controls are not acceptable. You're supposed to do tasks in a limited time but you cannot move and approach objects correctly. The animation makes you slide before stopping, and facing an object that is in a corner (like a shower) is hell, you have to try a lot to find the right positioning that will let you do the task... I hope it gets improved, i might give it another try if it does, but for now i cannot recommend.
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Recommended Feb 11, 2021
I'm leaving a positive review as an incentive for the developers to make a better effort on their next games. Long story short - I've seen the whole game in 30 minutes, including replays of some harder levels. This game is super cute and to sum it up I'd say it's "House cleaning simulator" starring two antropomorphic otters. You take each level in 2 turns, one for each character, and you get a 40 second time limit each to complete your tasks. On your first play through the levels, the first otter gets a checklist of 4 things to do (and it's always the same list for all levels), after which the second otter is supposed to finish up the cleaning job, but here our character is supposed to find all the stuff to do without a list. Things that need to be taken care of are highlighted by color, but it only appears when we're close to that item. No matter how hard I tried, I wasn't able to finish things up within the time limit with the second otter by the 4th or 5th level. After 2 failed retries, I got introduced to a cutscene with the overworked otters and then the game restarted from the first level, but this time it changed gears. On the second playthrough, there's no task list an…
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Recommended Jun 30, 2026
A beautiful little game about managing time Great example of a game design telling a story
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Recommended Apr 25, 2021
This game is simple in design, rich in passing a message. If you don't know what the mental burden is, check this game out, if you want to support a cause, check this game out. if you want to teach someone the subject, gift them the game!
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Recommended Jun 7, 2021
A great way to represent the mental load some of us have to carry when living with others. Hopefully it will enlighten some minds about the actual burden that it is :)

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