Flashback (2023)

By far the worst of Renka's games... It's really hard to get an ending, which by itself is fine, but there's so few events that by half an hour you've already seen all of them x10. Very repetitive, boring, and disappointing, not to mention how bad the translation is. Even for the low price, it's bad.

i love the endings

Interesting game for less than a dollar. Very grindy.

Flashback, developed and published by Renka, is a compact and thoughtful indie game that blends decision-based storytelling with light strategy elements, all wrapped in an atmospheric narrative about survival, responsibility, and consequence. The game places you in the role of a deliveryman living in a chaotic city where every day presents new challenges, moral choices, and unpredictable encounters. The premise seems simple at first glance, but its execution is layered and deliberately paced, inviting players to reflect on their decisions rather than rush through them. Each of your actions, from how you handle customers to how you balance your resources and emotions, shapes not only your personal journey but the lives of those around you. It’s a small-scale experience with big emotional weight, using minimal mechanics to explore themes of perseverance, identity, and the quiet struggles of daily existence. Structurally, Flashback unfolds over a fixed timeline of thirty in-game days. Every day introduces a new event or encounter that forces you to make a decision—sometimes practical, sometimes moral, and often ambiguous. Each choice affects a set of underlying attributes that repres…

Unexpectedly, this one is one of my favourites.

It was amazing game to know the experience of 50/50 choice is able to gain and lose Reputation, Health, & Money feels like of my choice. The characters looks cool and cute, but the ending that really hits me on how it feels like to loop back from the dead or wake up from a coma or was still a dream to me. Overall, I love it.