Buy a Croquette!

Buy a Croquette!

越青 · April 27, 2024 · Mystery, Psychological Horror, Puzzle, Sci-fi, Multiple Endings

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Overwhelmingly Positive99% · 8,652181playing now
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About Buy a Croquette!

✦ AI summary

Hunt for 380 yen across Nagano's streets through quirky side quests, treasure hunts, and trash can rummaging to buy the croquette of your dreams. Navigate a charming adventure packed with puzzles, urban legend encounters, helpful NPCs, and twelve wildly different endings based on your choices.

March 2012, Nagano. The brave and clever high school girl, Chio Aozora, is facing a major crisis: she doesn’t have enough money to buy a croquette! Navigate through the streets and alleys of Nagano, interact with a variety of characters, solve complex puzzles, collect 380 yen, and buy a croquette!

Buy a Croquette! — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Buy a Croquette! is a free narrative game that players praise for its thoughtfully crafted story with interconnected branching paths, emotional character arcs, and well-integrated plot twists that reward careful attention. Common complaints center on the obtuse progression required to reach the true ending (which demands achieving specific earlier endings first), numerous puzzles and collectibles that can feel tedious, and the initial confusion before the full narrative picture emerges.

Recommended Jun 22, 2026
天哪好感人呐, [spoiler] 老奶奶其实就是未来的小满吧,她还一直保留着那个蓝色的熊熊,我哭死!![/spoiler] [spoiler] 千绪终于回家的时候我也爆哭 , 最终果然还是在朋友和家人中选择了家人,也很感动这是真正的结局。[/spoiler]跪求出个英文版啊,我想让我看不懂中文的对象玩!
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Recommended Aug 9, 2026
This is an absolutely fantastic game—I'd say it's more polished and well-crafted than the vast majority of games out there. Every single choice you make branches into a different storyline, yet all those paths are tightly interconnected, playing out across parallel dimensions. It's all centered on the protagonist in a way that's genuinely mind-blowing. I'm someone who never leaves reviews, but this game truly deserves one—and the fact that it's free makes it even more incredible; it outshines so many paid titles. Honestly, I even shed a few tears at the end. 😭
Recommended Jul 28, 2026
很有意思的小故事!明线和成就都收集完了,大概理解主线了……虽然听说还有好多暗线,有空的时候可能会去看看(os好想吃可乐饼)
Recommended Jul 25, 2026
作为免费游戏质量很好了,悬念拉满,剧情和人物后面基本都是有关联的。有个缺点是完整剧情必须达成End8【飘零的萤火】(需要先达成End5,6,7),有点累人。 玩的时候感觉剧情摸不着头脑,解密虽然大部分不是很难但是比较多,集齐380日元也有难度,中间差点弃坑。 最后看了攻略达成End8,这时才理解到底发生了什么,而且中间很多东西和结尾是呼应的,有种恍然大悟的感觉。隐藏结局实在玩不动了。 多亏了小满和明也,可惜我选择留在原来的世界。
Recommended Jul 23, 2026
这居然是我不花钱能玩的巨作
Recommended Jun 24, 2026
There are a lot of horror games with a cutesy disguise as a gimmick; but this game handles its story and mystery part very well, and goes beyond one of those gimmicky games with horror only for shock value. And its free. Lf English translation :3

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