Haven

5.1/10 but creative and memorable. I didn't want to recommend this game... but it was memorable and creative. The writing and the story are compelling enough that I never wanted to skip any of the dialogue or cutscenes, and I cared about the characters. There are tons of cutscenes that keep the story fresh and make each day feel unique, while also always flowing nicely with the grander relationship story. Ultimately, and probably the biggest reason I feel okay recommending it, is because it will be a game that you will remember and spend some time thinking about when you are not playing. Why I was really leaning towards not recommending: The start is so slow. It isn't until 2–3 hours in that you start finding some key items and upgrades that feel like significant progress and make the exploration feel meaningful. Basically, it felt like a long time before the game made you start thinking ahead and feel invested/interested in what is going to happen next or what you want to do next. Finally, traversal as a whole—which I think is supposed to be the gameplay on offer—is just unobtrusive when it's at its best, and when it's not at its best is pretty dang annoying... like why make the fast travel system so cumbersome? (Oh, I better scrub this island clean or it's going to be a boring pain in the butt to get back...) It's not a very fun form of motivation. The other gameplay element is turn-based combat (not my favorite in general), but the way it is executed obfuscates things like your health and enemy attack timings and weaknesses in a way that makes things more difficult while at the same time making things less strategic/engaging. Positives: The music is mostly quite nice. The art direction is top-notch (although things can get a bit samey). The writing, story, and character interactions elevate average to below-average gameplay into a game you will likely be happy you played all the way through. -The game play isn't very engaging...I think you are supposed to find the gliding around to be something super engaging that you will be happy to lose yourself in...it's not...its actually a bit janky imo because tight turns lock you in on direction for some reason. Finding flow threads also just becomes mostly annoying when you want to traverse efficiently.

I bought this game just to review it. This is possibly the game I am most passionate about. There are so few good games that showcase a relationship that feels at all real. I played this with my partner and the impact it left on me has not faded to this day. Absolutely beautiful game, play it.

Fantastic game, would play again. Story rich, great voice acting and gameplay is very easy to learn and understand

The characters feel cheesy and there is not much interesting gameplay going on. It is a cute relationship and the art and soundtrack are great, but I found it difficult to get engaged with the game.

I really enjoyed Haven. I think the artistic creativity is great. I also really enjoyed the overall story and the fact that you have multiple gender choices for the main characters! :) Highly Recommend, I 100 percented it because I enjoyed it that much!

i find this game to be enjoyable and very relaxing. i enjoy watching the couples relationship progress and how they banter with each other. the graphics are gorgeous and the music is light and soothing. this is a good wind down game from a long or stressful day.

good game, it's fun and chilling, cool soundtracks. Lovable story, i liked both characters; it's a game more focused about the 2 main characters relationship than a ''fighting game'', but it gots some actions and the exploring was likable. 7/10

Nice cozy game, loved the fighting mechanic as well. Didn't feel super turn basey. Story was great, Even though it was basic the characters made it great.

Saw this advertised as a game for long distance couples online so bought without reading any of the reviews, quickly finding out that this was not for long distance players. Sucks that its local only. We couldn't get the remote play to work once.

I tried this game and after dropping it, I continued after I month. Here are my pros and cons. + nice love story with lovely characters + sound is ok + graphics are fine + no apparent bugs - terrible combat that requires multi tasking - clunky movement controls - achievements that require you to wait for a long time In my opinion the everything except the story didn't work out. Would it be a pure Visual Novel I could recommend it, with it is only a 6 out of 10. I recommend the developer to add a skip time feature that also empties the stomach.

Was really excited to play this game tho sadly let down by how there is no online coop though steam servers like pretty much every other coop game. Uses either local coop split screen or Steams remote play together (Of which was legit getting 2 frames and couldnt play at all) Just very sadge to see such a good looking coop game not have an actual online play mode.

Unfortunately I got this game along with my partner to hopefully have a cute game we could play, however it doesn't allow two keyboards for co-op play and if there is another way to start it other than sending an invite through steam we couldn't figure it out. I'm guessing that even if there was another way to play together it wouldn't fix things. We were both really excited to play it together and now I'm severely unmotivated to try again. on top of this while the intro is really pretty the bright flashing colors triggered a headache and I'm concerned they could cause a seizure so do be warned. On the bright side the graphics and soundtrack are pretty and the dialog seems nice. I might update this as we try and find a work around or if I get back into the game for solo.

I am sure this is a great game but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to play remotely with my partner. Only bought to play with them and because this game has no in built way to play together across devices, the whole process of trying has been infuriating and led to no success. Absolutely ridiculous that this is clearly made as a co-op game and yet playing co-op is a technical nightmare.

Je sais même pas pourquoi j’ai ce jeu. Franchement, je trouve que l’histoire n’est pas très attachante, voire même un peu étrange par moments. Je pense que le fait de ne pas y avoir joué en multi m’a privé de ce qui fait l’essence même du jeu. Assez mitigé.

i like this game a lot

cute gam to play with the wife