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A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.
A Rose in the Twilight is a adventure, female protagonist and puzzle platformer game
developed by Nippon Ichi Software and Inc.
and published by NIS America and Inc..
Released on April 11th 2017 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 471 reviews of which 400 were positive and 71 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.59€ on Instant Gaming.
The Steam community has classified A Rose in the Twilight into these genres:
Adventure
Female Protagonist
Puzzle Platformer
Cute
Anime
Horror
Puzzle
Atmospheric
Strategy
2D
Great Soundtrack
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for A Rose in the Twilight:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | |||
| Japanese |
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- OS *: Windows 10/8.1/7
- Processor: Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphic 2000
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Onboard
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The giant can lift Rose. He can also throw her like a rugby ball. My Experience A young girl named Rose wakes up in a ruined castle with no memory of what had occured, and with a strange rose on her back. She wanders and runs into a helpful giant along the way. They both venture to explore the castle and find out what went wrong. It's a puzzle platformer where you swap between two characters with different abilities, and making use of them to reach the end of every stage. I gotta warn that there is some upsetting imagery depicting suicide, like hanging is in the game. Otherwise there's mainly blood here and there. I love this NIS team's style of cute art with a hand-drawn and sketchy quality to it. The animations are of a similar, not perfectly smooth but its part of what gives it its charm. A fairy tale book appeal maybe? The world is largely monochrome with barely anything standing out other than red, but the strange scenery gives off a fantastical impression, along with some sights really letting you take in that something had gone horribly wrong here. I found the controls a little odd and at times actually led to me messing up but otherwise no issues. Just takes a lot of getting used to. The gameplay is primarily about manipulating the environment to get where you need to go. Rose can absorb the color out of objects which will cause them to freeze in place, and also give color so that they become animate again. The Giant meanwhile can carry and throw colored objects, including Rose. Each chapter has its own little gimmicks. Given it's a puzzle platformer, some physics is involved, but said physics has a lot of hiccups and it can get especially infuriating due to some puzzles require precise timing, precise throws, precise jumps, etc... One early section of the game, the Courtyard, required me to bounce off mushrooms to get up somewhere. Sure, not my first rodeo. I kept trying it for so long and didn't understand what I was doing wrong. I looked up a guide and it looked like I had to make an extremely precise bounce at a specific point in the mushrooms to get up to the next section. I bounced on those mushrooms a few times before I managed to get up. But get this... A little later on, I realized you can actually manually jump on the mushrooms for a significant boost. The game did not teach or show me this in any way, I figured it out from the walkthrough I was watching when I noticed the player managed to jump higher than I did. Are you serious? In that same chapter, the Courtyard, there was a stretch that neither the Giant nor Rose can pass safely that a big bug monster was walking across. By now you've seen this monster before and probably understand that it's gonna eat Rose if it can. I was stuck there, and had to refer to the walkthrough again. Guess what? You can actually jump on the monster's back and basically ride it across the gap. There was nothing in the game before this that suggested you can do that. These issues are mainly in the courtyard, but I encoutered a few rare similar issues later on, but for the most part it was smooth sailing from there. There were times where I got stuck and referred to the walkthrough again, but I can safely say most of those were "Oh nevermind I'm just dumb" moments. Still, maybe its because I suck at puzzle games but a few felt too obscure to the point where I was genuinely questioning how players were supposed to figure that out. There's a couple that require you to backtrack a room to grab an object to bring with you into the next as its part of the solution. Man... Oh one more example - There's a puzzle where Rose has to ride on a bench sliding down a slope. Sounds fun right? The solution is to slightly move Rose just enough to help the bench get over an obstacle. Enjoy dealing with the physics. Puzzles and rage aside, there's a handy retry feature to let you go back to the last checkpoint and reset the room so you can try figuring out the solution from 0 again. You also have a really handy map that you can instantly move to any level, which will be necessary if you want to 100% the game and get the true ending. It's a slow paced game, neither the Giant nor Rose move fast which some might find a little annoying, myself included but ultimately it didn't bother me much. The story is mostly wordless, told through some text fragments you can pick up throughout the game and short cutscenes. So without spoilers I found the story entertaining and interesting but not much more than that, I guess the puzzles sucked any and all attachment out of me. Conclusion I know I did a lot of complaining, but half of it is just me sucking at puzzle games and a bit of personal preferences. I had fun with it and it kept me hooked enough that I still kept going to see it through to the end. The physics and obscure solutions are gonna be annoying though. I also want to mention that the base price of the game is pretty steep in my opinion, so I recommend getting it on sale. At least it's not htoL#♥♥♥. Please remember to check other reviews to make a properly informed decision about purchasing this game. I am but one man speaking from my own experience and with my own preferences.
The atmosphere in this one is very depressing and macabre in a good way. The world feels so sinister as you try to navigate this cute anime girl through a world that wants her dead and it adds a lot to the horror in this one. I also did enjoy the general puzzles and gameplay, even if it sometimes felt a tiny bit slow. There's some memorably dark moments, especially towards the end, that have stuck with me even several years later. I didn't engage with the lore of this one as much as some other games but there's definitely a lot there to piece together if you're interested. All in all, a pretty good game.
I bought this game mostly for nostalgia, since i had already played it back in mid-2018. I didn't remembered how fun the mechanics were and how incredibly relaxing the game was. I'm so happy i bought this game, so happy to revisit the story, i miss this kind of game nowadays. Sometimes all you really need is to relax and watch a tragic story to reflect while doing puzzles.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Rose in the Twilight is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
No, A Rose in the Twilight is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Yes, A Rose in the Twilight received 400 positive votes out of a total of 471 achieving a rating of 7.95.
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A Rose in the Twilight was developed by Nippon Ichi Software and Inc. and published by NIS America and Inc..
Yes, A Rose in the Twilight is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, A Rose in the Twilight is not playable on MacOS.
No, A Rose in the Twilight is not playable on Linux.
Yes, A Rose in the Twilight is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, A Rose in the Twilight is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, A Rose in the Twilight does not support VR.
A Rose in the Twilight is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for A Rose in the Twilight. Explore additional content available for A Rose in the Twilight on Steam.
No, A Rose in the Twilight does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, A Rose in the Twilight does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, A Rose in the Twilight is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for A Rose in the Twilight.
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Developer
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
Publisher
NIS America, Inc.
Release
11 Apr 2017
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