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Make friends, make enemies, go fishing, collect cards, beat up sharks, beat up tigers, obtain the denim blade, train a fuzzy infantile insect for battle, and uncover ancient secrets in this monster-filled adventure.
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A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully rendered, classic-style RPG adventure.
Helen's Mysterious Castle is a rpg, indie and female protagonist game
developed by Satsu
and published by PLAYISM.
Released on March 18th 2016 is available only on Windows
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 909 reviews of which 845 were positive and 64 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Helen's Mysterious Castle into these genres:
RPG
Indie
Female Protagonist
Casual
Anime
Pixel Graphics
JRPG
Singleplayer
2D
Cute
Great Soundtrack
Fantasy
Retro
Atmospheric
Story Rich
Silent Protagonist
Short
Controller
Experimental
Turn-Based Combat
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Don't let the standard RPG Maker look fool you, because the core combat system is actually a clever, tactical puzzle where you manage the weight, wait times, and defense stats of individual weapons. Boss fights turn into engaging duels where timing your strikes and parries matters far more than just grinding levels. The story and presentation are as barebones as they come, but mechanically it's a neat little indie distraction if you want a quick JRPG palate cleanser.
The compelling battle system makes this game quite memorable. Where story beats and exploration are but a simple cute distraction, the meat and potatoes of Helen's Mysterious Castle consists in the Wait system: both the player and the enemy monsters are behold to this waiting system, simulating a back and forth of attacks, parrying, magic attacks and on. Genuinely clever and refreshing, for the asking price it's definitely worth it checking it out.
I discovered this game through a Youtube video titled something like "This $2 RPG Outclasses AAA RPGs" focusing on this game's combat system, and I rolled my eyes at it (the video, not Helen) because dawg it's just Cinnamon Toast TurnOrder, the Action Speed you can see, that's nothing too crazy. Though the way damage mitigation is handled is quite different and really ties the whole system together, so I was a bit presumptuous. It's nice! A 1v1 combat system that managed to stay engaging all the way through, every time I got haughty and/or lazy I died for my hubris. Battle being entirely* dependent on gear and every chest containing such gear made every secret in a dungeon worth checking out and feel rewarding to do as it opened up a new puzzle piece to your battle strategy. Most importantly, the game's kinda funny, quite enchanting. You a'ight Helen, bring it in, dap me up. Side note for Steam Users with controller and window size issues: 1. Download EasyRPG, extract the ZIP 2. In another window, navigate to your folder where Helen's Mysterious Castle is located (...steamapps > common > Helen's Mysterious Castle > helen) 3. From the EasyRPG folder, copy "Player.exe" to the folder in the step above 4. Again in your helen folder, rename start.exe to something else (like "start-old") 5. Rename "Player.exe" to "start.exe" This will run Helen's Mysterious Castle in EasyRPG, which should help alleviate your controller issues and let you resize the window.
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Helen's Mysterious Castle is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam.
No, Helen's Mysterious Castle is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 1.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Helen's Mysterious Castle received 845 positive votes out of a total of 909 achieving a rating of 8.74.
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Helen's Mysterious Castle was developed by Satsu and published by PLAYISM.
Yes, Helen's Mysterious Castle is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Helen's Mysterious Castle is not playable on MacOS.
No, Helen's Mysterious Castle is not playable on Linux.
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No, Helen's Mysterious Castle does not support VR.
Helen's Mysterious Castle is a single-player game.
No, Helen's Mysterious Castle does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Helen's Mysterious Castle does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Helen's Mysterious Castle does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Helen's Mysterious Castle 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 Helen's Mysterious Castle.
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Online players
1
Developer
Satsu
Publisher
PLAYISM
Release
18 Mar 2016
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