I want to take a moment to express my deep gratitude to the creator of this game. While I know this isn't the typical place to share something like this, I felt compelled to write this review. Over the past few years (7 or 8 to be exact), I've been spiraling into a mental state I didn't think I could climb out of. This week, I felt like I had finally hit rock bottom. I downloaded this game impulsively, not even bothering to read any details beforehand, and honestly, I wasn’t expecting much. But what I got from this experience is something I never anticipated.
As I reached the end of the game, I felt a deep emptiness, a hollow feeling that’s hard to describe—almost like I had lost something important. At first, I thought the creator (Naarel) had truly taken their life, and that alone struck me to my core in a hollowing way. The emotions and thoughts that the game conveyed seemed so painfully real, so familiar, that it felt like a mirror reflecting my darkest moments. The themes resonated deeply, and I realized how much I related to the experience of isolation and despair.
10/10, hands down. I didn't expect a game—I thought I was going to play something, but what I got was an unexpected letter, a note that made me get surprised unlike many that just made me bored in a way, and left me questioning my past attempts at finding peace in the darkest of times. The way the game captured my thoughts in such raw, vulnerable language is something I can’t even fully express. It’s like someone finally understood, and that realization hit me harder than any game could.
Life can be unbearable at times. You want to be happy for others, even though you can’t seem to find happiness for yourself. That feeling of being useless and stuck in pain is all too real. But this game did something I didn’t expect—it helped me clear my mind and shift away from thoughts of hopelessness. I don’t know how or why, but something in this experience just made a difference.
Thank you for creating this. It was both unsettling and beautiful. The plot, the emotions, the realness—it all hit so close to home. I was going to say I went through all the stages of grief while playing this, but that wouldn’t be entirely accurate. I didn’t go through the stages. I got stuck, in that numb, hollow place that this game made me confront. But in a strange way, it helped me. I’m glad you’re alive, and I’m glad I played this and didn't attempt suicide this or last week like I planned to at first.
"I finished this game, though I should’ve been gone for years now, and I couldn't be more grateful for it." I guess, in the end, that means you saved yourself in some way. Thank you, for everything.
