
With near-perfect execution, MiSide is a must-play for any adventure fan.
97
Verdict
98%
Steam
—
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (98% positive from 137K reviews)
Compelling narrative and story
Standout indie gem
Limited professional critic coverage
MiSide is an adventure game developed by Russian indie development team AIHASTO. It was initially published as a demo on August 18, 2023, before being fully released on Steam on December 11, 2024. The game begins on a light-hearted tone where the player downloads a mobile game and starts hanging out with their new anime-styled virtual girlfriend by playing various mini-games with her. Soon, the player finds the story taking on a metafictional horror narrative.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
I started up the portal, stepped into it, and the power went out in my house. 10/10, peak immersion.
This game is nuts. You're taken on a wild adventure where reality turns on its head while being a balanced mix of nice, endearing, and disturbing with twists and turns throughout. It's equally a feel-good anime romance and a horror thriller. I loved it. The game is extremely well made, the devs clearly very talented. I highly recommend this. Took me 5 and a half hours to play through the main questline which I did in a single sitting because I couldn't tear myself away from it. There's another second full alternative play-through coming in a future update that I'm looking forward to as well (unless you're reading this in the future in which case it might already be added.)
[h1] Yandere Sim x Silenthill P.T x Pool rooms [/h1] A wonderful gift from my bff Adrian, so I thank him for that. As a girl who played this game and finished all achievements (genuinely kids, including your stupid penguin mini-game) I can't fathom how interesting this game was, it was scary, cute, calming, 4th wall breaking. This has taken all the hearts of the people who played it. The peaceful mode is in the works and I would say I would have loved to chill in peaceful mode for some time, but considering this is a work by two people. I will patiently wait. [b] Story: Break that console! [/b] Is it similar to Doki Doki Lit club? maybe, but is this the alternative version Yandere sim which never ever comes to steam? Most probably. It's a very tech, stuck in the virtual world by a yandere novel where you traverse all the Mita verses as a player (with a plot-twist). This is the game where you would definitely explore all the endings, and you absolutely must worshippingly find the easter eggs because such vital information is very important, even staring at the mirror in your apartment for 5 minutes. You see a lot of different versions of the same girl called "Mita" who gets infatuated with you, but only you? Nope. At first everything is calm and serene and without a second everything turns dark and you are running for your life with the help of other versions of the same girl. You get to see a complicated, well built, almost sci-fi? story based on loneliness, negligence if your AI girl gets sentient. This is the accurate replication yes. So take your game console and prepare to walk through insane virtual dimensions shaped by one girl and the goddess to find the truth, or just stay with her and be her slave. [b] Characters: Trapped within their own self [/b] This is a psychological horror game when your AI gf becomes sentient, like truly sentient. Her role is to serve a lot of players, can you imagine how it feels when you know your same self is attending to a lot of players and none of them can handle the ugliness or the craziness of you? Women are a full package it's not only the kawainess you will see in a person, there is the insecurities, bipolarity that gets transformed into ugliness and craziness. If you look at the main character, he is just an everyday programmer, WFH, bored and fell into this world. But Mita is a lot of things, a lot of personalities, a lot of vibes. You encounter so many versions, my favorites the Kind Mita and Chibi Mita. And I would have loved to meet other Mita's too. I would have liked some other characters to be introduced just to spice it up, maybe interactions with the other players. [b] Gameplay: Minigames Bruh! [/b] You can walk around in this beautiful virtual world, you can pickup items in a forward basis. You can play games and minigames in this universe, some of them are too tough to beat. But don't be a noob and use the dev console ok? respect the great Mita and do them manually. You can interact with Mita, collect other player cartridges and Mita's cartridges. There is a lot of chase scenes, button prompt interactions which can be annoying sometimes but can be fun too. You can change Mita's outfits if you are an explorer enough. The easter egg hunting was fun to do too. There has been a lot of work put into this for sure. The Loop was my least favorite as it's spooky and the dummies lol. Loved the menu interactions, it's so creatively done. [b] Art and Music: Well Polished [/b] The art and the sprites are so beautifully made, the mini games, Mita's house is soo pretty! I also loved the cute music from time to time. I used the Japanese voice with english subs and it's actually well done. [b] Achievements: For the great Mita! [/b] Some of them are easy and fun to explore but others are tough to get and at times you will need to play it more than once. I do wish that I could have played the mini games without restarting the whole level again. Quandragle is a mini game that you can do when you reach the core, and Quandragle 2 was super tough to do, i was crumpling my keyboard cover. The space car achievement was tough too. The dairy scandal was annoying a bit as well. I was not aiming the achievement but they were too fun to not collect. [b] Overall [/b] This is a upgraded pinnacle for Yandere based games, make sure you check the easter egg compilation on Youtube for interesting stuff. Fans make so many theories based on the game, which make you question a lot of things, but always an interesting read. Keep your wits and caps about you as you will explore a virtual world filled with yandereness.
Reviews sourced from Steam. All reviews belong to their respective authors.
Data sourced from RAWG, Steam, IGDB, CheapShark, Wikipedia, HLTB, and GX Corner. Sources: rawg, steam, cheapshark, igdb, wikipedia.
All game titles, trademarks, and copyrights belong to their respective owners.