
Rakuen stands out as one of the best Adventure/RPG titles in recent memory.
91
Verdict
96%
Steam
79
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 5.9K reviews)
Compelling narrative and story
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Rakuen is a 2017 adventure video game, created by Laura Shigihara. It was built using the RPG Maker XP engine and released on May 10, 2017. It is a sprite-based exploration game, in which text boxes serve as the primary conduit for communication. The name "Rakuen" is translated from Japanese as "paradise." The game is currently available for Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, and Nintendo Switch.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 3d ago
All the emotions i felt while playing this game, 10/10 that i wish there's more games like this as a huge fan of reading and loving explorations of real life meets surrealist dreams of what we feel... [spoiler] especially when we feel hopelessness and fatigue from illnesses [/spoiler]
I knew very little going into this game apart from the description and it absolutely took me for a ride. Very, very well done. This soundtrack is going to be playing in my head for quite some time.
I watched a playthrough of this game wen it first came out and the first thing I did when I got a PC was buy and download the game. I only played through it the past few days though. Why? because I needed to have the most authentic reaction to my first playthrough as the game left that much of an impact on me when I first say it so I 10/10 recommend the game. The controls were a bit buggy and it was weird using the arrow keys instead of wasd and the enter key for things but I got used to it a lot faster than I thought I would. But even with that I 100% say anyone should play the game <3
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