I came across this game jam on itch.io, already finished during the weekend. It seems to have been organised by people at dungeoncrawlers.org. Having nothing better to do (slacking on all my started games and personal projects), I decided to install a couple one and play them. Since most of them were fairly cool, I decided to write some lines about them. I didn’t play all the other entries nor I plan to do so, just selecting the one that looked appealing to me.

Isekai succubus ~My Genderbent Saga in Another World~ is an H-Game available on Steam. It is a DRPG, published by ErogeJapan and developed by Sakura Mangekyou in Unity. The uncensor patch is available on their website. Despite gameplay being reasonably fun, I could not push myself to finish the last third of the game. I will go on the gameplay first, because it’s what makes the game good, and will cover the story/presentation and lewd parts second.

Labyrinth of Refrain is a JRPG developed by NIS. It is my favorite game of 2021 coming close with Sequel Blight. Its genre is DRPG more precisely, close to Wizardry type DRPG. You explore several floors of a dungeon, moving on the map like a grid. You can encounter treasures, monsters, and horrible bosses. The fighting is a regular turn-based JRPG. It is the first time I played a game of this genre but I was entranced.

This time I won’t be covering a RPG but a FPS. Hired Gun is a first-person shooter set in Necromunda, a spin-off setting of Warhammer 40K. The game was developed by Streumon Studio, best known for E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy. They also worked on adapting another WH40k game (Space Hulk) to a video game and are believed to be big fans of the game. You are mercenary hunting down your bounties and delivering swift justice with your arsenal.

Helen’s Mysterious Castle is a short and gentle JRPG in RPG Maker with a somewhat unique battle system. It has been developed by Satsu and been released in English on Steam. It cost 2 euros and can go for even less in sales. I do not have much information about the author but they seem to have released a couple RPG Maker games, in the same style (and one DRPG). Helen’s Mysterious Castle is a throwback with its old-school aesthetics (on RPG Maker 2000!