Not able to play? It has no DRM, if you know what I mean...

But anyway, it's about managing a facility full of monsters and they all have different profiles and requirements and such. It starts out with simple shit like "your guy must have a stat value of X to work successfully" and turns into increasingly esoteric and complicated conditions, some of which are truly mindboggling and totally outside the box. I don't want to spoil anything because figuring them out is really satisfying, so let me just say you will have to use (almost) all of your senses to crack them. And of course as your facility grows you'll have to juggle more of these monsters at the same time and their demands can interact or contradict one another, it gets really crazy. Past a certain point, the difficulty ramps up significantly, especially the final stretch.

The story and the setting are also really cool. It sort of sneaks up on you because it starts out fairly simple, just manage some monsters, but then as you uncover more about their background, the facility and the people working there you uncover a really interesting world and a story that is not often told in video games about a group of people who truly wanted to do good and then everything went wrong.

It's also one of those games where every game mechanic has a lore explanation, but it's not convoluted or forced at all, everything falls elegantly into place. These revelations coupled with a very interesting story and difficulty of the finale makes beating this game a truly cathartic experience. It's probably obvious but I really can't recommend this game enough - even though the sort of niche gameplay and challenge will probably mean you'll either love it or hate it.

Oh and the soundtrack is full of bangers. And the sequel is really awesome too, doubles down on the worldbuilding (and includes a bunch of songs specificially recorded for it by Mili which you might know if you're familiar with some animu).

JUST PLAY IT