The WhatsNext verdict
If you like short, surreal RPGs with homemade art, oddball humor, and a whimsical atmosphere, Nepenthe delivers a memorable little world. Its rough visuals and cryptic endings make it a poor fit if you want polished presentation or a tightly resolved story.
What it does best
A hand-drawn picture-book world unlike ordinary RPG Maker games
A playful fever dream where jokes and existential dread coexist
What might put you off
The deliberately crude hand-drawn presentation
The short, cryptic multi-ending story
The setup
What you are walking into
You wake up with no memory. Your day is starting off great! Nepenthe is a hand-drawn RPG with a terrible sense of humor. Set in the strange world of Carithia, you play as a mysterious bald dude who lost his memory. Yes, you read that right. Meet some very polite monsters, and battle both them and your sense of self-dignity in epic bullet-hell fight scenes!
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