Better Days

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Better Days is a single player and multiplayer hack and slash game with horror and thriller themes. It was developed by 全自动花花 and was released on January 15, 2026. It received neutral reviews from players.

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Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews

atmosphere2 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Unique and appealing character and enemy designs with distinct combat styles and abilities, encouraging replayability.
Exploration-focused gameplay with open-ended missions, atmospheric world design, and freedom to approach objectives in multiple ways.
Generous in-game gacha system without real-money transactions, combined with a mixture of looter shooter and RPG progression mechanics.

Numerous bugs and technical issues including crashes, memory leaks, poor optimization, broken animations, and UI problems that disrupt gameplay.
Gameplay frustrations such as slow loot searching, clunky controls, poorly balanced difficulty and mechanics (especially the sanity system), and vehicle handling problems.
Lack of polish evident in inventory management flaws, unintuitive interfaces, limited customization options, and insufficient tutorial or explanations for key game mechanics.

story
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
67%
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The game's story is presented in a fragmented, environmental storytelling style that emphasizes player freedom and exploration over a tightly scripted narrative. It offers abstract themes about humanity and power but may feel elusive or underdeveloped for those seeking a clear, character-driven plot. This approach encourages replayability but may frustrate players expecting a more traditional or linear story experience.
- “Rather than guiding the player through a tightly scripted narrative, the game emphasizes freedom of movement and experimentation, encouraging players to explore hostile environments, complete missions at their own pace, and gradually uncover fragments of a broader, more abstract story about humanity, power, and the consequences of tampering with forces beyond comprehension.”
- “Instead of delivering long cutscenes or extensive dialogue, the game relies on environmental storytelling, mission descriptions, and implied lore to convey its themes.”
- “The final limited time mission that needs keycards has no rewards.”
- “After every single mission there is like a full minute or two long unskippable sequence where you have to just watch your character dance while it tallies up your score.”
- “This fragmented storytelling style will resonate most with players who enjoy piecing together meaning through observation, while those seeking a clear, character-driven plot may find the narrative elusive or underdeveloped.”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
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The gameplay offers a decent and serviceable experience blending action shooting, exploration, RPG progression, and survival mechanics within an open-ended loop on expansive maps. However, some mechanics like "sanity" are poorly explained and negatively impact enjoyment. With ongoing updates and expansions planned, the gameplay is expected to evolve beyond its current modest state.
- “Better Days is an ambitious indie title that clearly aims higher than its modest origins, blending action shooting, exploration, RPG-style progression, and light survival mechanics into a single, loosely structured experience.”
- “At the heart of Better Days is its open-ended gameplay loop, which revolves around venturing into expansive maps filled with enemies, resources, and objectives that can be approached in multiple ways.”
- “There could be some things explained better, like the 'sanity' mechanic that drains your health when it gets too low and can spawn minibosses, or the fact you can use the vehicle in free roam by hitting E next to the door without a prompt.”
- “As you can imagine, sanity is a very bad mechanic that significantly hurts the game.”
- “This game is jumping on the popular trend of extraction shooters, and although the low cost matches the expectation, the gameplay is decent enough for a couple of rounds.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Optimization is inconsistent, with occasional stuttering during acceleration and fluctuating performance in animations and interface design that can sometimes disrupt immersion.
- “Stuttering while accelerating.”
- “Animations, interface design, and performance can fluctuate depending on the situation, occasionally disrupting immersion.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, with numerous bugs that negatively impact the overall experience and hinder player enjoyment.
- “The bugs, the game is so incredibly buggy.”
- “I really wanted to like this game but as it stands, it is too buggy.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's atmosphere is praised for effectively compensating for its indie-level visuals, creating an engaging and multifaceted world design that emphasizes freedom and variety over graphical refinement.
- “Although the visuals are clearly constrained by indie-scale production values, the world design compensates through atmosphere rather than raw fidelity.”
- “Ultimately, Better Days stands as a bold and multifaceted indie effort that prioritizes freedom, variety, and atmosphere over refinement and accessibility.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game offers high replayability by allowing players to switch characters, which significantly alters the experience of familiar missions and environments.
- “This structure encourages replayability, as switching characters can dramatically change how familiar missions and environments feel.”
graphics
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics, while limited by indie-scale production, effectively create an immersive atmosphere through thoughtful world design rather than high visual fidelity.
- “Although the visuals are clearly constrained by indie-scale production values, the world design compensates through atmosphere rather than raw fidelity.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game’s emotional impact stems from its philosophical themes, exploring humanity’s relentless quest for power and the resulting cycles of collapse, which adds depth and meaning to the investigation of anomalies and artifact retrieval.
- “The central idea of investigating anomalies and retrieving powerful objects gradually hints at a larger philosophical backdrop, touching on humanity’s repeated pursuit of power and the cycles of collapse that follow.”