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Earthshine

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60%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

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About Earthshine

Earthshine is a single player action game. It was developed by Elleiv and was released on December 9, 2019. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

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100%Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews
story6 positive mentions
  • Beautiful and detailed artwork with vivid colors and neat lines that effectively capture a magical and unknown world.
  • Engaging and atmospheric music, including unique tracks with cultural influences, enhancing the game's mood.
  • In Russian language option, exceptionally well-done voice acting and narration that add to the immersive fairy tale experience.
  • The English translation has notable issues including awkward phrasing, grammar mistakes, and confusing descriptions, reducing clarity and immersion.
  • Very short gameplay length with limited choices and endings; some story parts feel rushed and leave players wanting more exploration of lore and character development.
  • Interface problems such as an intrusive auto-voice-over in English that disrupts background music and causes confusion, along with poorly explained controls and option selections.

  • story

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    32% positive mentions, 52% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The story is generally short and atmospheric, featuring a simple plot with only one love interest and two main endings, accompanied by some player choices. While praised for its beautiful art, music, and emotional impact, its depth and complexity are modest, and translations—particularly from Russian to English—may affect the narrative experience for some players. Overall, it is a decent, memorable fairy tale-like story that leaves a gentle, reflective impression rather than a profound one.

    • “Beautiful art, music, writing, and a really good story.”
    • “The plot is a bit interesting and the end is not so predictable.”
    • “Earthshine is rather short, but the story and artwork are just so good!”
    • “Short existential fairy tale with ridiculous story.”
    • “Story-wise this game isn't something mind-boggling.”
    • “There are only 2 choices in this short story but there're almost one hundred!!!”

  • music

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    71% positive mentions, 15% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for being beautiful, calming yet intense, and deeply engaging, contributing significantly to the game's relaxing and magical atmosphere. The opening song, featuring mysterious Arabic motifs and a strong female vocalist, stands out as a highlight. However, some users note that the English auto-generated voice-over can occasionally disrupt the music and immersion.

    • “Overall the game is cool and relaxing, music is outstanding (to be honest, it is so calm and intense at the same time, I guess that can both sleep and work while listening to it if you wanted to).”
    • “Pros: beautiful art, very engaging music, and (in Russian language option) the voice-acting is pretty good.”
    • “I absolutely loved the opening song with these mysterious Arabic motives and an awesome female singer (the song is in Russian only too, by the way).”
    • “Interface can be tricky because of an auto-voice-over in English that is computer generated and ruins background music and immersion.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The graphics receive praise for their distinctive and appealing art style, with users appreciating the quality and creativity of the artwork. While the visuals may be an acquired taste for some, the overall artistic presentation is considered a strong point of the game.

    • “I also liked the art style and price.”
    • “The artwork.”
    • “Earthshine is rather short, but the story and artwork are just so good!”
    • “As for visuals, it's a bit of an acquired taste.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's fully voiced narrative and charming music tracks combine to create a beautiful, magical, and immersive atmosphere despite its short length.

    • “This story is short but cheap, fully voiced and very atmospheric.”
    • “Other music tracks were lovely too and helped creating this beautiful and magical atmosphere.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game delivers a brief but emotionally touching experience, despite its short length and modest visual style.

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor is often unintentional and arises from language quirks, such as unusual punctuation, typos, and awkward mixing of English and Russian phrases, which many players find amusing.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Replayability is limited due to mini-games, which some players find challenging or distracting from the main visual novel experience, potentially reducing the incentive to replay.

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Earthshine is a action game. Common tags for Earthshine include indie, 2d, female protagonist, atmospheric, soundtrack and others.

Earthshine is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Mac OS and others.

Earthshine was released on December 9, 2019.

Earthshine was developed by Elleiv.

Earthshine has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Earthshine for its story but disliked it for its replayability.

Earthshine is a single player game.

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