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Piano at 5 am

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47%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

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Piano at 5 am is a single player action game. It was developed by Kazuhide Oka and was released on May 1, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Piano at 5 am." is a short text adventure game. A girl who is the main character wanders in a fog forest while adjusting the four factors of "drowsiness," "thirst," "madness," and "recharge," which increase or decrease depending on the choices she makes.

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80%Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews
emotional1 positive mentions
grinding2 negative mentions
  • Top-tier and visually stunning art with a beautiful, relaxing soundtrack.
  • Unique narrative structure featuring multiple continuous endings conveying different philosophical ideas.
  • Incorporates rare roguelike elements such as stats affecting story progression within a visual novel format.
  • Story is vague, disjointed, and lacks emotional buildup, making it hard to get invested.
  • Dialogue and writing quality are poor, resembling unpolished fan-fiction without meaningful gameplay.
  • Endings 2 and 3 are confusing with deus ex machina elements, and the overall narrative is difficult to understand without unlocking all endings.

  • story

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 40% negative mentions

    The story receives mixed feedback, with praise for its emotional impact and artistic approach but criticism for being vague, disjointed, and lacking strong character development. Players find it difficult to fully invest in the narrative, though some appreciate its memorable twists and themes about memories.

    • “I've don't think I've ever cried so much reading the ending story of a game before.”
    • “A nice, fairly short story about memories, with some twists.”
    • “Art top-tier, but the story is way too disjointed, even by stream-of-consciousness standards.”
    • “Highly recommend doing your first playthrough on chill difficulty, then swapping to story mode when grinding out the other endings.”

  • grinding

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

    Grinding in this game is considered tedious, especially due to its visual novel format that requires repetitive clicking to progress. It's recommended to complete the first playthrough on an easier difficulty before switching to story mode for grinding additional endings to reduce frustration.

  • graphics

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

    Users appreciate the game's foggy, atmospheric graphics that evoke an "Alice in Wonderland" vibe, capturing the protagonist's passion for a misty, mysterious aesthetic. The visual style effectively enhances the game's immersive and whimsical mood.

  • emotional

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

    The emotional aspect is notably lacking, with no meaningful buildup or depth despite mentions of romance in the script. Players find the experience emotionally flat and unengaging.

  • gameplay

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

    The gameplay is largely limited to clicking through poorly written dialogue, offering minimal interactivity typical of a visual novel. Many users find the writing subpar, which detracts from the overall experience.

    • “As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay. It's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, 'How did something this badly written end up on Steam?'”

  • music

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

    The music is praised for being beautiful and relaxing, complementing the game's stunning visuals despite the language being unfamiliar to some players.

    • “Another visually stunning game with a beautiful, relaxing soundtrack - whose language I don't understand.”
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Piano at 5 am is a action game. Common tags for Piano at 5 am include free to play, indie, exploration, atmospheric, story rich and others.

Piano at 5 am is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

Piano at 5 am was released on May 1, 2023.

Piano at 5 am was developed by Kazuhide Oka.

Piano at 5 am has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Piano at 5 am for its emotional but disliked it for its story.

Piano at 5 am is a single player game.

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