Rising Odds

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Rising Odds is a single player action game. It was developed by Lone Fox Studio and was released on November 4, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

ABOUT THE GAMERising Odds is a horror visual novel with multi-endings. Your decisions will impact how the story ends! STORYTen people are kidnapped by a strange individual named "The Host", forcing them to play the game of "Rising Odds". The rules are simple, when the countdown hits zero, only one participant chosen at random will be able to leave this place. To make th…

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Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews

story4 positive mentions

graphics1 negative mentions

Engaging and compelling narrative with a strong central protagonist and well-developed themes of trust, paranoia, and human nature.
Enjoyable time-loop and death game mechanics with unique twists, maintaining player interest throughout the relatively short playtime.
Emotional and atmospheric presentation, including effective facial expressions and music that complement the horror/suspense mood.

Endings are considered weak, underwhelming, and feel cut short, leaving many plot points and characters underdeveloped or unresolved.
Many choices presented to the player have little or no impact on the plot, reducing the meaningfulness of decisions and narrative branching.
Technical and presentation issues such as limited and inconsistent art assets, amateurish UI, frequent typos, and occasionally illogical or contrived plot devices.

story
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is engaging and well-paced through its first acts, with compelling characters and thought-provoking themes that resonate deeply. However, it struggles with plot contrivances, limited meaningful choices, and underwhelming, brief multiple endings that leave some players feeling unrewarded. Despite its flaws, many found the narrative impactful and memorable.
- “The author really understands what makes these games good and how to pace a story.”
- “I'm not a visual novel expert so I don't know if anything else in this medium has tackled a similar story, but regardless of that, I loved this story.”
- “I'll be thinking about Ren's behavior for quite some time; the impact of this story of him and his companions was something else.”
- “It gets worse how the plot contrives itself to make Shin defend Ren’s attempted murder despite the fact that he has no reason to view Kuro as guilty nor do we get any implication that he would be fine with Ren making that attempt.”
- “Nevertheless, it has some clear issues with the way that choices are presented, their influence on the plot, and the different endings available.”
- “To say some negatives about the story... in some ways, it got close to the end rather fast after going on for longer than I expected before that point, and assuming I got them all, the multiple endings advertised in the description are all fairly brief, but still unique in their outcome so even that I don't totally mind.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are basic and uninspired, featuring royalty-free backgrounds and a simple “how to draw manga” character style with repetitive facial designs. The presentation feels amateurish and lacks uniqueness, detracting from the overall visual appeal despite the game's engaging content.
- “Basic backgrounds that look like royalty free assets, barely any sense of presentation whatsoever, the amateurish writing with many typos, the barebones UI, the 'how to draw manga' art style for its characters where the characters literally have same face syndrome, etc. Hell, even the setting is the bare minimum.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is well-chosen and enhances the overall experience.
- “The music choices are great too.”