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Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds

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91%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
93% User Score Based on 74 reviews
Critic Score 79%Based on 1 reviews

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Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds is a single player action game with fantasy, romance, drama, historical and others themes. It was developed by Rascal Devworks and was released on April 5, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and very positive reviews from players.

Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, an introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.

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93%Audience ScoreBased on 74 reviews
story23 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • Beautiful and unique artwork with richly detailed character designs and backgrounds.
  • Intriguing and well-written dark fantasy story with strong world-building and emotional depth.
  • Meaningful player choices that impact character relationships, personality development, and multiple endings, with good representation of LGBTQ+ and asexual characters.
  • The prologue is very short and leaves players wanting more, lacking full game content and pacing to engage all players.
  • Some technical and usability issues such as limited save system, occasional typos, and gameplay bugs on character customization.
  • Lack of voice acting and some minor criticisms about map design and sound effects variety.

  • story

    67 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    34% positive mentions, 62% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions

    The story is praised for its intriguing, well-written dark fantasy plot with rich character development, meaningful choices, and authentic queer representation, though most note it is a short prologue that leaves players eager for the full game. While the narrative pacing can feel slow and underdeveloped at this stage, the emotional depth, replay value, and promise of future content generate strong anticipation. Overall, the prologue effectively sets up a compelling world with unique characters and branching paths, despite some minor typos and brevity.

    • “You can tell the story is just getting started, but it already hints at high-quality storytelling and emotional depth.”
    • “The story, although brief at this point, is wonderfully written, and the art is absolutely beautiful.”
    • “This prologue of Sigh of the Abyss is really its own kind of architecture, where your choices unravel a pleasant elaborated maze of story details and variations that we don't find enough in other titles.”
    • “I was not engaged in the story and the characters, so there was not much interest for me.”
    • “[might be considered too short to truly be a standalone experience even with multiple routes, lack of story map, the occasional typo.]”
    • “Please don't let that convince you to take the shortcut of missing a developed decent story.”

  • graphics

    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    86% positive mentions, 4% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The game features stunning, richly detailed artwork with a unique and beautifully crafted dark fantasy art style that enhances the mood. Visuals, including character designs and scenery, are highly praised for their liveliness and complexity, complemented perfectly by an atmospheric soundtrack. Overall, the graphics are considered top-notch and integral to the immersive storytelling experience.

    • “The art style is stunning, rich in detail and mood, and the soundtrack perfectly complements the story’s tone, creating a sense of wonder and unease at the same time.”
    • “The artwork is also amazingly detailed and alive, constantly moving along with the story and the character sprites never feel static.”
    • “Stunning artwork with lush, rich colours and delicate line work.”
    • “It does not have the kind of art style I often see.”
    • “Another thing I adore about its prologue is the vagrant art style, as well as the soundtrack having a mixture of ominous and cheerful, feels that set the mood of this dark fantasy setting.”

  • music

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    44% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its beautiful, atmospheric, and mood-setting qualities, seamlessly complementing the story and art style with a mix of instrumental, electronic, and medieval-inspired sounds. It enhances immersion by dynamically adapting to scenes and evokes a blend of wonder, unease, and enchantment, though some note a desire for more varied sound effects beyond the music. Overall, the soundtrack significantly enriches the dark fantasy experience and is memorable enough to encourage players to linger in scenes.

    • “The art style is stunning, rich in detail and mood, and the soundtrack perfectly complements the story’s tone, creating a sense of wonder and unease at the same time.”
    • “The sound design and music made me feel deeply immersed throughout every single playthrough. Everything feels so connected.”
    • “The music is beautiful and atmospheric, featuring instrumental electronic, classical lute, and harp tracks that perfectly match the story's mood.”
    • “The soundtracks are okay.”
    • “As for the soundtrack, there are a few tracks, but there's a decent variety.”
    • “Only thing I would add is maybe some sound effects other than just music.”

  • emotional

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

    The game establishes a strong emotional and narrative foundation early on, showcasing high-quality storytelling with meaningful player choices that shape the protagonist's personality and influence multiple endings. While praised for its emotional depth and variety of responses, some users express frustration over limited save options affecting the overall experience.

    • “Even though it’s only the prologue, it already sets a strong emotional and narrative foundation.”
    • “You can tell the story is just getting started, but it already hints at high-quality storytelling and emotional depth.”
    • “Sigh of the Abyss is a visual novel where you can customize the protagonist's name and skills and even shape her personality based on her responses; she can be indifferent, emotional, brute, or carefree.”

  • gameplay

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The gameplay is easy to navigate and understand, focusing primarily on world-building and character introduction through about an hour of play. It features multiple choice options that influence character relationships and story outcomes, although some users feel it lacks traditional gameplay elements.

    • “The prologue is easy to navigate, and the game mechanics are easy to understand.”
    • “~1 hour of gameplay, with focus on world building and introducing characters.”
    • “There is no gameplay here because this is just an advert for a garbage high school anime club dropout fan-fiction e-book.”
    • “~1h of gameplay, with focus on world building and introducing characters.”
    • “As for the gameplay, Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds has multiple choices presented that determine the main character's and Ornell's fates as well as whom the main character can romance and/or choose to be friends with.”

  • monetization

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

    The monetization is heavily criticized for including paid DLC within what is essentially an advertisement for an e-book, leading users to view it as an exploitative and inappropriate use of the platform. Many feel the developer is unfairly charging for content that should not be marketed as a game.

    • “Worse, and inexplicably, this advertisement for an e-book has paid DLC.”
    • “Why does an advertisement need paid DLC????”
    • “The author behind this garbage wants you to give him money to support his abuse of Steam by dumping advertisements in the wrong place.”

  • humor

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

    The game's humor is linked to its gameplay choices, which are categorized into four humors—humorous (wind), aggressive (fire), straightforward (earth), and soft (water)—influencing player interactions and powers. While the overall tone is dark fantasy, the game includes moments of humor alongside adventure and horror elements.

    • “I really liked all the choices you get to make and how they're described according to the humors.”
    • “So, throughout the game, we'll have different options for how we respond to certain people which can affect our powers depending on how we speak to them; the following are humorous (wind), aggressive (fire), straightforward (earth), and finally, soft (water).”
    • “Quite often choices are divided into 4 groups according to the humor.”

  • replayability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers strong replayability through frequent variable choices and multiple personality types, allowing players to experience different scenes and personalize each playthrough. Although the prologue is short, it effectively promises extensive replay value in the full release. Overall, the design encourages multiple restarts to explore varied story outcomes.

    • “The prologue isn't long but with frequent variable choices the story has a great replay value.”
    • “Add to this our liberty to play our role through four different types of personality and you can really personalize every single playthrough, which adds a lot to the replay value of the game.”
    • “I guess considering you have to restart multiple times to see the different scenes, you, wonderful devs, are going for replayability as a game feature.”

  • character development

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

    Character development is highly praised for its flawless and beautiful design, offering players significant influence over their character's growth. This aspect enhances engagement and anticipation for future installments.

    • “Extremely fun and I loved how much influence I had with the character development of my character and now I cannot wait for the next part!”
    • “However, the character design is flawless and I don't believe people getting into this game will have a problem with it either.”
    • “Beautiful character design and outstanding scenery artwork.”

  • atmosphere

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

    The game features a beautifully crafted fantasy atmosphere that immediately immerses players through detailed worldbuilding and a fitting blend of electronic and classical lute and harp music, enhancing the story's mood effectively.

    • “Beautifully crafted fantasy otome visual novel that immediately draws you in with its worldbuilding and atmosphere.”
    • “Beautiful and atmospheric instrumental music (electronic and classical lute and harp music) that matches the story's mood.”

  • grinding

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

    Grinding in this game is considered tedious and unenjoyable, with mechanics that feel more like a chore than engaging gameplay.

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Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds is a action game with fantasy, romance, drama, historical and others themes. Common tags for Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds include indie, lgbtq+, magic, emotional, free to play and others.

Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 1 hours playing Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds.

Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds was released on April 5, 2022.

Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds was developed by Rascal Devworks.

Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds is a single player game.

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