I bought this game because the tittle has the name Rose in it and a heroine called Amy Rose and we girls love seeing us portrayed the way we are smart, strong and fearless like Amy Rose is in this story. She was trusted and given the mission by the village Elder to save her people. It's a point and click game to solve puzzles. I played the game right away and I found it entertaining and relaxing and didn’t want to stop playing it. I like the music in it and the incredible amount of puzzles which are sometimes simple and other times required more patience. The game and puzzles are fun. There isn't much of a story line or characters development, but the small animated part at the beginning of the game and drawings are beautiful. I can see the amount of details and effort put into developing this game. I usually only buy games with achievements because they allow me to see my progress as I play and I'm slightly O.C.D. about them, so it drove me crazy that this game doesn't have any for me to display on my profile xD. I can only imagine what beautiful drawing of Roses the achievements would have if the developers read my review and decide to add them to the game. I know a lot of Steam players feel like me about achievements. I also wish this game had trading cards, beautiful Roses stickers, emoticons, badges and background profiles. The Roses throughout the game are beautifully drawn. The game is reasonably priced. <3

7 Roses - A Darkness Rises is neither a good game nor a bad game; it’s... average at best. Its problem lies in the fact that despite it being released only a few years ago, it’s extremely old-fashioned, both in concept and in graphics, and especially unsuited for widescreen / newer resolutions (it runs in a 4:3 window at 1020x768 resolution and changing to full screen results in it messing up your whole desktop).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2506160841
Maybe newer games made me lazy, but I really struggled with the lack of a map used for fast travelling. While more recent releases try to restrict the range of puzzles over 2-3 adjacent locations, in 7 Roses - A Darkness Rises there’s a lot of back & forth required between scenes that are at the opposite sides of the map. Additionally, the locations are placed to some extent in a labyrinthine way, so it’s easy to get lost searching for the right path. The lack of a map also means no indicators for the actions available, but on the positive side, a hint system exists.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2506160791
The puzzles haven’t changed much over the years - if you played other HOGs, you’ll be in your element while playing 7 Roses - A Darkness Rises as well. The journal doesn’t focus much on tracking the story or your progress, but instead it serves as a notebook where the main character writes down newly found puzzle clues. These have to be accessed directly from the journal when solving the puzzles, since there’s no indication otherwise on the screen.

There are a few cutscenes but they’re unsurprisingly low-quality and they don’t have voice-overs. There are no collectibles either and no bonus chapter. The game features a mix of hidden object scenes with lists of items and fragmented objects - although those belonging to the latter category are encountered more often than the others. Both types are quite easy to solve, requiring only a few steps.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2506160882
Overall, it’s a passable game that succeeds in entertaining you only mildly for around 2h. It works fine, it plays without issues but it’s simply very outdated for this modern age. I’d say it’s worth picking up with a discount, if you’re a HOG collector, but otherwise there are plenty of other games in the same price range that are worth your attention more than 7 Roses - A Darkness Rises.

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One more hidden object game - click everywhere to find objects, use them at the right spot, solve various puzzles of different kinds. Nice music, quite low 4:3 screen resolution only. Nothing special, but relaxing if you enjoy the genre.

Short, basic HOPA game with limited features (no map, no collectibles, no achievements). The game is not designed for widescreen, so graphics are lower resolution unless you play in the smaller window option. There is no voice acting. Music is acceptable, but would be repetitive if left playing for too long.

I'm giving this game a very tentative thumbs up because there are some interesting puzzles. Also, while the game and the HOPA scenes are basic, they are reasonably enjoyable. This is not a great game, but it has some charm, as well as variety for both puzzles and HO scenes.

Overall: Buy on sale, and understand that you're getting a short game that has an older look and feel to it. On the bright side, the mouse controls work smoothly, and I found no bugs. Side-note: This might be a good game to play with kids, or for those who want very casual, somewhat cinematic gameplay (but remember, no voice acting).

A very mediocre game.

The scenery drawings are very low-resolution and nice enough, but the characters are horribly rendered and animated. The story is superficial and dumb. There is no voice acting and the English grammar is sometimes off. The puzzles, if you can call them that, are trivially easy. The hidden-object scenes involve objects that are "hidden" by making them very, very small or behind other objects, which is annoying and not very satisfying to solve.

Also, there are bugs. One puzzle refused to "solve" for me, even though it was clearly solved. I kept trying again and again until it let me go through. Also, the game will not run in fullscreen on a 4K monitor unless you explicitly change the settings on the executable.

I cannot recommend this game when there are so many better games in this genre.

This is a hidden object game. I do love my hidden object games and I think that is why this game did not do it for me. I have played a lot better hidden object games with better graphics, better puzzles and a better story. This is not the worst hidden object game, but for the year it was released as well as the price, I am looking for something a lot more than this.

The characters look so derpy, but other than that this is a compitent Hidden Object Game. Works perfectly on Linux and presumably the upcoming Steam Deck.

I bought this game in a bundle so I got it much cheaper than even the sale. (for less than 3$) but it still feels like a waste. Its not a bad game in concept, music or art and quite enjoyable in those senses.

I wanted to like this game Charming cute music, charming old looking graphics, nice storyline. I didn't mind the lack of voice acting. But as it is I cannot recommend it for three reasons 1. theres no sizes for newer monitors, no 1920 x 1080 and

2. theres some game breaking bugs which made me have to retry the fishing rod spot and a few others numerous times before it worked restarting from the beginning over and over again. On top of that playing in full screen makes it so half the interactions simply do not work even if you change from fullscreen to windowed, its like it corrupts your profile to be in fullscreen

3. The hint button recharges too slow and is used up when you use it to find what area you are meant to be in unlike other games where its only used up if you use it in a puzzle or to find an item, it makes it frustrating when you get lost and stuck. This is such an obscure game that finding any help online for bugs is impossible, finding guides when you get stuck is even worse.

If the bugs were fixed I'd be able to recommend it then but as it is this game is unplayable (It will take you numerous profiles and restarts to get anywhere). Every last second on record has been me struggling with infuriating bugs that break the game over and over and over again.

The first thing you notice is that the game has beautiful graphics and music to match. It is based in a fantasy scene and you get to go out and save the world! There isn't much of a story line, so you don't get to find out about all the other characters you meet. However, the story still ends with a conclusion.Some of the characters look a bit spooky in the cut scenes, but perhaps they are the most beautiful people there? In fact, this is a different realm after all!The game isn't overly complex, but it will entertain you for some time. One thing is for certain: it does take your mind off things.On the "necklace puzzle box", I thought the game broke, but actually you had to move the items in two very specific spots. Here is a helpful hint: You can right click to put an item back from your hand to your inventory! Since I was stuck with a shovel, I was glad it worked out!So thank you for this fun game experience and entertainment!!! :) :> =)

- There were some hidden objects; for example, "key" which was super tiny and couldn't be seen by bare eyes.
- The puzzles are so easy.
- These ugly and funny-looking characters are disappointingly lacking in motivation, constantly ordering me to do things for them while they're doing nothing, like I'm some kind of servant to them.
- I played it in windowed mode while using the Magnifier program since it's 1020x768 resolution, so it was bearable, but the full screen was so awful.
+ The one positive thing about this game is that some of the background images are beautiful.