If it is on sale, maybe pick it up. Pass if this is your first look into lewd games, there are much better examples out there. The art is well done and the scenes are easy to unlock (Kagura Uncensored Patch Required).
The game is extremely simple and easy. It is short and lack variety in all things. The premise "Make Enough Money to Return Home" is a simple prospect, but the pathway to do so is very linear. The only gameplay is simple combat on the few linear dungeon adventures. The waitress, brothel, and investigation missions serve less to give you more gameplay options and are just there to get lewd CGs and gameovers.
There is almost no variety in the lewd scenes, all are non-consensual pseudo-gameovers or true gameovers.

Saya is a cute main character, the game features a lot of different scenes with the adult patch installed. Game is fairly short but also features a fairly large array of genres for different folks. Would recommend a pick up of this game.

Type: H-RPG
Developer: Potato-life
Publisher: Kagura Games
Price: €8,19
Est. playtime: 4 hours
Censorship: yes (patch available at publisher’s website)



MECHANICS
Snow-Swept Quest (SSQ) is a traditional 2D, top-down H-RPG. It has a fairly simple ruleset: basic stats that you can increase by defeating monsters in turn-based combat, a single item slot (accessory) which you can use for a few modest buffs, and – as the MC is a spellcaster – a basic set of spells.

All of your in-game time is spent either fighting and exploring in dungeons or interacting with NPC’s in the city. Completing dungeons (by defeating the end boss) unlocks new dungeons to explore.

Controls: keyboard only

STORY
You play as Saya, a yuki-onna (snow demon). After your mother passed away, you’re living alone on a small continent mainly inhabited by other demons. At the start of the game, you’re abducted by humans to be sold as a slave on the larger western continent. You manage to escape your captors, and end up in a port town where friendly humans help you back on your feet. After that, it’s up to you to earn enough money (40.000 gold) to pay for a ticket back to your homeland.

The story is mostly linear, with seven different endings to unlock depending on the choices you make. Either way, the overall vibe of the game is pretty wholesome - even though most of the sexy scenes are quite the opposite.

QUALITY
Despite being a rather barebones game, Snow-Swept Quest is surprisingly fun to play. Combat and level maps are designed for a fast-paced experience that is moderately challenging without becoming too tedious or repetitive. The MC, meanwhile, is a likeable character that you’ll easily sympathize with. And while the story is hardly original or surprising, it’s endearing and engaging enough to keep you onboard.



SUBJECT
All of SSQ’s lewd is about Saya having sex with criminals, monsters or other NPC’s. Most of it happens against her will, although she sometimes steps into it by her own choice. Her personality and preferences don’t change as a result of her sexual experience; there isn’t a lewdness/depravity stat that impacts her behavior. There are quite a few scenes involving tentacles, as well as numerous references to pregnancy.

Keywords: bondage, forced, monster, pregnancy, straight, tentacles

CONTENT
41 CG-based scenes, many of which have a virgin and a non-virgin version. In addition, Saya’s clothes tear up during combat, which may happen in 7 different variants, depending on the type of enemy that tries to restrain her.

ACCESS
You’ll encounter lewd scenes by either losing in combat or by talking to certain NPC’s. All of this is optional; it’s possible (even fairly easy) to finish the game without seeing any lewd. During the game, you can revisit scenes you’ve encountered in the basement of your house. After completing the game, you’ll have the option to unlock the full gallery.

One thing worth noting regarding in-combat lewd: there’s no self-destruct option. Instead, the easiest way to lose is to have the opponent restrain you a few times. This does massive damage to your health (and clothing), regardless of the level difference between you and your opponent.

QUALITY
The quality of the visuals is overall average; while they are well-drawn and fairly detailed, the physiology of her body is somewhat off in a number of the images. On the upside, the artist has an eye for original angles. You’ll encounter a few shots that you probably haven’t seen that often yet.

SSQ is an engaging and endearing little H-RPG. It’s simple, short and fun to play for an evening or two. I actually sympathized with Saya so much that I only fully completed the ‘good route’, simply because I enjoyed seeing her safe back home. There isn’t a lot of content in the game, but luckily the price reflects that. Do buy, if you’re into these kind of games.

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Uncensor patch required: Yes.
Mosaic censorship: No.

My Score: 9/10

The world is divided into two great continents, the Western and the Eastern, by a large ocean, thus making the two develop completely different cultures, including the species of non-human creatures. One of those is the protagonist of our story, Saya, a young Yuki-onna or Snow Woman, a race which appears human but are all women, with white hair, purple eyes and control over ice, found only in the Eastern continent, where our protagonist Saya lived peacefully until a fateful day. ^^

Isolated in her small hut, the young woman never had any contact with humans, which changed abruptly one morning when the young woman was kidnapped by an Oni who wanted to make her his wife, only to subsequently be raided and kidnapped again, this time by humans who want to sell her as a slave on the Western continent. After fleeing the ship on the high seas, our protagonist wakes up in a small town, where she recovers and wishes to return to her old home, but not before collecting thirty thousand coins to pay for her return ticket, thus starting Saya's adventures. ^^

Now our young protagonist is in the city of Minaheim, needing to collect thirty thousand coins to buy the return ticket home. The young woman decides to take advantage of her powers of ice and her human appearance to get jobs with the guild of adventurers, accepting all sorts of missions, even though Saya seems to have incredible bad luck, encountering all sorts of unexpected strong creatures on the way. In the classic RPG style, Saya goes to each mission hunting monsters and gaining experience, getting stronger and unleashing new powers, to explore new places with increasingly stronger monsters. ^^

While exploring the places in search of valuable items and to fulfill the quest objectives, it is possible to unlock new locations, such as the top of a mountain, an active volcano, ruins, and even a somewhat questionable part of the city, where it is possible to trigger events that lead to one of the possible seven endings, in my opinion five being happy, one more or less, and the last a sad one. For two of these endings, she needs to make a lot of wild and "pure" love, in one of them with other non-human races like slimes and goblins, and the other with humans, in moments that can be reviewed as many times as you like in the gallery, which curiously is in the basement of the protagonist's house. ^^

Produced by the potato-life studio, we are presented with an especially beautiful art, with several detailed scenes, especially the protagonist who has more than one outfit, the possible endings, and the various scenes in which the protagonist is violated by various monsters and humans doing a lot of "innocent" love, which can even be all unlocked in the gallery if the player wishes after completing the game for the first time. Accompanying also we have the especially relaxing and pleasant soundtrack, also capable of being tense when the story calls for it. The theme song of the city stood out and I personally sat there and listened to it several times. ^^

Snow-Swept Quest presents us with an interesting and relaxing experience, with a more relaxing and lighter story compared to the two titles published immediately beforehand by Kagura Games, Fleeting Iris and Scars of Summer. It shows us the story of the protagonist Saya, a young and shy girl at the beginning, but with the passing of time she gets more powerful and confident as she collects money to buy her return ticket and leaves to one of the endings, or even in certain endings, staying in the city of Minaheim, finding love or something more. ^^

In a lot of ways Snow-Swept Quest is your typical H-RPG affair. Combat is straight forward and to the point, the game is fairly short overall, and the majority of the H-scenes are earned from being defeated in combat. Where Snow-Swept sets itself apart however is the beautiful illustration artwork and the rather unique premise of playing a Yuki-Onna from Japanese folklore. The character design of Saya is top tier and while I wish the game was a bit longer I still overall really enjoyed playing the game.

If you'd like to see a more detailed look at what the game has to offer I have a short video over on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_7s-K4f4Y

Pros:
+Great writing. H-scenes are fleshed out and have a lot of context to them, which is one of the hallmarks of a great RPGmaker H game.
+Stellar artwork. Believe me, I've played a lot of H RPGmaker games and this game is really up there along with Rune's Pharmacy or an Acerola game in terms of artwork quality
+Lot of attention to detail. Every single NPC in the game will react differently if you talk to them with low health (your clothes are all ripped up). There is also extra dialogue during H scenes if Saya lost her virginity during that H scene. It's the little things that makes this game great.
+Rewards exploration because some scenes and events are found only if you explore
+Feels very polished over all

Cons:
-Can be short if you rush to get to the ending. If you take your time and try to find everything though it should last you ~6 hours. However, this isn't much of a problem to me because you are clearly getting quality over quantity.
-Generic combat system. Spam spells, heal up, rinse and repeat. It's serviceable, but it's really not the highlight of the game.

Standard H (with the patch), turn-based RPG. Very cute, somewhat short (the game, not the protagonist - although she's pretty little), and worth the price. The only things I think would have made the game better would be a) some animation (there's pixel animation occasionally, but these days, the best games have at least some animated CG) and b) more @n@l: the last few such games I bought, the bad guys have been loathe to rail women via the "trademan's entrance" (as the Limeys call it). Dunno, maybe that's some CoVid protection protocol I haven't heard of yet? Anyway, yeah: more buttstuff, please.

Not a bad game but in battle you heavy relied on magic a lot. Meaning you need to rest at home or buy mp potion more.

The game is fun, however, it is much shorter than I anticipated. I'd recommend if you were looking to buy to wait for it to be on sale.

The combat is fairly straight forward you'll almost always use magic, and the game doesn't prevent you from using the mark on the ground more than once, so it's exceptionally easy to grow your level without having to buy/use provisions.

7/10