Help me decide: To buy or not?

[Darklingtw]

Okay, for quite some time now I just can`t make up my mind.
Should I buy this game or not?

I guess what I hope this game to be is something that captures the feeling of being a kid during a summer vacation.
I want it to play relaxed and cozy like Stardew Valley, only doing kid`s stuff, making new friends and hanging out with them, going fishing, earning pocket money doing minor chores, etc.
Basically just living day by day and doing whatever I fancy that day.
But...
I want to have a story to be there to fall back on to if the mood strikes.
A mystery to unravel, demons to fight and/or collect and so on, without some kind of time limit to stress me out that I have to decide if I want cozy or mystery.

So I guess my questions are:
Can I play this as a cozy game if I feel like it? Can I take a break from the story content to just carefree waste away days doing typical kids stuff? Does the story wait for me to actively persue it and is paused if I decide to do other stuff instead?

[Ederwolf]

Originally posted by Darklingtw:

So I guess my questions are:
Can I play this as a cozy game if I feel like it? Can I take a break from the story content to just carefree waste away days doing typical kids stuff? Does the story wait for me to actively persue it and is paused if I decide to do other stuff instead?

Yes to all of these questions, however there might be less stuff to do than you think, sadly.
The options to spend your time are quite limited and it's easy to max out every "social" stat early on, as well as all the friendships and there's only 1 thing you can do to earn money once a day. Also the game is very short (and easy).

As for your very first question, it's hard to give you a definitive answer.
If you're fine with playing a "baby's first rpg" (the rpg elements are pretty minimal and easy to grasp) that lets you play around as a kid on summer vacation doing some kid stuff, then go for it. If you'd like an amazing and solid rpg with the other things mentioned, it might not live up to your expecatations.