Very interesting game. If I had more free time, I could see myself putting hours into this game until I find all its secrets.

This isn't a video game

This is a video game

I completed the game in about 5 hours, and this is what I have to say:

The game is an incredibly meditative art experience, with lovely graphics and a very interesting story expressed through slightly obtuse mechanics (and meta mechanics) you are taught by having them be the only way to continue out of a story branch. The mechanic you are being taught has normally been shown before and will open up several more story paths immediately. The platforming can be very trying at times, but you are given the tools you need to do every platforming puzzle consistently so long as you figure it out.

I did get this for free, and currently it is on sale for less than 50 cents. However, one dollar per hour of this rich experience is well worth it. So long as you go into this game with the expectation that it's going to be a very unique experience, and that you should be experimenting as much as you can, you'll be fine.

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A very fun abstract atmospheric 2D platformer with multiply endings.

The game can also be played on the Steam Deck however the game unintentionally runs twice at the intended speed making the precise platforming jumps very difficult if not nearly impossible but luckily this can be adjusted via Steam Deck performance mode settings :)

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Trash gameplay.
Understood nothing.
Still enjoyable, somehow worth it.

You need to figure out how to jump...I definitely get lost at the beginning.

You can do wall jumping at certain places. Jumping on the stars. And some paths are hidden in the map


I would say this is an precise platform game. But this art style is really attracted me. I am willing to spend time to dig through the game.

Someone cared a lot while making this game. The way the background scrolls with you made me queasy when I first started playing, but I've gotten used to it. There is not much in the way of a tutorial, so I'll add a tips section to this review. The art is top tier. I love it!

There's atmosphere in this title that is not quite seen in other platformers. This is partially due to the art, and partially due to the vignettes that appear on almost every screen. If you press X or K on the keyboard or B on the controller, a unique vignette appears on almost every screen in the game with text detailing a story. Grammar and spelling is occasionally wrong, and word choice is occasionally odd as well, but the dev obviously doesn't speak English as his primary language, so I give it a pass. There's quite a bit of music tracks as well that lend nicely to the atmosphere.

-The jump button, J and Z on keyboard, A on controller.
-The vignette button, X and K on keyboard, B on controller.
-Jump on everything. If there's an orb, jump on it. If there's a wall, spam jump on it. It just might do something.
-Some paths require dropping through platforms to progress even if it doesn't look like a conventional drop-down pathway.
-There are ladders in this game that look like a train-track mixed with a ribbon. Some ladders go sideways as well. Press keys in different directions to experiment in the beginning.
-Press the vignette button on every screen for new story.
-In the Steam files are a set of Books with a Manual, Art Book, and a Secret Guide that requires a password to see it.

Do I think people should buy this game? Yes! It's $5, it has great art, there are plenty of secret areas to uncover and by extension learn more story, and it's just plain charming. If you don't like it, there's always Steam's Refund policy, but I recommend giving Mirage of Dragon a shot.

I recommend it. As to why I do, you'll have to figure it out by yourselves.