Finally bit the bullet and bought Midnight Castle Succubus DX and just got done with my first 100 minutes...

It's good. I mean, "this is the kind of quality that could go a long way toward legitimizing lewd in video games" let me dream, dammit good. In those 100 minutes (casual play) I'm only 24% done with the map.

Gameplay and graphics are solid and true to the emulated medium: Approximate NES-era color depth, animations limited in number of frames, predetermined (as opposed to key-duration) jump height, etc. but with some modern sensibilities such as saving in any location, Symphony of the Night style automap, death reloads last room rather than last save (plus unlocks scenes), and multiple endings.

Lewd, while purposefully dated to fit the game, is well drawn, for the most part can be unlocked through play rather than failure (only personal scenes come from fails, but load system ameliorates that), and there is a gallery for scene unlocks.

Add on to all of that a solid chiptune soundtrack, good english translation, no need to patch or otherwise fool around with the install to get NSFW, a SFW mode if you just want the platformer (replaces sprites and removes scenes), and continued support and updates, and you've got an all around great game. I highly recommend it to anybody that wants a lewd platformer more for the gameplay itself with the lewd being an added bonus (or even just the game itself, if you play SFW mode).

Here's to the success of actually good lewd games on Steam, amid the floods of clickbait and utter trash.

Finally bit the bullet and bought Midnight Castle Succubus DX and just got done with my first 100 minutes... It's good. I mean, "this is the kind of quality that could go a long way toward legitimizing lewd in video games" [spoiler]let me dream, dammit[/spoiler] good. In those 100 minutes (casual play) I'm only 24% done with the map. Gameplay and graphics are solid and true to the emulated medium: Approximate NES-era color depth, animations limited in number of frames, predetermined (as opposed to key-duration) jump height, etc. but with some modern sensibilities such as saving in any location, Symphony of the Night style automap, death reloads last room rather than last save (plus unlocks scenes), and multiple endings. Lewd, while purposefully dated to fit the game, is well drawn, for the most part can be unlocked through play rather than failure (only personal scenes come from fails, but load system ameliorates that), and there is a gallery for scene unlocks. Add on to all of that a solid chiptune soundtrack, good english translation, no need to patch or otherwise fool around with the install to get NSFW, a SFW mode if you just want the platformer (replaces sprites and removes scenes), and continued support and updates, and you've got an all around great game. I highly recommend it to anybody that wants a lewd platformer more for the gameplay itself with the lewd being an added bonus (or even just the game itself, if you play SFW mode). Here's to the success of actually good lewd games on Steam, amid the floods of clickbait and utter trash.