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(val)iant: or, val's guide to having a broken vag cover art

(val)iant: or, val's guide to having a broken vag

Cactus Studio · 2023-06-01

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 13, 2023 (Web browser)

(val)iant is a single-player narrative game about pelvic pain. play as val, a nonbinary college student struggling with their relationship to their body, as well as their relationship with sex. this game is fundamentally about how we as a society learn (or don't learn) about sex.

94%
positive of 69 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 18,567 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CasualPuzzleRhythmClickerCartoonyColorfulSoftwareStylizedEducationComic Book

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