Yes, Your Grace

Where do I start! I loved the experience for the discounted price. Was the game worth the full price? I can't tell you bc i buy most of my games on sale anyway 😅

I especially loved how the developers didn't take the expected path of making the story too ruthless, punishing players that try to make "good" choices in the long run (I've had... a lot of past experiences of such which worried me but alas)

I can see why other people are upset bc your choices don't matter for the BIG story stuff (cruel canon events still happen but i can forgive that for a proper story payout and development)

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I LOVED HOW CEDANI WAS GHE REAL MVP HAHAHAHAHA YES GIRL I NEVER REGRETTED GIVING YOU ALL YOU WANTED HAHAHAHA rip to all the animal companions that were lost but man i loved how even a small snail had an impact!

Poor lorsuli... she deserved better but at least the rest of her family lived happily (depending on your choices ha)

It was a fun game and I'm looking forward to the sequel with the rightful heir ;)

I did this all in one sitting. I bought all the upgrades I could.

And while I couldn't quite find the best run due to my personal screw ups. I at least showed the main villain a piece of my mind.

This is a game that makes you think. And think hard about your choices. And I can FIRMLY appreciate that.

You did good, devs. You did good. Pick this game up, and I can't wait for the sequel, Snowfall.

This game was neat, but it doesn't really have any gameplay. It doesn't matter what choices you make you end up having some event be _just_ out of reach to prove to you that your choices matter. They don't. If they did I should have been able to kill Ivo after he decided to undo the entire plan. Yes it would have ended the game, that's the ending _I_ wanted after such a stupid plot point...

It's just not fun. Steam deck also has the bare "minimum" for support. Only the right trackpad works. A, thumbstick, or any other button isn't supported.

Hoping I can get this refunded. Save your money, even if it's on sale.

For a game about choices, yours are surprisingly meaningless. There's a few key decisions throughout the story that have massive implications for the ending, but very little strategy or meaningful thought goes into those. And once resources allow it, the game becomes a yes-button simulator for everything else.

The story was decent though!

The game mechanics are very fun! The story is very not fun!

A game centered around decisions should be centered around "Informed Decisions", not random decisions where you have little to no way of knowing (or can't have any way of calculation or guessing) the potential consequence because it was a very 'random' outcome.

Many decisions that should matter don't, and decisions that shouldn't matter do.

Being 'powerless' to do anything about your daughter's "situation" is bogus.

Decided to quit the game after 5 hours of playing and waiting for it to get good. If you want to play as a weak "king" who faints whenever somebody farts, don't let me stop you. The guys words mean absolutely nothing, he can't even control his own children.

The management aspect also stinks since you can lose the same amount happiness when you refuse to feed a village that was devastated by a flood and when you refuse to scratch some peasant's ass. There's no real choice in the game as well, a lot of negative reviews have already pointed it out (the Choices Matter tag am I right).

Overall, a game of all time. The only thing it has going for it is the art design, the pixel art looks great. The music is good at first but will irritate you when you hear it for the 100th time

Short game that can be completed in a night or two. I enjoyed the story. Was worth buying on sale.

I love world building games and choices matter stories, and this game meets both criteria! A nice story with interesting mechanics while not being too complicated. There are multiple endings, so it has nice replay value; although, I think there are only 5 endings?

Decide what kind of king you are; do you value your family more than the crown? Do you help your subjects, even if you don't directly benefit from it? Are you a ruthless leader willing to make the tough decisions?

I'm so excited to see what the sequel is like!!

It's a choice-based game where most of your choices don't matter at all and you have very little agency as the player to affect anything in the story. It's a glorified visual novel masquerading as a medieval politics simulator. Despite all its flaws, this game is ultimately held back by one major contrived plot point.

At the end of the first act, the King, who's son you promised your daughter to in exchange for a military alliance, is poisoned and dies. Without any proof or reason to suspect you, the newly crowned King negates his promise to send troops to help you in battle, but still takes your daughter away as his bride. This is stupid because you have no option to even try and stop him since he has obviously broken the agreement you had with his father. I looked past this initially because I figured I would at least get the chance to save my daughter at the end because it's clear that the new King is going to be the ultimate villain of the story. But no, despite all the obvious red flags like domestic abuse and a clear motive for the king to be the murderer, you let your daughter stay with him and she is eventually burned at the stake as a witch off screen by the man you gave away your daughter to. The only justice you get at the end is the choice to execute the king if you survive the battle, although even that too is off screen.

There are other questionable points in the story too, like how even if your are as supportive as possible of your 13 year old lesbian daughter and her girlfriend from an enemy nation whose age is suspiciously never mentioned, they still choose to run away from home and literally never come back even to visit. Or how the status of monsters and magic in the world are simultaneously well known and unkown depending on what a specific part in the story calls for.

Ultimately I really did want to recommend this game on sale, despite all it's flaws. But that one major point really just killed any investment I had in the game. It was late enough in the game that I couldn't refund it and I might as well finish it, but I really don't know who this game is for. If you like good pixel art and are ok with a linear visual novel where most of your choices don't matter at all, then for $5 on sale I guess you could do worse. But frankly, there's tons of better stories out there and I don't know why you'd waste your time with this one.

Might not be worth it at full price for many people, but on sale this game is a steal. It's more VN than resource management, because frankly you'd have to keep making really poor decisions to fail the resource management side of things. The story is really good though, and though the resource management isn't too difficult, it's enough to keep you on edge for most of the playthrough, especially during the latter half of the game.

Ultimately the game is really about the King (you) and your immediate family, and it succeeds in being a story about that.

A great point-and-click narrative game that got me way more invested that I thought I would be. While its presentation may be simple, it is quite good in getting you invested in the well-being of both your family and kingdom. The little stories that pay-off later in the game, and the little narratives within the larger story does wonders in bringing the Kingdom to life.

Basically the game is worth it if you are into choice based narrative games, and I am excited for the sequel.

Interesting interactive story with resource management mechanics. 9/10
Best 2 Dollars i've Spent with the last 6 months

Great art and music. Interesting little story/characters to engage with.

For me, this game became something special. I can't say it's something incredible or one of a kind, but as I played through it, I gradually got to know the characters, learned about them, their experiences, struggles, preferences, and goals. I felt their story, having a direct impact on it. I was scared to hurt someone with my actions or, on the contrary, wanted to take revenge on someone... In the end, I even cried a little (which is not typical for me).

Even though the game is short and the variety of game mechanics is quite limited, the game is still very interesting due to the story. It was interesting to see how the kingdom and the king's family would survive the tough times.

Finished it in two short sessions. Definitely recommend.

Great game took about 8 hours to complete $10 well spent.

One of the reasons I bought this game was because the art indicated there was a black cat in the game.

Do NOT buy this game if you like cats.

Seriously. WTF.

First, Yes, Your Grace is a story-driven game; the strategic component is functional to that, don't expect deep complex gameplay mechanics.
And yes, as many others say, the story is far more linear than you'd think for a game based on choices.
BUT, if you approach it with the proper expectations (or no expectations whatsoever, as I did), you might find a little gem.

Although the main plot is pretty much fixed and it certainly would have been awesome to be able to have different branches for it to follow, you can still make a number of decisions that ultimately decide the life or death of significant characters.
And this is one of those games that can make you love a character with just a few lines of dialogue and maching voices (although they only speak gibberish to convey feeling to the text, rather than actual words). Just a few lines where many big games try their hardest to make you love a bland character with hours of fully animated and dubbed cutscenes, failing miserably.

It's also a very short game, but it's rather intense. You'll hate to have to make certain decisions, regardless that you choose one option or the opposite, and this struggle adds to what makes it good.

Personally, I loved it. If you don't take it for what it isn't, you may love it too.

8.5/10

Good story game, the character development is very good

I LOVED this game. It's the perfect amount of supply management with a point and click story and adorable pixel graphics. I just finished 100%ing it and it was such a fun experience!

Most of the choices are actually fake choices. You can try to fail if you want, but otherwise, you have very few real choices in this story. It feels fine or the first run through but there is little to no replayability. If i could go back in time I wouldnt pay more than $5 for it.

It is a highly railroaded story where choices are mostly illusion; you need to do precisely the same things and almost nothing you do matters—a lot of deus ex machina solutions. The resource management part is primitive and badly designed. Small decisions are mostly fluff and give almost the same mechanical benefits - the further in the game, the more tedious it is. It's not a good resource management game, not a good game about choices, but it has a decent (but quite illogical at points) story. I would recommend it to someone who likes visual novels more than choices, mostly when discounted.

Charming. That's a great word for this game, and for many of its characters. The little daughter is adorable af, and I enjoy the family story.

The music is fun, and even the 'dialogue' which is just gibberish samples, is interesting. The meta gamer in me wishes it was possible to help everyone, but I understand why that's not an option. Neat little game, worth a look.

Yes, Your Grace feels like a short, but interesting game with a fun cast of characters; in addition having an amazing story that will have you hooked for hours on end.

Underrated Game

Story

Honestly I wasn't ready for how much I fell into this game. It may strike as a simple choice-based game but every choice matters in order to survive. Every game play is different and you can base your king off of your image or not, depending on the goal you want to achieve. I was really stressed during stressful times, sad when sad things happened (no spoilers) and i overall felt so many emotions regarding the story line. I also had a wonderful surprise, turns out the game didn't end when I was thinking it would, it kept on going. The lore kept on coming and I just kept diving in deeper. Honestly, developers, you did such an amazing job into turning a concept of decisions into such and intriguing and stressful story. 5/5. If y'all are looking for an exciting choice-based game, honestly look no further. This game was SO worth it.

Such great game that , I finished it on pirate version , Then bought it on steam and played again.

Yes, Your Grace is a fun game if you enjoy when your choices matter. You will not be able to please everyone and nor should you try. The resource management aspect was a bit too close to real-world budgeting for it to be fun per se but all about walking that fine line between having what you need and dodging poverty. If you're good at managing a household budget and have a level head on your shoulders, you will enjoy this game.

If you are a fan of story-only based game-play, combined with a wonderful sense of exploration and thoughtful decisions, this is the game for you.

A management game leaning more into story, that kept me engaged and entertained! Having to make those tough decisions of who to help and having to deal with those consequences without being left helpless and hopeless. I loved the uniqueness and realistic writing of the family, the different encounters, the feeling of unease as weeks pass and events creep closer.

Was not expecting subtle LGBTQ+ representation but it was a huge plus! Generally more achievements if you go the good route.. now I gotta play the "meaner" / "unjust" kingly route.. wish me luck!!

BUY THE GAME C:<

Sem palavras, esse jogo da aula pra muitos jogos de escolhas, aqui cada decisão tem peso e o mais legal é que parece que não, pois a consequência não é jogada na sua cara de imediato as vezes você vai sentir falta de um aliado que não escolheu, de não prestar atenção em um diálogo, de errar uma fala, só bem pra frente, parabéns, espero muito da sequência.

Friend told me to get this game, and he was so right.
Probably the best game I played this year, I was so immersed into the story I had to finish it, then I lost twice and kept going until I made it to the end. I cried a little bit, this was amazing. Thank you

This game is magical, it awakens something in you, the best story game i have ever played, i would definitely recommend playing

I played for 6 hours and finished the story.

Its a fun game. I definitely would not buy it at full price. But definitely check this out when it's on a steam sale. It's entirely a text based story. Characters speak in gibberish. But the plot is pretty fun and engaging if you actually sit and read it all as you go. There are lots of hidden items in the background that will help you along the way. Game does a good job making you feel the weight of your choices early on. The only downside is this game isnt really replayable since the plot is largely linear. Your choices just affect how easy/hard the game becomes, along with which characters will be actively present for the major challenges. Aside from that, you already know what is going to happen every playthrough. Outside of that one flaw, its a fun little game.

I have limited free time. I wanted to play a choice-based narrative, but I didn't have 100 hours into a big fantasy RPG. This game gets right to the point; you're a king and you make a bunch of decisions. Those decisions have consequences big and small. The game tells an entire story and wraps up in 8 hours or less.

Absolutely beautiful game, on all accounts. I've never felt so in control of my own despair, yet at the mercy of my goals. This game really highlights the human aspect of war, as well as what it means to run a country. Fantastic game, 100% recommend.

I need more save files to make bad decisions on multiple kingdoms.
I also need help, this is addicting.
edit: I'm crying over a soldier

I recommend this game.
Especially to Poles - but Polish texts are sometimes misleading.

This game is, in general, an artistic expression. The vision on how it is conducted, moved forward and shown to the player is absolutely great. The game took me around 15h of gameplay (although it was a binge gaming) but it gripped my heart no less then some long AAA titles.

Pixel art is fitting and shows that less is more. Music is so great and on point. Sometimes bizarre but after you finish it, you will know what it was all about.

The mixture of strategy with point&click was very interesting but probably made the game too wide.

The game is not without problems unfortunately.
QoL is just bad. Not being able to open Log during talks. Totally obscured decision outcomes, bugs and sometimes the game just cheats. You will be close friends with the Load button and online solutions in this one. And don’t be shy to check things online. There are blatantly good/bad decisions and it’s not fun to load 3 “turns” back to fix it.

Also the Load button and autosave every “turn” is an obvious workaround for this lack of QoL.

It is necessary to get very familiar with the game to know how the UI works (especially when talking, which dialog ends it and which doesn't). This should be done better and after 50 years of computer games I just don’t know why it wasn’t.

Two tips so you don’t have to do this too much:
get additional General from Talys (it’s 9 gold per turn!)
always help the Inn guy (in green) with money and demand 3 gold

The “it’s current year” plot point was (as they too often are) too forced.

Really fun resource management game with a branching story. Very recommended.

Wow... what for appearing so simple on the outside, this game is deep, moving and your actions (or not) really make such a difference. Well written and full of beautiful music, characters and artwork that made me really want to do my best to make the right choices. I would not say the game is easy either as you do have to really work to balance everything out with as little resources as possible. I recommend this game to anyway who wants to just chill out and have a great story unfold while also enjoying the little things a gem like this has to offer. Glad I purchased and can't wait for the new one that's coming out!

i played the game trying different options and apparently the game is in fact scripted for some scenarios to happen forcefully. I enjoyed the game in terms of managing resources and making decisions on helping peasants, investing on businesses and preparing army. Overall it was quite enjoyable to play the entire game for like 3-7 times before stop playing.

Absolutely delightful game. Compelling story, great balance in the resource management, and music that slaps in a very ren faire way. If you like resource management games, political intrigue of kings, and a little bit of whodunnit deduction thrown in, I think you would really enjoy this game. If you absolutely detest something that would pull at your heartstrings, steer clear. I'm not an emotional person, but there was one week that was full of sorrow that even I couldn't help but be affected by.

Short and sweet. Meaningful choices, tight resource management, good story beats. I played a game called Suzerain right before this one and this one was much more to my taste.

Happy that choices actually mattered here beyond the illusion of choice! Fun game with a variety of endings AND there's a pet bear, 10/10

An enjoyable and fun little game. Hyped for the upcoming new title.

This is a role-playing strategy video game.
As the king of a small country called Davan,
you must make a series of decisions as your small country faces difficulties weakened by a conspiracy: listen to the pleas of your people, deal with your own family issues, make diplomatic choices, and more.
A story-based game in which you must consider your options and lead your country through increasingly desperate situations.

I recommend this film to history buffs and those who want to experience the drama of pathos, the anguish of continuing choices, and the continuous hardships of a small nation.

I've never played a game like this before, but I loved it. Saying no was so hard, but very necessary. Every choice felt so important and, well, it was. It got me so invested into the story so quickly.

I bought it while it was on sale for $5. While I don't think I would pay the base price of $20, if it goes on sale to $10 or less (maybe even $15 if you really want to try it) I'd say go for it.

I watched a youtuber play this game a while ago and wasn't sure about purchasing as I had already seen some content, but I am really glad I chose to buy it (it's on sale too at the moment I believe!) as there is so much more to explore than what you might see on someone else's playthrough!
The story is engaging, you have really affection for the characters as the story progresses and on my first playthrough, without spoilers, I failed, and thought that was the end of the game. So I played again, and I was really surprised there's more... So I had another 3-4 hours of gameplay to continue with! It has a replayability factor as you find yourself wanting to redo choices and make better ones, as well as tactical elements and puzzles to sort out too.
I finished the game the second time in about 5 hours, and those were well spent. For the price, there's a great storyline, lots of choices, beautiful scenery and atmosphere to the game and most importantly... The voices for the characters are hilarious and I couldn't stop giggling and mimicking them.
If you enjoy choice-based story games, you'll love immersing yourself in this one.

It's nice. It helped me pass some time pleasantly (~7 hours-ish according to Steam), and for that alone I am grateful. Get it on sale. Not sure I could recommend it for full price.

For those looking for a cozy game: this game is mostly cozy. About 75% cozy. There's a bunch of not-cozy stuff around battles or, even worse, events around whom your daughter marries (come to think of it, this is a a fairly important event that governs a lot of the story not a choice at all...I guess if it was, the story wouldn't work).

Minor grievances. Oh well.

I normally do not write reviews for games, but for this I am making an exeption. I bought this game on sale, expecting a simple descision based rescourse managment game, with a simple story. And I was wrong.

The storytelling of this Game is absolutely incredible! While playing I felt genuinely attatched to the characters, and every emotional scene was extremely powerful. I CANNOT stresss enough how good the story is.

The gameplay is fantastic and the replay value is also high, because there is multiple endings.