After watching the anime about this game, I decided to give it a try. I really liked it. I recommend it and will play it through. By the way, I also recommend watching the anime.

Gnosia is a curious case for me. I first played it on a friend’s recommendation, on a different platform at the time, and I enjoyed it a lot. The characters are distinctive, the atmosphere is strong, and the setting and worldbuilding are genuinely charming. I wasn’t (and still aren't) especially good at the gameplay, but it was fun enough. When I finished the story, I put it down and moved on — except that part of me kept returning to it in my thoughts from time to time.

Then the anime was announced. The adaptation is very good, and it put me in the mood to replay the game. Somehow, my affection for the game and its characters has grown even stronger. What was once simply fun gameplay has now become rather addictive.

I’m writing all this to say that Gnosia is a unique experience that stays with you. It isn’t big or flashy (though the character designs certainly are), and it may not hook you immediately, but it has a way of quietly wiggling its way into your heart. The more time you spend with the characters, the world and the gameplay, the more you come to appreciate them.

The writing is deceptively sharp. The characters feel archetypal at first, but over time their nuance and small details begin to surface. The plot may seem simple (and it certainly isn’t anything groundbreaking) but as you progress and start piecing everything together, you realize it’s a thoughtfully constructed story. The struggles you endure across the loops make reaching the true ending all the more rewarding.

There’s also a strong undercurrent of melancholy running through the game due to the knowledge you carry that others don’t. You get to see different sides of each character, and some moments honestly brought me to tears. And then it was all undone. You meet again, start over and you’re the only one who remembers. You’ll find yourself thinking about certain characters, wondering how things might have unfolded if the world never reset...

As for the gameplay itself, it’s genuinely impressive. Dialogue does, unfortunately, become repetitive at times as there is only so much manually written lines a game like this can have. But you learn to look past that and focus on what the characters are saying rather than how they say it.

There’s an incredible variety of scenarios that can unfold thanks to the different skills, abilities and personality each character has. On top of that, the game tracks many hidden values such as Hate, Trust, Amicability, and some other specific hidden abilities, that shape how characters behave towards you and towards one another. These things also affect the way characters behave when they have (or not have) specific roles.

Some loops can feel repetitive, I won't lie; especially when you’re trying to unlock specific events under very particular conditions and keep failing, yet even after 200+ loops, you can still encounter new scenarios due to the way all the different systems and values interact with each other. That’s a big part of what makes the gameplay loop (hehe) so addictive.

By the end, Gnosia leaves you with the sense that you didn’t just finish a story; you shared time with a group of real characters, all unique and interesting (Raqio best character though). The amount of love and passion that Petit Depotto has poured into the game is truly felt, from beginning to the end. (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ) .✦ ݁˖

We voting Raqio day one with this review