If you enjoyed I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, you will DEFINITELY enjoy Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Made a similar post a few months ago, which did well, about a show called Pantheon, so I'm here to make more recommendations!! Our Life is an otome-ish visual novel raising sim. You basically go through 4 life stages (childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood). The decisions you make early on can impact events later in life — very similar to IWATE!!
Although one thing I do have to say is that the game mechanics are not nearly as advanced as IWATE, nonetheless, if you liked IWATE for the writing, that will not matter. This kind of game doesn't need complex mechanics anyway. It's about building relationships and growing up with your childhood bestfriend, who you can eventually date, in the small, oceanside town of Sunset Bird. There are other love interest options, but you have to buy DLCs to get them. Did I mention the base game is free on Steam and Itch.io??!! DLCs often go on sale on Steam anyway. And don't let the single love interest option for the base game throw you off, you'll probably end up choosing him anyway just because of how well written he is.
This one definitely scratches that IWATE itch for me. After several replays of IWATE, I was basicallyyyy mentally destroyed. I felt like I could never find anything like it. But Our Life has all the elements of romance, found family, and a good raising sim that you will absolutely love, if you're willing to overlook the fact that it has no trauma hahahaha. It's also probably important to note that this is very romance-heavy since it is technically an otome.
Many people will have probably already known about it since IT IS so similar. But I just wanted to make a new post for those who might've not heard of it yet until recently, like me!! Took me about a year after playing IWATE to finally find this game, and I'm so glad I did... sort of. Now I have a new nostalgic hole in my heart. Play at your own discretion, I guess LOL
Made a similar post a few months ago, which did well, about a show called Pantheon, so I'm here to make more recommendations!! Our Life is an otome-ish visual novel raising sim. You basically go through 4 life stages (childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood). The decisions you make early on can impact events later in life — very similar to IWATE!!
Although one thing I do have to say is that the game mechanics are not nearly as advanced as IWATE, nonetheless, if you liked IWATE for the writing, that will not matter. This kind of game doesn't need complex mechanics anyway. It's about building relationships and growing up with your childhood bestfriend, who you can eventually date, in the small, oceanside town of Sunset Bird. There are other love interest options, but you have to buy DLCs to get them. Did I mention the base game is free on Steam and Itch.io??!! DLCs often go on sale on Steam anyway. And don't let the single love interest option for the base game throw you off, you'll probably end up choosing him anyway just because of how well written he is.
This one definitely scratches that IWATE itch for me. After several replays of IWATE, I was basicallyyyy mentally destroyed. I felt like I could never find anything like it. But Our Life has all the elements of romance, found family, and a good raising sim that you will absolutely love, if you're willing to overlook the fact that it has no trauma hahahaha. It's also probably important to note that this is very romance-heavy since it is technically an otome.
Many people will have probably already known about it since IT IS so similar. But I just wanted to make a new post for those who might've not heard of it yet until recently, like me!! Took me about a year after playing IWATE to finally find this game, and I'm so glad I did... sort of. Now I have a new nostalgic hole in my heart. Play at your own discretion, I guess LOL