Unity - Completed - Scarlet Maiden [v1.3.3] [Otterside Games]

This game gets 5 stars from me not because of the sex scenes, which were fine for a pixel game, but because I actually thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and did several run throughs without even having my dick out

Good game

Pros: The art and presentation are top notch, and the gameplay is rewarding and solid.

Cons: As other reviews mention, the sex/H content is lacking. The main issue the game has is a terrible gallery, which greatly detracts from the game. It desperately needs a better gallery and zoom-in function. it had a better gallery, this game would be a masterpiece.

Thankfully what is there for H content is very visually appealing

Scarlet Maiden is a very solid and fun to play platformer. I had a blast completing it on normal. However, the ero part of the game isn't as great.
The pixel art for the ero scenes are fun and quite well made, but scarlet maiden focuses more on the gameplay than being a game you play for the ero parts.
All in all, very fun to play, but not as a porn game.

It's not actually very arousing, but it's a fairly good roguelite. Controls are responsive. Gameplay is decently challenging. Variety of enemies, traps, room layouts, weapons, and spells. Very light-hearted tone with good pixel art and ambience. I actually think the creator would have been better off making a non-h game that was just slightly lewd.

This is a good game but a mid porn game imo.

Despite looking cute and vanilla you have deranged shit in here like urinating in mouth and futa. Since im not into that i took the rating down a notch.
Scenes are short and utilitarian but you can unlock longer ones at the base. The models are to small and there isnt much "extra" on them. If you find this fapable more power to you.

Animations are quite well done and controls are very responsive. Progression is good as well. (get to the mid of the meta progression tree quick and get the "enemies drop more money" node)

I recommend this as a neat game with porn than a porn game with gameplay. Its quite challenging and you have to pay attention to the enemy animations and traps around the levels.

nice game but it is really hard. i can't even get the first boss after 5 hours of playing. I hope there is more content after that. Animations are okay and the pixelart is beautiful. but the sprites could have a bit more resolution

This game deserves more than 3.5 stars. It's a great mix of good gameplay, polish, humour, and horny shit.

If you're looking for something to play and crank it to, this isn't it, but if you're looking for a fun 2D platformer to sink a couple hours into, this is a great option. I had a blast 100%ing this. It took a few hours and there was some H content I didn't like (piss), but overall this currently sits in my top 10 H-games today just for being so fun. Highly recommend plugging in a controller for it, plays very much like rogue legacy minus the legacy.

It's an ok roguelite, but I didn't see a reason to continue after 2,5 hours or so. There's a straightforward progression system, combat that feels alright except some weird hitboxes sometimes, but the enemy, level and weapon variety just isn't really there. All weapons in the same categories have the same moveset, sometimes not even a combo, just a single attack animation, the levels only change in textures between stages, their design remains the same. The art-style, while cute, isn't really sexy or appealing to me, so the scenes themselves weren't really worth playing for. So with average gameplay and average scenes, there's nothing really in this game that could save it for me. I'd say give it a go if you want, but I can't give it more than 3/5.

worth playing as a game. the difficulty curve is great on normal mode. the pixel art is decent. the ero content is very forgettable; you're forced to be more focused on the gameplay than the ero scenes at times. ero content would have been much better if it was solely male on female + futa on female; the lesbian pixel art can get pretty confusing to look at. gameplay can get tedious. upgrading the various shops is pointless as you get very good gear early on in most levels and jackpot machines that kit you out in legendaries are abundant.

Is a game, yes it is not as sophisticated as a proper Indie like Hollow Knight, but honestly it is fun for what it is and competently build! The jump and run part of the 2d rogue light is fluid and feels well implemented, the sex scenes are well animated for the art style and even though I am not a fan of the thicc and overly large breasts, they work well!

Scarlet Maiden is an amazing mix of a roguelite and a platformer. The ame becomes progressively easier as you power up your character. The scenes are plentiful and detailed. Just a really high effort game, not much else to say!

Although it is a roguelike, it still felt a too grindy. If you enjoy the typical roguelike grind, you may enjoy this. Art is great. OST was a below average. Would have liked the NPCs to have more content or side quests. There is a quest log, but you're only doing one quest at a time.

It can be good game if it was 3 times less. But...
There is any animations repeats 3 times. There is no different stage in animations etc And game too grindy
Repetative, boring gameplay, annoying minigames, 2-3 sprite animations.

The art for the game is pretty good, though a lot of the h scenes are boring. The gameplay is decent though the first boss fight has so much aoe that learning the moveset has you dead before you get to a repeat. Also it feels like basic necessities, like more than one potion, are locked behind a lot of grinding.

Gameplay is fine but its not really that great, the animations are fine and while the art might be good it doesn't really delve too deeply into H content to be worthwhile as an H game but its not good enough in its gameplay to be worth it outside the sex stuff so in the end its just nothing special.

Final version 1.3.0

Unoriginal, but solid. Gameplay wise, it's typical of what you'd expect from a traditional roguelike game, with items of different types, buffs and stuns, varied enemy designs and AIs and whatnot. The pixel artstyle is very well crafted, and each level feels very lively to travel through. It was suprised to see how addicted I became to playing this game, despite the fact that I've already seen this same gameplay loop in other, more complex games.

Which is the main issue I have with this game : It feels very safe, both in its gameplay and in its adult content. Overall, there isn't much to actually do in Scarlet Maiden ; what you do in the very first level of the dungeon will be the exact same thing in the last, with the combat being just braindead button mashing against very weak enemies, and the only really exciting moment being what the next level's aesthetic will look like.

The adult content is also very lacking. Defeating the enemies just give you really simple sex animations that are over in a couple of seconds, with very few poses, all recycled between all different types of enemies. You'll be bored watching them after the third you encounter. The only unique sex animations are in the hub world after you complete some boring fetch quests for a NPC, and even then, it's just so tame and uninspired, like something only players who've never played a porn game before might enjoy.

The story is barely worth mentioning as it's mostly a load of nothing and just here to give you an excuse for the MC to go through the dungeon. Again, very safe and uninspired.

Overall, the game is just... Fine, I guess. It's not bad by any means, but it's not something I'll remember in a few months when so many other games try and dare to bring something new on the game. I'd say I'm more dissapointed than anything. The devs clearly knew they weren't gonna shake the adult game industry by any means, and so they decided to build a solid experience within their known limits. And while I respect a solid experience more than a game that falls flat on its face and fails to deliver anything, it's still heart wrenching to see their fear of taking risks spoiling their potential. This game had a lot of great ideas, a solid premice and a flawless, albeit tame execution, and I wish we'll something more from the devs in the future.

Very good pixel art, gameplay is fun, exploration is fun, everything is well made. You can see that a lot of care was put into this game. There are a lot of games here that don't come close to this one in terms of quality and have a higher rating, wich doesn't make much sense to me. Renpy games with wonky, reused 3d models will be 4.8 stars, but a good game with beautiful pixel art will get 4.1(at the time of this review).
At this point, I believe it needs to be polished in terms of adult content. Some things could make it into a classic, such as better voicing, more pixel scenes variations and special animations for bosses.
Congrats to the developer for making such a good game.

Scarlet Maiden is a rogueliTe that requires a lot of grinding to buy upgrades so you can explore the dungeon further. The gameplay is very simple and surprisingly good, with fine attacks, movement, dash, platforming. Very interesting. But not something that is worth much in games of this genre. All the genre related content is tiny pixel sprite animations. Very short, very superficial scenes without a gallery to enjoy. You get some 3 second animations in some rooms and sometimes you get a single scene with one defeated monster, nothing worthwhile. The game also has some weak scenes with reused animations if you find some collectibles. That is it. Besides the clothing there is not enough to tease or actually please. A massive waste of good art and animations. Personally I don't like roguelikes, specially the grind and inability to save on a run. This one is not different. Besides that, the lack of content and the very repetitive gameplay without any incentive to do it all over again without a doubt put this at below average. Also, I quit after the fourth time I was supposed to reach the underworld and simply got killed because the game literally said I wasn't powerful enough to go further. I don't know how that was considered a good idea.

It's... fine?

The biggest problem with this game is that it's extremely basic in some aspects. It has some solid work put into platformer side of things. Graphics are all good, be it tiles, combat animations, lighting effects, particles, etc etc, these are really good. Controls can be rebound, so whatever issues there were before, they're solved.

But everything else, like roguelite systems built on top of the platforming core, level design, or porn... It falls flat, it's not interesting. There is no class system, the perk tree is extremely boring, a couple % more damage here, a couple % damage reduction there, and never anything to facilitate a new emerging play style.

And with porn, there's 50+ pixel animations, but they are extremely short, just a few frames each. That's just not enough in my opinion.

It's not exactly poorly made, so I hesitate to rank it too harshly. However, I did not have much fun playing, and I did not find the porn sufficiently hot. So, I can't really rank it positively either.

Rogue like 2d platformer, with great control
Hentai scene are various but short
9 out 10 but will round up to 5 out of 5
Main characther is pure female but will use strap on with other female
art style is great, small but very cute
Would reconmand to any 2nd platformer fan