Ren'Py Stranded in Space [Days 1-20] [WildMan Games]

[Rehwyn]

given i detest puzzles and other minigames in any vn's, if I didn't bother to do them, would it impact my playthrough or do you really need to do the puzzles and minigames?

They literally just give some - honestly, compared to what you get sent by the girls over the chat messages - extremely tame pictures as rewards. It's more just for the fun of it/completionist. Nothing storywise is lost by skipping them. Again, just pictures, and as far as I remember, not even any particularly lewd ones. More just kind of non-canon fun stuff, like some costume stuff, or like "past" girls interacting with "ship" girls, I think. And some minor commentary about the pictures from Paige, I guess. Definitely don't feel bad about skipping them.

Technically, if you don't do the puzzles there is a scene you miss with Paige where she makes herself look like Lauren and gives MC a blow job as a reward. There's some minor dialogue differences based on that later too.

But yes, that has no impact on the story.