Crimson Spires
The small mining town of Bataille, Missouri has been cordoned off from the outside world for six months. The inhabitants have no idea why. All they know is that ever since the so-called “Contingency,” planes no longer fly overhead, strange creatures have been glimpsed beyond the perimeter, and large mechanical towers will gun down anyone who tries to escape. As you–Sheriff Erika Wright–search for the truth, you must listen to the advice of a serial killer, mingle with extreme conspiracy theorists, and negotiate with vampires.
Your struggle to protect the people of Bataille will uncover startling secrets and forge unlikely alliances. Eventually, you must choose a partner in your quest to unveil the mysteries around you.
Amidst the horrors facing Bataille, romance can blossom with the partner in whom you trust. This epic story contains four distinct story branches with Julian, Maddy, Liam, or August. Each branch reveals unique secrets about the mysteries of the towers and a chance to find love.
- Unlock four distinct romances and story paths in an epic script totalling 250,000+ words
- Hear select scenes with a rich cast of English voice actors
- Experience the environment of Bataille in 3D
- Explore select 3D interiors
- Listen to a lengthy, dynamic soundtrack by developer and composer Jenny Gibbons
Game Discussion
Steam User 1
Crimson Spires is good quality mystery vn.
Although romance not so well written to feel more important than mystery.
My only issue with it is that the game leaves a lot of room to interpretation and it's sad that we don't get answers
Steam User 1
This is an incredible game.
Crimson Spires is essentially a dating sim combined with a horror-mystery, but WOW does it transcend those labels. It's extremely well-written (especially August and his route), the characters are fully fleshed out and have their own motivations and secrets, and the atmosphere of the game is at once grim and exciting. It delves into not only the mystery of the town's situation, but also into philosophy, spirituality, and the human psyche. Each character's story sheds a little more light on the mystery, so I recommend playing them all.
All that said - I cannot recommend playing the New Game +. It reads as a forced polyamory fanfiction in which a lesbian is pushed into a relationship with men. It doesn't feel like an extension of the game and doesn't reveal anything about the mystery that we don't already know by that point.
Overall, I'm giving it a 4.5/5 stars.
Steam User 0
---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe
---{Gameplay}---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Just don‘t
---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ Earrape
---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Human
☐ Lizards
---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boiiiiii
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press ‚A‘
☑ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{Grind}---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding
---{Story}---
☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☑ It‘ll replace your life (sucked me in for hours)
---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price (and wait til it's on sale)
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs (only bug I encountered was saving...don't save at the start of new level, save while dialoging with characters)
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
This game is so good! Better than anticipated. The storylines mesh well together and the characters are interesting. I love that you can play different storylines from Chapter 6, perfect way to know when you can start fucking up haha! I also love that all of the characters have their own flaws (some undoubtedly worse and more...taboo than others). Having different kind of endings for each character was also a good addition.
My only suggestion is to include a fast forward option next time! Would be very useful when replaying different routes of the story. I would love to see a sequel to this, as there are so many questions left unanswered!!!
Edit: Forgot to mention I love the voice acting, every character was voiced so well! I think it would have been interesting for Maddy's timeline to have the "good" choices still lead to a bad ending, as I never saw her as the type to see reason much. Could have made for an interesting twist, especially if the "bad" choices led to a happy ending.
Steam User 0
I wanted this game since i played the demo and it left me flubbergast.
I rly loved the game, quite more than I thought I would, also because MC is a full fledged tsundere and stubborn, very stubborn, but I rly enjoyed to see how she discovered the truth and how the Li melt her more and more.
Still, the game is a mix of horror, mystery and thriller and I enjoyed how mature it was written. Don't expect, in a horror title, that everything will be perfect, nope, and I am glad for it.
Sometimes the romance felt a bit short, but when I look back at it, it makes sense, but still, when there was romance, I got some great doki doki moments.
The story was surprising, scared me sometimes but left me also laughing or just stunned because of revelations. The writing was super, everyone felt so alive.
I also have to say I usually don't like eng va, but they did all a great job! I rly enjoyed it! (I am just very spoiled with german and jp va)
I love Julian and Liam, Liam my pookie-bear and Julian my cutiepie (lol charlotte, its your influence) - but holy, the secret route was (for me) amazing and I love how MC was at the end (damn girl, you did it) and how everything will be at the end - I accepted not everything will be answered but more important, I need to see them all happy <3<3
So, if you like mature written horror-thriller, with some huge mystery elements and you love story over romance otome, get it! I can rly recommend it. But dont expect a cute, everything is perfect at the end story, this is it not.
8/10
(the art reminds me to the 80's anime style, I rly enjoyed it and also the music was great)
Steam User 0
i think its one of the most overlooked VNs out there. Great setting, makes me think a little of S King. Did 2 routes out of 4. Really liked the blondie one, especially the end. Vampire guy is ok. Love how different paths brought parts of the story together.
Steam User 0
I don't think i'll ever find a visual novel with as interesting a story as this one. I would do anything for a sequel. Even anything adjacent to this story i would love.
Steam User 0
The game has a great atmosphere which reminds me of old mystery shows like Twin Peaks. The backgrounds have a VHS filter and the music has this eerie retro vibe which just creates a great atmosphere. The characters and premise of the game are very interesting and I wanted to know what was going on (although I still don´t really know after finishing 2 routes). I was mostly intrigued by Julian and August who are of course very red flags. I thought the MC Erika, who was very headstrong, was written ok (I only wished she had a different hair color).
I first played Julian´s romance, and well... let´s say, there are things about him that are very off-putting even if you like darker romance. Imo the romance comes a bit short and I wondered in both Julian´s and August´s route why Erika would even go for them.