Cosmic Star Heroine

Before playing I saw someone sum up Cosmic Star Heroine as a classic Phantasy Star game with a light touch of Chrono Trigger and honestly that is a pretty perfect descriptor. Though of course it is not on the level of those classics, it does find an identity of its own, especially with very brisk pacing, a unique yet simple to get into battle system and four different difficulty options that you can swap around any time. I would actually say that this is a good way to ease people into some classic JRPGs due to that and with how the first two thirds of the game are relatively railroaded. I never got lost or confused which is something that happens to me constantly in the titles that inspired this game.
The soundtrack is particularly fantastic. Clearly the intention was to replicate the feeling of SEGA CD or TurboGrafx CD era RPGs and they absolutely nailed it. Each planet has a unique feel, most characters have a solid introductory theme and the more common tracks like the main battle theme never overstayed their welcome. Do yourself a favor and buy the soundtrack with the game, especially if you are getting this on a discount.
The background art is wonderful across the board, but the character and sparse cutscene graphics were sometimes a bit unpleasant to me personally. The low fidelity look of the space flight segments were very charming though and really nailed the aesthetic of the early 90s CD based RPGs.
My core issue with Cosmic Star Heroine is that the writing is extremely flat and dry. The game constantly introduces new characters and for the most part it just felt like the devs wanted to put every idea they had in without using that time to make any of them more interesting. Most of the cast has special optional segments you can tackle near the end of the game, but I feel like if they maybe halved the amount of major characters that time could have been used to really make the cast and universe feel special. This all really stands out to me because there was a major reveal from someone later on in the game and I legitimately forgot they even existed before then. If story is the most important aspect of JRPGs to you I would say maybe avoid this game outright because of that.
Upon initial boot on Steam Deck the resolution needs to be adjusted, but after that point I had no issues. The game lets you save after every encounter and barely uses battery power at all so I found it to be an excellent portable game that was fun to chip away at.

It exceeded my expectation.
Cosmic Star Heroine is a relatively short but well-paced turn-based RPG game with beautiful pixel art, lovable characters, nice soundtrack, a simple yet engaging story, and easter eggs/references to retro video games.
The gameplay and combat is nothing groundbreaking but it's fun and it feels nice! Especially when you start to get the hang of combo and unite skills.
The game goes so low on sale so you should definitely check it out!

i loved the game,. it was my first indie game and it surprised me. i completed the game and wanted more!

Short but enjoyable RPG
Zeboyd RPGs are always short, fun, and filled with clean humor. This is one of their longer titles at ~12 hours and it's also one of their best. I generally prefer my RPGs to be 40+ hours so you can savor the story but I always make an exception for this game studio.

One annoying thing however is that you can sometimes get stuck on furniture / objects in towns. Saving and then reloading the save fixes it by moving your character to the room entrance. This has happened to me about 3 times so far.

A good modest jrpg-like.
Often compared to Chono Trigger but don't expect the same quality here.
The game has some nice music but too few of them, an interesting combat system.
The story advances a bit too fast and characters don't have deep backstories.
But nonetheless it is a pleasant game with which I enjoyed going for all the trophies.
Plays perfectly on the Steam Deck.

A fairly good old fashion turn-based RPG, though I prefer the meta humor of the Cthulhu games over this one's more serious tone. Still, I had a good time with Cosmic Star Heroine.

Not very complicated, but enjoyable. Plenty of funny commentary, and references make the story enjoyable.

Word of advice: You get all HP back at the end of battle, and you have no MP, and your special attacks, or "programs" recharge after a fight, so feel free to use all your abilities in battle.