Cosmic Star Heroine

Cosmic Star Heroine is the epitome of trying to aura your opponent as much as possible so you can one-shot them with style as a flick.
This isn't a game you should play for the writing; the story is nothing to write home about, and all the plot twists are something you can see a mile away.
And the character characterisations are pretty basic; they're only cool aesthetically. You being able to play as them, such as a disco robot or an alien boundary hunter, does sound cool in itself, but nothing much.
You should only play this game for the unique combat where you can only use a character skill once unless you defend to recharge them. Moreover, the main aim of the combat is to buff your character as much as possible to deal a lot of damage to the enemy at the right time accordingly.
It definitely has charm, having a futuristic, cool '80s vibe and some funny, on-the-nose, fourth-wall-breaking humour that I had a blast reading and laughing.
But I wouldn't say this is a game you have to play, but if you have any time to spare or you're looking for something different combat-wise, sure, go for it.
P.S. Avoid using Zx'oru's Relentless and Cleave attacks, as that somehow freezes him in the middle of animation, especially against the giant mech robot.

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!

This is a pretty decent old school JRPG.
I did play the game to the end (it is reasonnably short, which helped), but I have almost no memory of it.
JRPGs are generally not my cup of tea, and this game is no exception.
Upvoted nonetheless, because I can't say it is really a bad game, and fans and the genre will probably like it.

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.