Guilt Free

This was honestly such an amazing little story. Loved it dearly. It's an amazing way to spread awareness about ED, both on the symptoms and what to do to get better, together with how to help someone in need. As someone who has been struggling with ED's, this warmed my heart and honestly made me feel seen in a way. Huge credit, overall great story and gameplay. Quick and fun little game to play when bored. Can indeed recommend.

Overall Rating: 5/10
Duration: 2.3 hours (Achieved Perfect Game)
Guilt Free tries to address eating disorders and mental health, which is a great effort, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark. The story is told from the partner’s perspective, and while their intentions are good, it feels like Alice—the one actually struggling—is sidelined. Her voice is lost in a narrative that’s more about trying to “fix” her than understanding her experience.
The game does touch on important topics like therapy and isolation, but it often feels too surface-level. It skips over deeper issues like stress, trauma, or control, which are often tied to eating disorders. On top of that, recovery is shown as quick and easy, which isn’t realistic and misses the complexity of the journey.
While it didn’t work for me, I appreciate the effort from developer to tackle such a tough subject. If you’re curious, it might still be worth checking out to see how it resonates with you.

super pretty art style, a heart breaking and realistic depiction of disordered eating, and the interactive elements and choices all feel immersive. it's games like this that give me such a strong love of visual novels. :> it's always difficult navigating eds in relationships and with how vast and extreme triggers are and this story captures it extremely well. being someone who's been in recovery for years now and picking some of those options i knew would be problematic was such a unique tension. you can see the creators' passion and care for this subject. also very short but didn't feel like too much was left unfulfilled. i gotta say that player character has a very uneducated view of eating disorders and not everything he says has the most care. i find some of the choices added... interesting. (particularly being able to ignore her discomfort while initiating intimacy, guilting her for how long it's been, and being mad she 'doesn't wanna touch you,' during the argument.)
a lot of these *are* common misconceptions and issues found in eds. i think the coverage of that is important. even regarding sex, the way disordered eating contorts your self-image can make intimacy viscerally uncomfortable and it can come off as being unattracted. seeing player character become more educated and empathetic is a positive experience in my opinion. but i do feel some of the things said come off less ignorant and more negligent or mean. i find it easier to excuse because of the environment this story is told in. it's short. it's straight forward and uses bold moments to move the story along, it lends well to the timing. unfortunately some of the exaggerated reactions—that i assume stem from this—do make me feel negatively towards pc. that said, my positive feelings are much stronger than my critiques here. this story paints the complexity of eating disorders, how easy it is the enable, trigger, miss signs. i appreciate the representation of how all consuming eds are. pc wonders "why can't we talk about anything but food", alice remarks that it's all she thinks about. it also depicts how unkind disorder thoughts actually are. they aren't just self-destructive. alice is thinking about how everyone looks: the morality she's attached to certain sized bodies doesn't strictly apply to her. she thinks negatively about joe's body. she puts amanda on a pedestal for potentially losing weight. it touches on uncommon and unpretty truths about eds. i find i'm still perfectly capable of remorse and empathy for alice while cringing at the nastiness her disorder brings. tdlr: i really like the representation here. it's short and easy to get through. the repetition to get all the achievements didn't exhaust me. only took about one and a half/two hours to get all the achievements. 8/10, still highly recommend and wish to see more like this. so grateful for such a beautiful game. :) <3

What a great visual novel, I got the bad ending but the game was pretty good. I love the graphic design, the background music, and the mechanics in the game.

This is a free choices-matter Visual Novel that was a pleasant surprise, if you can call it that.
Playing as the (quite obviously male) partner of someone with an eating disorder was more interesting than I expected, not least because there is some light gameplay and little things to discover. I already knew a bunch about eating disorders and think the game handles the topic in a realistic enough way to be useful, but in an engaging enough way to feel like more than just a lecture. It's obviously a bit over-simplified, but I imagine it can be a decent starting point - and it does offer links to further resources in the menu.
I especially appreciated the depiction including nice times together even during illness, and that my epilogue mentioned two failed attempts before finding the right therapist and things still going a bit up and down.
I've only tried one playthrough, but looks like there's decent QoL for more. Regarding the content warning for non-consensual sex, I think that only comes up if you choose to be insensitive. With reasonable choices, I didn't find any upsetting content beyond the whole theme the game is about. Oh, and there's a dash of "women and their emotions, amirite?" from the perspective of our somewhat clueless but well-meaning protagonist and his buddy in the first half. All in all 0.8 hours that I don't regret.
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I could not recommend this game more. The story is amazing as you struggle with the very realistic struggles in a relationship with a spouse struggling with depressive thoughts and it is so refreshing to have these stories but without the "everything turns out okay in the end" finale (don't worry though, this is still an ending) as you can still make mistakes and it leads to not so happy events. It is just overall a great game and I would recommend this game to anyone who is interested.

Very short but good game about what it can be like to live with and love someone with an ED. It handles the subject with grace and empathy.