So long as there is Mercy
What exactly is SlatiM?
„So long as there is Mercy“ is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure in which the player has to lead Spe, the game‘s protagonist, through an eerie dollhouse in an effort to find her little brother. On her way, Spe will encounter the ghost-children, who are also trapped, and can use their different abilities to solve the environmental puzzles in order to escape the house.
What happened before?
After their mother‘s death, Spe and her little brother Mercy stay with their father, who eventually marries an other woman. The two children face rejection from the new woman in the house, even when the father becomes seriously ill. After he dies, the will is read out, in which he bequeaths the entire family‘s property to his children. The stepmother is so angry with this decision that she locks Spe and her brother up in a dollhouse, where the siblings are separated. In search of her brother, Spe finds out the truth about the stepmother: she is a witch and swindler, who poisons her partners to receive the inheritance.
Let‘s dive right into it!
In order for Spe to get back to her little brother, she has to find the way through a number of mysterious rooms, which are guarded or locked by tricky mechanisms. On the journey through the maze, Spe meets the ghostchildren who can help her solve the puzzles by using their unique skills. One of them is Lucien. His ability is to spawn fire, which will help Spe to light the candles and fill the cold rooms with warm candlelight. Once she encountered a ghost child, she can pick it up and carry it with her. Every time Spe faces a challenge, the ghostchildren will bear a hand with their special abilities. Together with Lucien and the other ghost-children Spe encounters on her journey, she finds a way through the spooky rooms to hopefully be reunited with her brother again.
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
This is a really beautiful and cute puzzle game. You will meet ghost children along the way with powers that help you complete the puzzles to go to the next room and find your brother.
Visually the game is really beautiful, however it is really dark. Even if all the candles are lit you will still not be able to see everything clearly, like the spiderwebs etc.
The music and sound effects were really nice. Sometimes the music was a bit annoying and repetitive, however it does change in each room.
You cannot save the game so you need to complete the game in one sitting and you need to complete the game at least 2 times to unlock all the achievements.
Overall a really nice free to play game.
Steam User 1
Visually beautiful, love the ambiance and overall design of this game very much. Does take multiple run-through's in order to get all achievements, but it is a very short game, so that's easy enough. On the flip side, it is a very short game; I wanted more! The story-line behind the ghost children was intriguing, and I'd love to know more about this dollhouse world. The music and sound design was excellent, as well. I appreciated being able to adjust the gamma in order to better see. There is no save option, but as stated, it is a short game. I played through it twice in less than an hour.
My only complaint was how glitchy it was; nothing major or game-breaking, just annoying when a character got stuck or floated oddly in the air while climbing ladders, things showing as interactable when they were not, the 'hint coin" that couldn't be picked up, &c.
Overall: Worth a play. Whimsically dark aesthetic.
Steam User 3
If you want a quick point-and-click game to pass the time, it definitely passes as a quick brain teaser.
There's no shame in looking at the walkthrough, though. It can be a bit difficult.
Steam User 9
100% Achievements here:
This game is pretty great I love the graphics and aesthetic and it can be actually a good bit challenging/rewarding trying to figure out what to do it's a dark game, but I love the characters even though you're only with them for a short time. There's a few little glitches the main character getting stuck on things and if you try to right click things towards the end the game will crash. The achievements were pretty easy and it was nice using all the characters abilities in neat ways. Overall definitely recommend this it's a great free to play game.
Steam User 0
Short and sweet puzzle game. Was through the whole game in about an hour. Was a little tricky in the mechanics. Had to look up help at certain points.
Steam User 0
Enjoyed the graphics and game. Only things it really needs is save points so you don't have to start from scratch when something goes wrong (eg: getting accidentally stuck in a crate or cannot pick up hairdryer again if you put it in wrong spot).
Steam User 0
I really enjoyed this game and was able to figure things out , once you've played it all the way through you can play the game and win in like 30 minutes , but the time it takes to figure out each level shortens each time you understand what's needed to achieve the goals.
Got trapped in the floorboards in the kitchen and trapped myself a few times too! You cant save so you gotta start from the beginning. The end is surprising and eerie. I spent half a day on this one and even wrote a review! So great