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Undertale
The game where you can finish every boss fight without hurting anyone. It's harder than fighting. That's the point. 💛
Who it's for
Undertale makes mercy a core mechanic: every enemy can be understood and spared through the ACT and MERCY options rather than defeated, and the story remembers what you chose.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Undertale is a role-playing game created by Toby Fox, in which a human child falls into the Underground, a realm of monsters sealed beneath the surface by a magic barrier, and tries to return home. Battles combine bullet-hell-style dodging with an ACT option for interacting with each monster in its own way, and every enemy can be spared rather than killed.
Where to find it
Steam, GOG, Humble (Windows/macOS/Linux), PlayStation Store (PS4), Nintendo Switch eShop, Xbox (Microsoft Store / Game Pass).
Before you start
Heads up: Implied suicidal thoughts and self-loathing.
Age: Not verified for ESRB/PEGI (Steam's IARC-generated German rating: 16, descriptors include suicide, alcohol/tobacco, language). Suggested 12+
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.Henry David Thoreau, Walden, “Solitude”
