Pretty fun game for almost no cost. The story is cheesy but I didn't expect fear and hunger levels of story, I enjoyed it nevertheless. What drew me was the gameplay, which is where most people split on this. Fights are a puzzle to be solved, not a stat stick to out stat stick. It requires some trial and error, but the complexity and depth of strategies available actually surprised me a lot. You are given the tools to win every fight, it's just up to you to put the right pieces together for the right fights. The AI chooses the best move given their situation every time, so you have to set up situations where none of their options are good. I only had to grind at the end when I figured out I needed to level up a specific item to beat the final boss.
There are definitely technical problems with the game, but the people bashing the game for being grindy or too difficult are just self-reporting their own skill issue.

this game rules, it is short and efficient little micro rpg with a really unique battle system! the story is kind of generic but it's still charming.

at only six hours long and costing $2 it is extremely worth playing through

(i played through the game using easyrpg so steam wasn't keeping track most of the time fwiw it took me about 6 hours to beat)