Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

A figure stands in a forest by a lake, with a chest and several barrels nearby.
What if you could help people by attacking the source of their pain until it died? I’m sure there’s some terrible life advice there that should by no means be followed, but this is the world of Princess Remedy. A world of hurt. Only… not if she can help it.

Princess Remedy is a cute little RPG that follows the aptly named protagonist as she goes on a quest to heal the prince, and a bunch of others along the way. It’s a kind of bullet hell/Space Invaders scenario where you need to destroy the source of the individual’s pain to heal them, and while I usually hate this kind of game, I actually found myself enjoying it immensely. Some of the ailments are fairly minor, some of them involve people that have literally melted or turned into ice cubes, and some of them are flowers that are having trouble growing. It’s actually adorable. I won’t spoil the end, but I want it to be known that I’ve just realized, as I write this, that I missed the opportunity to test whether or not I’d be allowed to marry a plant. What a waste.

You should play this if…

You have some time to kill and like simplistic, not-too-tricky games with bare bones plots and cool ideas. It’s free, so I’d highly recommend giving it a go to test whether or not it’s your thing!