A watercolour forest, a frightened little girl, and a stuffed toy that speaks with a demon's voice.

On gut instinct, the community stays lukewarm: Cereza and the Lost Demon only beats a third of games. The criterion breakdown flips the table. Art direction explodes ahead of 95% of titles, attachment follows ahead of 86%, on few votes but the signal is clear, and the soundtrack lands ahead of 82%. Controller feel holds up nicely too. And then there is the line that hurts: fun, the kind that keeps you up until 3am, right at the bottom, ahead of barely 2% of games. That is the real tension. People admire this game, grow attached to it, keep its images in their head, but they do not binge it.

Which fits what it actually is. PlatinumGames, the studio of the fastest combat on earth, delivers a slow, contemplative puzzle tale where you control two characters at once. It is a deliberate move against type, and the price shows in the scores: beauty and emotion are there, addiction is not.

So, who is it for? For you if you want an animated picture book, a touching bond between two characters, and a look unlike anything else on Switch. Much less if you want the edge of a real Bayonetta or a game that glues you to the couch for hours.