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“You are deserving of love, especially from yourself.”

says the 3000-year-old vampire man, as I sit on my sofa with tears in my eyes.

Vampire Therapist: Andromachos tells Samuel they’re worthy of love during a therapy session

When I first heard of Vampire Therapist I knew it was a game I’d have tosink my teethinto.

And boyhowdy, was it worth getting my pointy little fangs on.

They’re not simply two dimensional “I am a vampire and I hate it” characters.

Bo Path of the Teal Lotus indie spotlight showing Bo infront of the face of a giant figure

It was just nice and rewarding to see them realizesomething.

The game wants you to succeed and help people, and I’m okay with that.

Oddly enough, yes, and it pulls it off masterfully.

Vampire Therapist shows various distortions you can give to a patient

Little Bat Games clearly cares about getting the therapy aspect of the game perfect.

Vampire Therapist was made in conjunction with real licensed therapists, and for that I can only applaud it.

Now that being said, is this game arealtherapy tool?

Vampire Therapist: Samuel (who’s dressed like a cowboy) listens to the concerns of Edmund who wears 18th century-looking clothes

I also don’t think Little Bat Games were trying to achieve that.

Maybe if you’re a 400 year old vampire with centuries old trauma it’ll work for you though!

However, I came away from Vampire Therapist actively wanting to emotionally improve and be kinder tomyself.

Cabernet screenshot showing vampire protagonist Liza sucking someone�s blood

“You are deserving of love, especially from yourself”… Vampire Therapist was abloodygood time and I cannot recommend it enough.

Vampire Therapist is out now on PC.

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