Review: Saint Maker

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When it was released in 2021, Perfect Gold was something of a surprise to me. It was a yuri visual novel that I connected with, even though I’ve never exactly had any relatable experiences. Perfect Gold was earnest, honest, and sweet. It was a story of people who shared a romance, not about a romance between two people.

So, I kept the developer, Yangyang Mobile, earmarked to watch out for. I believe they were, at the time, already working on Saint Maker, and I didn’t know what to respect. As it turns out, we have a different genre, different themes, and a different writer, but the same earnestness tucked away inside.

I’ll take it.

Saint Maker (PC, Switch)Developer: Yangyang MobilePublisher: Yangyang MobileReleased: February 22nd, 2023MSRP: $13.99

If you’re an awful person like me, you’re probably asking how much lesbian we’re in for this time around. The answer is some, but it’s not a central theme to Saint Maker. This isn’t romance, it’s horror.

In particular, it’s horror based around the Christian faith. Saint Maker follows Holly Beltran as she goes to spend her summer at a recollection for girls. When she gets there, she finds an unbalanced and hostile nun, and a rebellious teen who makes her disdain for the whole deal rather clear. What starts off as uncomfortable turns horrifying as the two girls start seeing supernatural visions and begin to learn of Saint Idelora’s convent.

Saint Maker is a relatively linear visual novel. There are some choices to make, but sometimes the game will make it obvious that you didn’t actually have a choice. It seems that some of the selections will result in additional or different scenes. The developer advertises a “secret” ending scene depending on your choices, and I’m not sure I