Onsen Master is an adventure developed by Waking Oni Games, released 4 September 2022 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Onsen Master is
Onsen Master is an adventure game developed by Waking Oni Games and released in 2022. It was published by Whitethorn Games. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Create ingredients to match the various customer ailments, reconnect the communities that surround each onsen, and discover the supernatural world that they've long since been disconnected from. Dive into a 1-2 player story mode, or take on others in a competitive couch multiplayer mode where you must each work to manage your customers within the same hot spring.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, business, fantasy and kids. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Onsen Master holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 16 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Onsen Master launched on 4 September 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger and Immortality. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 9 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger, Immortality.
Official trailer
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