Hot Springs Story Reviews

Loveeeeettt ^_^

I'm a big fan of Kairosoft games. So I do enjoy every game they have.

I'd rather wash the dishes by hand than play this game. The player is left to figure out and take notes on their own if they want to succeed here, and keeping track of whether or not your hotspring is actually doing well is tedious and time consuming. The game just isn't fun.

Great game, especially if you're at work and looking for idle games to pass the time!

The art is really cute. I love how cherry blossom trees turn pink in spring, and lanterns light up at night. The little details are nice. The land you can build on is big, so if you put in some effort, you can create a beautiful inn.

Hot Springs Story is the first, and probably last Kairosoft game I will play. It looks nice, and for the first few hours is pretty fun. There are lots of different room compatibilities to try and figure out, with each one giving different bonuses, or negative attributes. I like a lot of what it has going on, especially at the start. After the first few hours though, it just becomes a very long grind. I saw that there were only 6 achievements for the game, and early on decided I'd try and get them all. It literally took me almost 19 hours to get the final one, and I don't think that there is much I could have done to speed this up. This would have been alright if there was more to do, but unfortunately you're only allowed to expand your Hot Springs up to a point. Once I could no longer expand, the game basically became a wait. Waiting for my targeted patrons to show up, and waiting for popularity seeds to show up in the shop. There really isn't much to do other than watch. And you have to be present due to frequent popups, which will halt the game until you get through them. Targeting patrons feels barely better than useless, and it becomes a chore trying to figure out which patrons already have maxed popularity, and which still need to get targeted. There is no way to sort this, other than manually clicking each one, until you find those that still need more popularity bonus. The late game would have been vastly improved by allowing me to keep purchasing more and more area, but unfortunately that is not the case. It's literally an idle game, but you're unable to idle. I feel bad, because there is definitely stuff to like here. It's just way grindier than it really has any need to be.