Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel

Indie· Free to Play· Visual Novel· Anime

Released Jun 2016

This short Visual novel can be considered as a little introductory episode of the game Elisa the innkeeper. Enjoy our Art and Soundtrack as you begin to shape Elisa's destiny for the better or the worse!

79% positive · 810 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

This free-to-play visual novel prequel was released on June 14, 2016 and received a major overhaul in December 2016 with the "Prequel Enhanced Edition," which introduced a new game engine, new artwork, and expanded content. A follow-up patch in February 2017 added new characters and further refinements, with the developer noting the full game would release on February 16, 2017. The store description prominently displays a banner reading "Complete Game now Available! Go check it out!" — indicating that the full "Elisa: The Innkeeper" game that this prequel was designed to lead into has since been released. This prequel was always positioned as an introductory episode covering roughly 20% of the full story, and with the complete game now available, the prequel's role as a marketing and storytelling introduction has been fulfilled. Developer communications stopped after February 8, 2017, which is consistent with the studio having shifted its attention to the completed main game. No further content updates, announcements, or roadmaps for the prequel itself have been communicated since that date. The prequel appears to be a finished, standalone free introduction to the full game — complete as designed.

Evidence

Developer released Prequel Enhanced Edition patch 2.5 and announced the full game would release on February 16, 2017. This is the last known developer communication for the prequel.

news post · Feb 8, 2017 source development ending

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Prequel Enhanced Edition launched with a completely rebuilt game engine, new artwork, new systems, and expanded content. Developer stated this was a step toward the full game releasing in Dec 2016/Jan 2017.

news post · Dec 1, 2016 source content shipped

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Media

Details

Developer

Neoclassic Games

Publisher

Neoclassic Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

"If I married all those who said they want me, now I would have so many of those husbands. All men who stay at this inn immediately fall in love with me..." Elisa

Complete Game now Available! Go check it out!

Our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.

It will be the Player to decide Elisa's fate and his/her choices may even influence her destiny for the better or the worse.

The Player is -not- the protagonist of this story, however.

His/Her judgements affect every character and their actions, like a god that watches everything from above. For this reason, every decision is a tough choice to make.

Your choice will change the story forever!

Our Prequel summarizes about 20% of our complete story and features 3 main story branches.

The choices you make take account for the possibility of gaining special items; It's up to you to dicover them and when to use them.

This allows you to influence the outcome of the story in a positive or negative way in specific situations, deciding how the story unfolds.

Of course all of those features will play a much more important role once our story will be available in the future.

The Prequel is just our first step!

Hope you enjoy it!