MAHOUTEQ!

MAHOUTEQ!

Released Sep 2025

A story about an unemployed girl named Luna, who wanted to buy her favorite figure so much that she had to get a job.

99% positive · 1,451 reviews
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Released, but content still planned
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Content Planned

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Steam $1.99
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Evaluation

MAHOUTEQ! is a visual novel that launched on September 12, 2025. The store description describes it as a self-contained story with no branching choices, suggesting the base game shipped as a complete narrative experience. Shortly after launch, the developer added MacOS and Linux support on September 15, 2025, and released the first free extra chapter — "Coffee doesn't exist after all" — in English and Russian on November 30, 2025, with additional language translations noted as forthcoming. On March 21, 2026, the developer posted a direct statement confirming they have not abandoned the game and intend to keep releasing free extra chapters "until I run out of ideas (or money for translations)." This is a clear, ongoing commitment to post-launch story content, with no announced end date.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states the game is not abandoned and commits to releasing free extra chapters indefinitely, limited only by ideas or translation funding.
news post · Mar 21, 2026 source content planned
high
First free extra chapter released in English and Russian; additional language translations noted as planned.
news post · Nov 30, 2025 source content shipped
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
SHRIMP POND
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

This story is about an unemployed girl named Luna, who wanted to buy her favorite magical girl figure so badly that she had to look for a job.

By happy coincidence, in the city just had a recruitment for a team of magical girls. Luna couldn't have dreamed of a better job!

From that day on, her exciting adventures begin!

Features:

  • Graphics drawn in MS Paint

  • This is a visual novel, so it has THE TEXT

  • This is a visual novel, so it has THE STORY

  • Cool 2 buttons turn based combat system

  • Story made by human and not an AI

  • Music made by human and not an AI

  • Code made by human and... ? well that human don't understand programming so sometimes he asked AI how to make some mechanics like turn based combat in Ren'Py. He ruined it all! Great! And right before the release of the game he had to clean up a bunch of bugs that the AI had spawned and spend a huge amount of nerves. Don't repeat his mistakes, ask for help from real people or at least read the manual.

  • A complete lack of different endings. The game will no longer put you in front of difficult choices! You just don't have a choice! It's like a movie! But worse...

  • A LOT of CG. Not as much as the author would have liked, but he suffered enough to be too lazy to draw new ones

  • A very

  • Long

  • Long

  • Long

  • Long

  • Cat

Last evaluated Jun 16, 2026
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