Heal Hitler

Heal Hitler
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$4.99
Release date
22 July 2021
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POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.

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Heal Hitler system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: i3 (any CPU newer than 2010 will do fine)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: any Integrated graphics
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Sound Card: integrated
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Qwiksis
Qwiksis

Cool game, the fact that people are just people is somehow really overlooked, and this game addresses that. Though gameplay-wise its kind of confusing. There's no indication of what choices led to what, and there is no comprehensive guide anywhere. I can't figure out the 'correct' combination of dialogue options. Something like a place where you can see all of the dialogue trees would have made a lot of sense, so one can see all of the valuable psychoanalysis.

ColeArkenach
ColeArkenach

Really small game, not sure if I should say it's not what I expected, or exactly what I expected. Which is to say, it certainly FEELS like it SHOULD be a deeper, more complicated topic which could be explored. But it's more surface level than it could be. It's an enjoyable thought experiment of what could be done to prevent his ultimate rise to power, if at all possible, through helping him as a person and not as "history's greatest monster", but this game certainly isn't that.

Regardless, it's cheap. Give it a playthrough if you absolutely want, or just to give the devs some money. You could just watch YouTube videos to get a similar effect and see the endings. Overall, probably closer to a 2.6/5, just edging over an "average" review. I hope the developer sees this though, and takes strides to do more - and potentially expand on this concept. Something with a concept such as this, or maybe a "Confessional Booth" type game would be interesting. Something worth thinking about.

Jacuzzi820
Jacuzzi820

I thought the premise was extremely interesting so I thought I'd give the game a chance, I liked it, but the pacing was off and I feel like everything happened way to quick. The decisions themselves were basically not offending hitler and being nice to him to prevent all the things he did. It was a good quick game but execution was off, but regardless good job to the team who were behind this indie title.

Deep Fried Dolphin
Deep Fried Dolphin

brought back memories of my grandfathers ptsd
whens the sequel btw

Daniel
Daniel

A game which seemingly offends "everybody".
It has a genius preface and in the Steam store you can see it in the about session.
Neo-nazis get offended by the idea that Hitler could have changed his mind and grind their teeth at this game and throw a tantrum (I love seeing these reactions on-line from them, gives me schadenfreude, to use an appropriate word, haha), some jewish press gets offended, how could the author "humanize" such a monster? How could he?
That's where they miss the point, and politely I completely disagree with such position.
Hitler was a human, not some creature from outer space, a man. A demonic man is still a man.
Jewish people like Mel Brooks and Taika Waititi get it. I subscribe to their stances.
Evil like this should be mocked, it loses it's appeal. To treat something as a taboo only gives it strength, a good example was a man who single-handlely made the Ku Klux Kan look like a bunch of childish villains. Stetson Kennedy, infiltrated the group, collected material on their rites and signals and symbolism and gave them all away on a radio program. Soon, Klan members were seeing kids on the streets play their precious secrets, they were so demoralized, that a large chunk of the hateful organization shut down. Mr. Kennedy died in 2011, 94 y. o.

Well, I just needed to get this out of my chest. I intend to play this game in it's entirety, it's simple, yet elegant.

Gray
Gray

He slayed his therapy session today xoxo

Placeholder
Placeholder

A thought provoking game and an interesting 'what if' to explore. Definitely worth the 5 bucks for some.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I found this to be a very intriguing experience that really makes one appreciate what a therapist does every day. I would love to see other historical figures get this same treatment. I hope this continues as a series and would love to play more of it. Very well done!

Dan
Dan

Everything went well...

...until he formed the SS!

:O

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8j70_vvAk0

wascally wabbit
wascally wabbit

Recommended, but with asterisks.

The concept of the game itself is awesome, but it falls a little short in terms of execution. There's not really much in the way of content seeing as I completed it in half an hour (half of the total playtime advertised on the store page), and the choices oftentimes don't branch off into separate dialogues, but rather intertwine and lead to the same point not too far down the road. Quite hard to justify the price, too, considering how little content there is, as well as the rather restricted replayability. Pick it up on sale would be my recommendation.

Nevertheless, I had a good time playing it. I really liked the overall message of the game too. Gives a hefty amount of insight into Adolf's life, and does a good job of humanising him. I also give the game the benefit of the doubt seeing as there was only one developer, so a project like this is quite impressive.

噢喏叻帝K抖
噢喏叻帝K抖

Some bugs prevented me from enjoying the whole story. Nearly one third of the voice couldn't play automatically and the subtitles went too fast at that time. (well, maybe my fault to be a foreign player) May change the review after the bugs being fixed.

undergarden
undergarden

Worth the very reasonable price and a really interesting application of video games to ethical / historical concerns. I hit a couple glitches the first time in which paragraphs appeared unvoiced and disappeared before I could read them, but I trust this will be patched soon.

Reminds me of Papers, Please in that even with replays I'm still not sure if I can get a desirable outcome!

I'd like to see more games like this.

stealthsecrecy
stealthsecrecy

I enjoyed the idea of this game but the execution (no pun intended) was a little lackluster. The dialogue options don't make much of a difference on the subsequent therapy sessions so it does not feel like you are affecting the storyline that much. Unless I'm just a bad therapist, I don't see a clear connection between the dialogue options I pick and the resulting ending and to me it almost seems randomly picked. In addition, there are some spelling and audio bugs that take away from the experience further, although those are easy to fix.

It was a quite nice learning experience and definitely beats just reading about Hitler from text when with this you can feel like you're actually talking to him. For that I would say it was worth the $5, but adding more content to allow for more diverse storyline paths would really help make the game better.

piger
piger

I went in thinking this was a shitpost but came out with valuable insight. Hitler is basically Shinji but more based (and I think he is in a perfect mental state for it). There is a lot of historical accuracy with details about Hitler's life to methodologies and perspectives in the psychological field at the time (which was still fairly new in practice),

I do feel that the game is largely unfinished. It's a short and fun playthrough (if you're into the humor that brought you here or are actually interested in psychology stuff) but the dialogue options were few and held the same result in the conversation. There were also times when the therapist would bring up something and I wouldn't know what he was talking about because I didn't choose the option or maybe it was in a session that we didn't get to see.

I see a lot of potential in this game being really good with more content and polishing, Please keep working on it.

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twitch.tv/xK3n…

Most games let you kill Hitler, but this short and unique game lets you heal Hitler.

Francesco24
Francesco24

good game, but not worth 5 bucks

SMERSh
SMERSh

A complete mess, bad historical background and nobody should pay a penny for this. As for Freud and Jung, there is nothing in the game about their approaches to human psyche.

Harald Fairmane
Harald Fairmane

TLDR:
- Lacks depth.
+ Amazing new game concept.
+ For the price it is a recommended buy. Possibly buy on sale.

Lots of interesting information to learn about Hitler and you will try to save the world from a global catastrophe.

Negatives: You are more of a spectator than an actual therapist, you get very simple choices to make and the therapist then speaks for a long time. In 1925 Hitler was already radicalized and it seems a bit naive that some therapy sessions would change his mind.

But these are decisions you have to make when making a game like this, and for a three month developed game it is really good.

Positives: This should probably be viewed as a test of concept game, and it accomplishes that amazingly. You learn a lot about Hitler and the game successfully humanizes him. If only that boy would have experienced love and compassion rather than brutal traumatic experiences.

spam porpoise
spam porpoise

I bought this game because, as a psychology student myself, I was intrigued with the premise. I thought that, if handled well, this had the potential to be a wonderful piece of art.

The balls on the guy that made this game to choose to approach such a taboo subject is very commendable, and there are some valuable facts and perspectives that the game provides if you're interested in learning more about Hitler's origins.

However, I feel that this game was somewhat lacking in some areas of the execution.

- The pacing was off. The insights that you as a character present Hitler with would have been much more rewarding if they had built up slowly over the course of more sessions, starting from your first session with him and progressing from there until, after a few sessions, some breakthroughs start happening. It felt like the developer was too eager to get this idea out there (which, to be fair, I can't exactly blame them for, since it is a very cool idea) and didn't have the patience to develop it in a way that did the idea justice. There were some valuable insights in this game, but I feel that delivering them with more tact and subtlety would have been the way to go.

- The therapeutic approach utilised here was subpar - good psychologists typically do not tell their patients their own interpretation of their life story, but instead try to guide their patient towards a breakthrough or interpretation of events that leads to the formation of healthy mental habits. Given the time period this game is set in and the fact that the approach used by the therapist is clearly Freudian in nature, this isn't that big of a deal, and is more of a psych nerd critique than a gamer critique. But I do feel like, if you wanted the audience to get out of the game what you hoped they would get, some artistic liberties should have been taken to make the therapeutic approach more modern in order to allow the audience to vibe with the game better.

I still think this game is definitely worth having a look at and I'm all for supporting independent creators that do out-of-the-box things. However, the overall feel that I got from this game was that there was a fixation on the premise rather than the execution at the expense of quality.

Tl;dr - wasted potential but still worth a go (maybe buy on sale though)

Tot Monster
Tot Monster

A short but interesting game. Not bad but I would buy this on sale b/c it is so short. Only takes 30 minutes to go through the entire game, however if you want the other endings you can play longer.

ariel.alignani
ariel.alignani

"Heal Hitler" is not your kind of a mainstream videogame, it's more like a visual novel, but the concept itself is pretty good and the fact that the developers have been accused of nazi supporters because of this, and that they still pushed through despite of all criticism is remarkable. I love to see taboos being tore down, specially in the videogame industry. It is very short, yes, but i do like to support developers that come up with new ideas, so i hope to see more of this. I give it 4 Ariels out of 5.

(WTH) Goat
(WTH) Goat

This game deserves a lot of credit and I hope many will give it a try, especially due to its low price.

You're a psychologist in 1925 and you have three sessions with Adolf Hitler. To give you an idea of where in history you are: 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch, April 1924- Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail, December 1924 - pardoned, July 1925 - publication of Mein Kampf. Around this time, the game takes place. The NSDAP got about 3% in the elections in December 1924 and 1928, and it's still a couple years until Hitler becomes chancellor (January 1933).

Just by playing this game for half an hour, I learned a few new things about Hitler's background (for example, didn't know his mother died of breast cancer and that the family doctor was Jewish), and maybe a rough inside into psychology.
The developer states that he was criticized for making this game, but he brings up a good point in the preface. Hitler is a human and it's dangerous to dehumanize him by calling him a monster. Food for thought: If you could go back in time and you would witness little four-year old Hitler about to drown in a lake, would you save him or not - even if you know what would happen in the 1930/40's?

It's a serious game and you have to take your role as a psychologist serious, but in the end, you can probably try any combination you like. I only played one round and Hitler left the NSDAP, also stopped the publication of Mein Kampf, but in the third session, I may have been a bit too harsh and direct, because things went wrong and he formed the SS. I'll definitely try and see if I can change history :)

I hope the developer continues to work on this. The text needs some polishing (there were a few typos), I'd love to see some more animations (for example, when Hitler gets angry), and, most of all, some more options when it comes to dialogue. Also, during the game, the psychologist gives Hitler some tasks (for example, write a journal), maybe that would be something for the player to review after a session.

Anyways, kudos to Jon! Well done and I hope you can improve the game a little bit :)

beyzanur.gencer
beyzanur.gencer

A very interesting game but with a lot of problems too. Firstly the technical ones: There were many typos in the dialogues and sometimes the voice actors' line did not match with the line shown on the screen. Also just putting the 100 words or so dialogue on the screen kinda tires out your eyes. The dialogue options did not feel like there was any way I could actually fuel Hitler's rage more (for a second game) and usually after I chose a dialogue option it would come back and automatically ask the other one anyway. This game has great potential and works great for a game with one producer, you can absolutely get the game and support them.

Obamna_16
Obamna_16

nazi propoganda, don't waste your money on this shit

deathbytoast64
deathbytoast64

I have a soft spot for this game and I'm glad I bought it, its an interesting and earnest premise that fails completely. This is a sad and funny game about Jon Aegis and his fantasies of stopping a horrible and unspeakable act by reading a few psychology books and bro-ing down with Hitler. But the fact is fascism doesn't begin and end with Hitler and psychology certainly doesn't end with Jung & Freud. Its like the indie game equivalent of a kid making two action figures kiss, and for that I do love it as a funny part of my collection ill never touch again.

In this game you talk a guy doing a really bad Hitler impression down from genocide by being nice to him and not judging him too harshly. That's genuinely all there is to it. There are about 3 choices that matter and as long as you don't hurt Adolf Hitler's feelings you stop the Holocaust. It manages a very serious topic in a very stupid gamer brain way. It's hilarious, should by no means be taken seriously, and is really not worth the price. I learned a whole lot more about Jon Aegis than I did any of the historical figures he researched. Just watch a letsplay of it or buy it just to tell people that you played a game this dumb.

byr0n
byr0n

Great game but I feel as though he was never in the wrong.

Revolver
Revolver

This was very well researched! Some of the endings seemed a bit buggy though, like when he left the NSDAP even when I said he was acting. I'm also noticing similar issues with the 2nd and 3rd session endings. Very good game otherwise, and would love to see more historical figures.

HermanTheSuperCat
HermanTheSuperCat

Amazing! I have been waiting my whole life for this game. It is pure perfection. But I still caused the holocaust ;)

Matties
Matties

More like a visual story but very entertaining, for people interested in world war 2 it has a ton of interesting facts, really enjoyable so far.

Earth, Wind & Flyer
Earth, Wind &a…

If you want the good ending, aka Hitler leaves politics, just hit space and only space

Do not look at other options
Only pick whatever the default one is

It's interesting in a way but I don't think it's really worth getting unless you REALLY wanna hear two people talk about Hitler as a person rather than a historical figure.

The voice acting was good though, but sometimes the voice acting did not proc and the text scrolls way too fast for you to read it if that happens so I would appreciate if they made it so you could actually proceed the text rather than it just auto going

Also you can't pause at all.

Suns
Suns

i tried all of the combinations and all the choices but i still havent been able to stop hitler from forming the ss

also the game has pretty bad pacing (it could've used more build-up) and a surprising lack of depth. you have choices once in a while but most of the time it doesn't really matter

EDIT:

I managed to get the good ending, but apparently that means you have to let him found the NSDAP and also publish Mein Kampf (day 1 and 2)... You also have to accuse him of lying on the first day when he tells you about his experience in the war...

So I don't really get it, how is this meant to be a psychological game at all? You can have the SAME exact game, with the same dialogue, and the same ending to the session, but on one game you have him leave politics... and on the other he continues??

I even had games where he didn't rejoin the NSDAP, didn't publish Mein Kampf, yet formed the SS? It makes no sense to me. The game could use a lot of work.

TL;DR: The history aspect is fine, and the research done for it is good, but the game is really lackluster when it comes to the actual 'gameplay' and the psychological aspect of it. You barely have any choices, and to win you apparently have to be a shitty therapist. It has a pretty ambitious goal, but fails completely to accomplish it. It's a shame, because this concept had a lot of potential.

sfrkovic
sfrkovic

The game is great. I wish it was longer. You know it has a lot of potential. Maybe a 3 hour game as a Heal Hitler 2 would be great. More intense and like more tools to use for your work. Make the game like to be as you really are a psychologist and Hitler is your patien which you work hard to heal him. Maybe add like every information on him. When he was with Kubizek he was in big love for a Jewish girl (as Kubizek claims) and he never spoke to her. And like the time he almost drowned in a lake as a kid but a priest saved him, so he wanted to be a priest. Leave no stone unturned. Maybe some story with the whole game. It is never boring to talk about (or to him) Hitler.

Psychonaut
Psychonaut

Definitely a fascinating game. As someone who has a psychology degree and works in a psychiatric hospital, this was a novel way to brush up on my knowledge of Freudian and Jungian psychotherapy. If psych is your thing, this will definitely be a fun experience for you.

My only complaints are that there aren't really enough dialogue choices. You don't really get a lot of wiggle room to decide which direction the therapy session will go. Also, the game is simply too short. Could have expanded on it a bit more.

Glitchytoast
Glitchytoast

Great game, love the historic notions in the game and how you have an control on the historic events from real life.

Swamp
Swamp

Very basic and very rough around the edges, but the main concept is interesting and still worth a try.

MurdochM88
MurdochM88

Pretty cartoon-ish portrayal of Hitler. You're not healing Hitler so much as being lectured to by the game. If you could show any American or European at the time what would become of their home countries in 2021, between the degeneracy and racial replacement, stopping Hitler would be the last thing on their minds.

Ratflavored
Ratflavored

Neat game, but worst dating sim I've ever played.

26 Year old Doomer
26 Year old Doomer

A neat concept. Thought provoking if nothing else. For the low price I recomend people to go in blind and give it a try.

Kameraad_Elmo
Kameraad_Elmo

It's a great game, without a doubt. I have always thought that this would be a really cool idea for a game and I was correct. It's a little bit short and it would be cool if it held more sessions during different time periods (such as WW2) but it is only made by a very small team. It is certainly worth the incredibly small price, quite surprised by the price actually. Overall, great potential

WEEBSOUT
WEEBSOUT

Very interesting game, controversial but one of the worst dating sims I've ever played.

Avant-Garde Berserk
Avant-Garde Berserk

I heard about this game from Skimmerlit stream. Even though a lot of stuff has been spoiled there, i highly recommend this game to anyone, who is not very familiar both with psychoanalysis and psychology in general, and with Hitler's biography. I didn't learned any new stuff about psychoanalysis just because i was studying this stuff for a quite time, but i can appreciate a simplistic approach, so everybody can learn from it. About Hitler, i learned a lot new stuff. Game is very short, but absolutely worth it's price. I think this experiment is a success. It's only matter of time for this message to spread. Thank you for your work, Jon and your team! :)

󠀡󠀡⁧⁧Franz
󠀡󠀡⁧⁧Franz

it shows you the cute side of Hitler

JVE86
JVE86

I liked the idea of this game, interesting experiment. At the same it is a game that could be longer in my opinion, and, should have more choices/ability to steer the narrative. It could be more then it is now.

On a deeper level; it is so important to get the facts right in a game such as this, and I feel that also on that part more could have been done (coming from a person who read multiple Hitler biographies - pick up the one from Volker Ulrich). For example; when Hitler was living in Vienna, he didn't hate jews yet, this came later, during the war. The reason lies more in the perception (not how it really was) that the jews abonded Germany in the war. So in the game an experience from Vienna comes up, which seems then off with this timeline. I would delve more into the biographies and really come up with story based on the facts, and then the results in this game would make more sense either (because when the facts are wrong, the result is off aswell). The aspect of psychology is interesting, but also on that part more could have been achieved. Why not reference some sources and apply those in an option? Just some thoughts.

So, you know, nice experiment for a game, but work to be done! Good luck!

Chiken
Chiken

I like the idea of the game but it gives off a perception that it is multiple choice, while technically it is, the dialogue you choose merges with the other choice making your choice feel pointless, the game is more watching than playing so I am disappointed.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan, M.D.
Dr. Mantis Tob…

The game has an interesting premise, but it has 2 main issues. The first is that there are only about 3 therapy sessions with about 4 dialogue options. And half the time, the options will give the same result anyway. The other issue is that the game is just too short. The developers state in can be finished in under an hour, but I literally finished it in less than half an hour. I was starting to have fun with the game when it just ended abruptly with no conclusion. (My ending was basically 'Hitler might not gain power, but who knows?')

QUAK
QUAK

I really like the game. Its was different, having chat with Mr. Adolf, it actually make me feel sorry for him but I already know a lots of information about him before even playing the game. So I can confirm that the game is fairly accurate. Did not know he was about to get executed tho. Anyway speaking about his actions, yes he went a bit over the top... but from other hand have to understand him and cannot blame him... Communists and Marxist (anti-fa, blm) etc are the current problem, marxist and communist always been. Just look what happening in he west right now... Its s.h.i.t state a clown show... Same people probably having problem with the developer of the game, calling him "Nazi apologist" because they uneducated progressive liberals with average IQ of 80 top without any knowledge. By the way Its not "NAZI" it is National socialist if so nazi is derogatory language. More game like this, educate people on history by entertaining them... It much better then watching degenerated western tv and media.

Andrew StoryDust
Andrew StoryDust

Very interesting game how the game is very short but i still recommend it to buy

TRIPPY
TRIPPY

there are several typos that the developers didn't bother to fix, grammar was atrocious too. wasn't historically accurate. the developers fucked my wife. they took the kids selfish pricks. jokes aside this game was fucking boring, short as shit and not worth the $8 i spent on it which could've fed an African child for a week instead + there is no resolution or conclusion and ends abruptly and finishes quicker than me in bed. overall 1/10

cyrus
cyrus

Yeah, the whole cause of Hitler's anti-semitism is because of his mum's doctor. This is the most accurate historical game ever.

Moe
Moe

It’s definitely a fun concept for a game, I just wish it had more options, the ‘simulator’ feels more like a long clip that lets you intervene a few times.

Ollie
Ollie

interesting premise but lacks good game mechanic. felt more like a dramatised documentary.

ehre
ehre

After 4 hours in this game including getting every Achievment, that are my final remarks:

Really unique idea of an game, but not a complete game at all.
The Player can not intervene a lot and some desicions have the same outcome, so it feels more like an alternative History Documentation as an Indie-Game.
All in all some Updates with new Desicions and Days could make a great Game.

oh rumham!
oh rumham!

I think Hitler might be incurable. But I like the game.

kurogane628
kurogane628

This game should not exist.

I purchased this game hoping that it would be somewhat satirical and self aware, instead I got an experience that was so far up it's own ass the only color visible was brown.

As an 'art think piece' it fails to meet the mark of being enlightened and simply sits at mildly racists and horribly antisemetic.

Anonymous
Anonymous

You will beat this game quite easily.

Lillith's Abyss
Lillith's Abyss

eh i didnt like it...boring and...just inaccurate therapy

Natini
Natini

The game is interesting as far as the history aspect of it, however I feel it lacks any gameplay at all. It's more like an interactive story. It says your decisions affect the end result, which can only go two directions, however I don't feel like t he decisions change anything at all. The conversation stays the same bar in the first session where one particular question end sour. Otherwise, it doesn't matter what option you choose, the Therapist character will ask the other questions anyway, so that leaves you feeling like there is not real point in you making a decision at all. The order doesn't hold substance either as sometimes Hitler would respond that 'i told you before' when he in fact he had not, this would mean that I was supposed to ask something else beforehand.

In short, there are no real consequences for your decisions, you choose the predetermined path or WW2.
I also want to critisize that the conversation always ends the same, you come to a conclusion and he hates you for it. It's not really a good conclusion either as even as far as mental health goes, it doesn't quite work like that. I feel like a lot more research into mental health needs to be done, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (nee 'Shell shock') and probably some deeper looks into the history as WW2 was considerably more complicated than just 'Hating the Jewish'. He is an easy character to flesh out, but hard to understand, the Hitler in this game was a bit anemic in personality, but easy to figure out.

I think a decision needs to be made, either go down the route of game, and add some complexity to it to really make it feel like theres some pressure behind the decisions, or make it an interactive story extract from very telling parts of his character extracted from his book. Perhaps it could be a project of expressing the contents of his book in a way that would be accepted into countries that do not allow you to purchse it (I believe in Germany you can own it, but you cannot purchase or sell it?) maybe this could be an opportunity to use it for educational purposes without exposing anything that may be seen as politically harmful. Just food for thought.

As for technical issues, there are a few lines that are missing their voice over audio, and some scripts dont entirely match the audio, but not a lot and none appear to be consecutive. There also seems to be a bug after going from start to finish a few times to get both endings prevents the game from reaching the other ending. I couldn't seem to get the 'good' ending, so I looked it up to learn I had indeed tried that route. Several times. I had to reboot the game, tried the same route again and achieved the other ending. So if you're using an if point system to determine the ending, that point count is not resetting at the end of the game and can only be reset if you quit and reboot the game.

To conclude, the game and concept is fascinating, I bought it because the 'Heal Hitler' pun was funny, and I do have a small interest in the history of WW2. There's potential here, and I feel like this game can really be fleshed out into something interesting.

RGBW
RGBW

An indie game about nazis that isn't ""satirical"" for once!
The logic seems sound to me, an interesting take on the subject.
Even though I'm pretty sure it wouldn't even have been possible in reality to actually heal Hitler, it does the job of giving an accurate depiction of the point of view of Hitler's psychology.

illion
illion

good premise but poor execution; completely lacking in terms of gameplay and dialogue is soso... this is a mediocre documentary, not a game

Official Cletus Gaming
Official Cletu…

I haven't read much of Freud's or Jung's stuff, but for a game where you need to psychoanalyze someone, it's certainly consistent and understandable. Hitler's reactions and mood are easily understandable as you go along, especially once you begin to empathize with his plight (his trauma, don't cancel me). I enjoyed the way his parental troubles (and thus the rest of his relationships) are worked through, as it honestly makes a lot of sense without falling into the sort of far reaches a lot of people get when they try to analyze Hitler. A short game, but for something to sit down, relax and think with, it's definitely worth the price.

Nick
Nick

I needed to see if this game was as bad as people say, so, short answer: It's not only a horrible idea, it also lacks gameplay mechanics. The game wants you to empathize with him. It's just weird.

There are almost no choices, and if you choose option 1 for example, the game will ask option 2 anyways, like there is no difference. It's like there's only one ending and it's just a title that doens't explain anything, it's like "who knows?". The game always offer same questions no matter what you choose.
It's just him spitting antisemitistic bullshit and all you can do is change the subject. I tought it was going to be at least interesting. Maybe the game would work if it was like 12 minutes, where you learn from your mistakes. Did you guys actually hire a therapist to help you with this?

Definitely not worth the price. If you want to learn about history like me, maybe you can find better games. I hope steam refunds me.

spamvictim
spamvictim

TBH when I first clicked on this it was because I was concerned that Fascists were using Steam to push propaganda. Fortunately, as it turns out I was completely wrong. This game does seem at first to be in terrible bad taste, but while somewhat unrefined it does have a good idea at its' core: What if instead of sending an assassin back in time to kill Hitler, you sent a psychiatrist to cure him? I do think it needs more work, and I hope the developer does more with it, there's a lot of ideas one could explore with this game.

Personally, the most interesting reaction I had to it while playing was thinking: "But what if I just make him better at being an evil dictator?"

Valerianne
Valerianne

Waste of time, such a disappointment and such a short game. Regret ever buying it.

winonyaforever
winonyaforever

I really enjoyed playing this short game that you can probably complete in under 2 hours. Hitler's psyche has been discussed in pop culture many times, but this was a refreshing take on it in which the player realises that anyone, even hitler, can be saved from the perils of his own mind. I made a little tik tok game review on it too, and it got 20k views: https://www.tiktok.com/@winonyaforever/video/6991138117570858242

FÜNGUS
FÜNGUS

There is no point in fixing something that is not broken

songbird238
songbird238

Way more thought-provoking and historically accurate than expected.

10/10 would heal Hitler again

SteemMod=DiscordPedo
SteemMod=DiscordPedo

this game is lacking in content.
I talked hitler out of politics in less than 10 minutes. Thus "beating the game".
What would have been nice is a plot twist.
Maybe, the fuhrers, in fact has zero intention of killing anyone,
Maybe he is actually kind of a romantic with a big heart for animals.
I don't know just spit balling at this point.
Just felt like it was all so linear and narrow.
Like sticking to a script your gut wrenchingly terrified to stray away from.
Like Natalie Portman in the clone wars.
Don't worry so much Natalie, it's not like we're going to send you to prison for holocaust denial or something, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

SHIWUBLAK
SHIWUBLAK

Yes I have prevented a catastrophe

twistw00d
twistw00d

Game fixing related:
1, hope there's a function fast forward or skip dialogue
2, there's a bit issue when exiting the game. Hit esc twice doesn't help.

Generally it is good and novel game. It's a shame to see the game being attacked by people. Simple works and splendid story telling experience is always what I want to meet in a game.
It always introduces many psychological studies and symptoms.

It would be nice to focus and play for a few hours.
7/10

拔萃有個大FallGuy
拔萃有個大FallGuy

The voice acting alone is bad enough.

Ricz the Ronin
Ricz the Ronin

The thought itself is quite original and actually helps understanding history and the leading person behind the idea of one of the worst genocides. People, who are interested in the history of modern age (or just psychology) should definitely try it.

On the other hand, I find it really short and jumping easily to conclusions and features such as a little talk could make Hitler leave the party, give up his view about Jews and so on. A bit naive, that's for sure and that's the only part I could mention as an error.

Pickelhaube
Pickelhaube

The setting of this game is good, but it is hard to get into the stories, the voice is a reason, and the whole game only has one background. And I don't really know how do my choices affect the development of the story

Zio Topomouse
Zio Topomouse

Very interesting and thought provoking game.

limecatcher
limecatcher

Interesting premise, and the game is well made for a development team of 1. Presentation is substance over style, working to place focus over the dialogue anf story. Multiple routes and endings provide a replayable experience exploring alternate scenarios the life of Hitler could've led, yet none of them feel outlandish or out of the realm of possibility at that point of his life and when the game takes place.

Overall, a short yet engaging visual novel that attempts to humanize one of history's greatest villains; and one of which that I believe succeded.

m0l0s0
m0l0s0

overall good game but very little playtime. finished the game in 30 minutes.

Siher86
Siher86

Funny little game. However, it's short and the actual influence on the conversation is pretty small. I like the idea of the game and that it is not in any way glorifying nazisme or hitler, nor the opposit. I played the game for less than an hour and have tried out all the options and now have all endings and all the achievements, so don't expect it to have much gameplay or replayability.

Pros:
- Look ok for what it is.
- Easy to play.
- Funny idea.
- Relatively cheap. (Bought on sale)

Cons:
- Way too short. (No more than 15 minutes per play through)
- No replayability.
- Too little influence on the conversation.

Den Svarta Stjärnan
Den Svarta Stjärnan

Even with humble expectations, this game offers very little content. My first guess wasn't that "can be finished in under an hour" meant 26 minutes including menus and loading. Even though some of the psychology is intriguing, there's not enough there to justify this game being released.

The choices are the biggest issue because they seem to rarely affect the conversations or the outcome. Often you are just picking the order of the questions and it makes the interaction feel cheap. You can forget about replay value. I also got reactions like I was making the right choices all throughout the game only to have him flip in the end and lose. I don't think the game properly indicates what path you are taking.

Even if it is on sale, I wouldn't recommend it.

Officer Majima
Officer Majima

Interesting concept, short but sweet psychological dive into adolf hitler.

Fred Figglehorn
Fred Figglehorn

Women?! YUCK! Go follow my yahoo account

hydrogen peroxide
hydrogen peroxide

concept is very good but it is boriiiiiing

Bobby Corwen
Bobby Corwen

I didn't realize that I could leave a review for a game with only 19 minutes of play time on record...

Babrik
Babrik

Really interesting game, overall I enjoyed it. I do agree that you have far too little impact on the conversation, could be expanded into a much more complicated scenario which I think would've helped the message, but for what it is, the game is good. Glad that we're somewhat normalizing the fact that the worst person of all time became who he did *partly* because he was unable to process his own struggles and trauma (it goes without saying that this does not in any way justify his actions, but as the game put it: "Hitler was human, just like you. You are both good and evil."), I think that's overall a positive idea to reinforce if done with caution and care, so I can definitely appreciate this game.

l'homme fainéant
l'homme fainéant

it's very helpful to the psychology students like myself. i've enjoyed it a lot but it's short and i somehow wanted to be able to investigate the objects that are placed in the room cause it was kinda boring listening to 'em.