The Session

Editorial Meh

The Session is a linear visual novel about a therapist encountering lonely women in a small town, leading to predictable intimate encounters. The game's strongest asset is its character renders and brief animations; the weakest is its narrative, which most players dismiss as a thin pretext—barely a story, more a sequence of transparent scenarios with no player agency. Opinions sharply divide: some find it an adequate, quick erotic experience for the price; others condemn it as a 30–60 minute slideshow with poor writing, broken grammar, a malfunctioning gallery view (a critical bug unfixed for months), and technical launch issues on Steam. The most credible negative consensus points to padding with fake positive reviews, suggesting developer dishonesty. Build issues—especially the gallery rendering bug and Steam launch failure—confirm the project has been largely abandoned or neglected even after acquisition by a new studio.