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Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head scored 63/100 on Steam Analyzer — Solid for a Dark capsule. Top priority fix: [title_readability] Reduce or remove the tagline, or increase its font weight and contrast to maintain legibility at small and tiny sizes—the secondary text is sacrificed at scale.

Capsule scores by dimension

• Genre Clarity: 7/10 — Clear narrative adventure, anime visual style. The capsule immediately signals a story-driven adventure game through three anime-styled characters in school uniforms against a bright sky backdrop, suggesting a character-focused narrative. The tagline 'Truth Rears Its Ugly Head' reinforces psychological intrigue typical of narrative adventures. At tiny size, the character silhouettes and school setting remain legible, though the specific psychological horror angle is less obvious without text.
• Title Readability: 5/10 — Title readable at full size, fragile at tiny. The large white 'MOJIKA' text has strong contrast against the blue sky and maintains decent letterform clarity at full size. However, the tagline 'Truth Rears Its Ugly Head' uses a lighter, thinner font that becomes nearly illegible at small size, and at tiny size the entire text block collapses into an unreadable blur. The title placement overlaps character heads, which works at full size but creates legibility tension.
• Contrast & Color: 7/10 — Strong sky background, good character separation. The bright blue sky with white clouds provides excellent contrast against the Steam dark background, and the white title text pops cleanly against this backdrop. The three characters in white school uniforms with distinct hair colors (brown, dark, blonde) create good silhouette separation in grayscale. The overall luminosity difference is strong, though the tagline text suffers from reduced saturation and becomes muddy at smaller scales.
• Uniqueness & Polish: 6/10 — Competent anime visual, familiar school narrative trope. The image demonstrates solid anime art direction with clean character rendering and a polished sky background, but the core concept—three school-uniform characters against a sky—is a familiar visual trope in narrative adventure games. The execution is professional and well-lit, yet lacks a distinctive hook or visual mechanic indicator that would elevate it beyond the anime adventure baseline. The psychological thriller angle is communicated only through text, not visual language.
• Brand Consistency: 6/10 — Cohesive anime aesthetic, limited memorable identity. The capsule maintains internal consistency with a coherent anime art style, warm color palette anchoring (sky blues and character tones), and unified character design language. However, there are no distinctive brand identity signals—no iconic character pose, signature color motif, or visual symbol that would make this capsule recognizable on a second glance. The three-character setup feels more like a standard visual novel convention than a branded identity.
• Composition: 7/10 — Clear focal point, good depth layering. The three characters occupy the center-lower composition with the expansive sky above, creating natural depth separation between foreground (characters), midground (clouds), and background (sky). The title placement above the characters establishes a clear visual hierarchy. At small size, the character cluster remains the primary focal point with adequate margin safety, though the tagline positioning below creates some compositional weight imbalance that becomes more pronounced at tiny sizes.

What works

• Strong contrast against dark Steam background. The bright blue sky and white elements create immediate visual pop and are legible at all sizes including tiny.
• Clear character-driven focal point. The three centered characters in distinctive school uniforms provide an unambiguous primary subject that guides the eye naturally.
• Professional anime art execution. Clean rendering, consistent lighting, and polished character design demonstrate solid craft and visual quality.

What hurts the capsule

• Tagline text becomes illegible at small sizes. The secondary text 'Truth Rears Its Ugly Head' uses a thin, light font that collapses into blur below full size, losing the psychological hook.
• Generic visual novel school setting trope. Three characters in uniforms against sky is a familiar anime game visual that lacks distinctive visual storytelling or mechanical clarity.
• No visible brand identity signals. Lacks an iconic character pose, signature symbol, or memorable color motif that would create lasting recognition beyond initial view.
• Title overlaps character heads creating visual tension. The large 'MOJIKA' text sits directly over the characters, which crowds the composition and reduces clarity of individual character silhouettes.

Priority fixes

1. [title_readability] Reduce or remove the tagline, or increase its font weight and contrast to maintain legibility at small and tiny sizes—the secondary text is sacrificed at scale.
2. [uniqueness_polish] Add a visual element that communicates the mind-reading / psychological thriller mechanic (e.g., symbolic UI overlay, distinctive color accent, or a visual that signals the protagonist's ability) to move beyond generic school adventure.
3. [composition] Reposition the main title below the characters or to the side to eliminate overlap and improve silhouette clarity, especially at small sizes.
4. [brand_consistency] Establish a signature visual motif or iconic pose that makes this capsule distinctly 'Mojika' rather than a standard anime adventure template.

Store copy priority fixes

1. [feature_communication] Expand 'Impactful Choices' to explain a specific decision and its consequence, e.g., 'Your choice to expose or protect a tormentor's secret determines whether she becomes an ally or antagonist in later routes.'
2. [feature_communication] Clarify how Wordsight functions during gameplay: 'Read the hidden thoughts of characters to uncover blackmail material, unravel conspiracies, or discover unexpected truths that reshape your understanding of each girl.'
3. [audience_targeting] Add a line specifying estimated playtime and number of routes, e.g., '5+ story routes with 20+ hours of fully voiced narrative and multiple endings based on your choices.'
4. [hook_strength] Strengthen the short description by leading with the Wordsight ability as a unique hook rather than generic revenge framing, e.g., 'Armed with Wordsight—the rare ability to read minds—an outcast boy exposes the lies of his tormentors and uncovers secrets that could destroy everyone.'

Related guides

• Steam page optimisation — Capsule, copy, screenshots, tags — the full Steam page conversion stack.
• Capsule design best practices — The six dimensions every Steam capsule has to win.

Steam app ID: 2697560 · Tags: Dark, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Mystery, Multiple Endings