Star Knightess Aura

Star Knightess Aura is a fantasy adventure about Aura, who is thrust into the world of Roya. What begins as a seemingly conventional “summoned to another world” story becomes a nightmare when the Demon King curses her. Aura must track him down and kill him, while an enemy inside her mind uses the curse to brainwash and corrupt her. Her struggle pits her body and mind against danger as she tries to defeat her nemesis without losing herself.

Daily choices

Each in-game day has three parts. You control Aura as she explores Roya, searches for the Demon King and works to grow stronger, earn money and advance her investigation. She can rely on her own powers or ask others for help, but some people do not mean well. Performing sexual acts or compromising Aura’s ideals by allowing innocents to suffer increases her corruption.

You also control Alicia, who uses Aura’s corruption to alter her psyche. These changes can affect Aura’s interests, increase her interest in fashion, change her appearance—including her hairstyle and hair color—and make her more selfish. They can also change her sexual desires and love interests. Cutscenes show Aura’s inner self changing over time, from the perspectives of Aura, her best friend Rose, her boyfriend George and other characters.

Explore and fight

Roya is a semi-open world to explore. You hunt for rare materials to infuse into Aura’s armor, slay demons and search for ways to grow stronger. Combat requires careful use of limited time, money, items and other resources.

Boss fights work as puzzles that test your understanding of the combat system. You can exploit hidden weaknesses, disable environmental effects and teach Aura skills to counter her enemies. Encounters may seem impossible at first, but each has a solution.

The curse and its costs

You must balance Aura’s progress against the curse. Giving in to temptation can make the journey easier, but may advance the curse until her personality turns toward evil. Holding too firmly to her ideals can also slow progress, while the curse continues to threaten her.

Aura can use Collar Removal to force her way past the curse and temporarily regain her powers as a Hero. This damages her soul and increases corruption, and using it accelerates the curse.

Difficulty and story content

The game has five difficulty modes. Lower settings reduce the time pressure from the advancing curse and let you focus on the story, while Nightmare offers the highest difficulty and is recommended for veteran players. An estimated playthrough takes 35–55 hours. The game includes 878,000 words, 325 Earth World scenes and 30 epilogue scenes.