Lair Land Story is a Raising Sim released by PQube in April 2020. A sequel, Lair Land Story 2: Mist of Sea, is currently being developed.
The game takes place in Lair Land, a vassal kingdom where trains and celebrities coexist with magic. Lair Land still bears the scars of war, a war that almost destroyed it until a mysterious girl- "Chilia"- appeared to turn the tides.
You play as Herol, the baron who discovered Chilia. Since she is almost completely amnesiac, the king has decreed that Herol care for her until she's learnt enough to live on her own. After a period of four years, Chilia will have learned how she wants to spend her life...and maybe even where she came from.
This game includes the following tropes:
- Emergent Human: Chilia had the body of an adolescent when she was found, but needed to be taught everything. Herol had to tutor her for several months before he judged her capable of exploring the city unsupervised.
- Good Is Not Nice: Researching landmines (!) and selling off their blueprints does not reduce Chilia's Humanity stat. Yeah, this is a world where monsters exist, but...really?
- Guide Dang It!: Events are much more numerous and time-sensitive than the game ever tells you. Somarina's route, for example, requires 28
specific steps to be taken- miss one and you're locked out of it. - Royals Who Actually Do Something: Baron Herol is a war hero who shelters a total stranger in his house and (depending on player choice) helps to rebuild the ruined city. He's subject to a lot of vitriol from characters who believe that his reputation is a lie or that nobles are supposed to be shallow spendthrifts.
- Saintly Church: Lair Land's church shelters the homeless, emphasizes community in its sermons, and provides entry-level jobs. The only bad things its employees do are enabling the people forcing Princess Somarina to marry against her will and socially ignoring Herol's very clear statements that he is not interested in converting.
- Video Game Caring Potential: The player can rebuild the war-torn city, give Chilia a comfortable childhood, save a street urchin from a rapist, prevent a really good recipe from being lost to oblivion, etc.
