✓ Shared with Knowledge, or Know Lady: visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and deep RPG systems
≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping deep simulation
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing.
Cinders is a witty young woman living with an overbearing stepmother and her two daughters, as if she was reenacting a certain well-known fairytale.
Where it drifts furthest from Knowledge, or Know Lady: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Knowledge, or Know Lady.
It predates Knowledge, or Know Lady by 12 years, with what that implies technically.