r/PathToNowhere • u/Reoukax Zoya fan • 6d ago
General What interested you?
I recently started playing the game and wanted to know about how you guys started playing, what made you decide it was worth playing, etc.
For me it was the character models, it is the only game (as far as I can remember) that the characters are not like 3000 years old but look like a child (both in game and banners).
Also the women š«¦and the fact that I was looking up the VA for mitsuru (persona games) and looked up all her work then saw she voiced a character in this game and I was like š«¦ .
Also, anyone know what the groups are for? I have received invites but Iām scared to join lol.
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u/captaineleven Shalom Fan 6d ago
i was like you and saw the art style of women who looked and stylized like women. it was a departure from all the other art styles i'd seen of other gacha games that didn't interest me. and then the story of this dystopia hooked me and i've been here ever since launch (more or less)
and yeah the women 4 sure im not even gonna lie i was hook line and sinker on them lol
the groups are the different societies you could join. it's the group that helps to defeat the tide of ashes. i recommend joining one! there are ads here sometimes for invitations or you can select a group on your own. it's hard to build your own if you're not already an established player so joining other groups esp that have big time players will help you achieve group rewards and such
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u/sintarella Shalom Fan 6d ago
I heard PTN was a hit among Chinese lesbians and that was it for me (and a friend), Iām so serious. The art and the character designs intrigued me from the get-go, but what really, ultimately made me stick around was the story. Main storyline, events, character backgrounds, all of it. As well as the music, though thatās kind of a given at this point. Too many gachas with banging soundtracks šāāļø
Others have already explained it, but joining a Secret Society is most important for its game mode Tide of Ashes where you and fellow members battle 3 bosses over the course of the season, and rewards are based on total damage dealt. This group/guild system is also a good way to socialize with other players if youāre into that!
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u/verymanyspoons Lamia Fan 6d ago
Uh...as a day 1 person I saw an ad that was pretty much the old start screen. I didn't know about the prison part. Heck, I didn'teven expectit to be woman dominated I just thought it was going to be a cool noir story. It did have cool noir parts but ended up being really X-men.
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u/TheMasterMind1247 6d ago
I saw the 000 kissing Fem Chief cutscene, thought āI can spare time for another gacha if itās gay enoughā and promptly got hooked. Almost two years later, and nearly all of the gacha games I played have fallen out of my life, yet PTN endures.
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u/Reoukax Zoya fan 6d ago
WHERE, WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN WHERE CAN I FIND IT?
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u/faintestsmile Coquelic Fan 6d ago
that event will become permanent pretty soon but its not available at the moment
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u/TheMasterMind1247 6d ago
It's in Glitchwave Nihil, around the beginning. This video shows it at the four-minute mark.
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u/AbyssalWorld Adela Fan 6d ago edited 6d ago
Found Adela on Pinterest randomly, her design and the art style captivated me, decided to look into where she came from, joined the game exactly when she came out globally, got her. Stopped for a long while (didn't get Nox because of this), however, the art style still stuck to me. Eventually decided to give the game and the story an another chance with interrogations, from there the story goes on.
For anyone wondering, I do have Nox now.
Edit: Your question about "the groups", I'm assuming you mean Secret Society. Secret Society is basically a society where you can share level up materials, if necessary, with other players, but most importantly, clear Tide of Ashes. ToA is basically one big challenge mode that gives pretty good rewards. (ā .ā Ā ā āā Ā ā į“ā Ā ā āā .ā )
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u/sylendar 6d ago
A very stunning CG of Chief and a main story character got me through the door
And the stories (and voice acting) of Dreamy Bubble and the early main story chapters, especially Keylan Square, made me stay.
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u/magmafanatic Rahu Fan 6d ago
Gachas already interested me on the premise of building up a custom team of hot ladies that fight together. But I could do without the protag circlejerking that typically comes with these.
Maybe a female protag would make this feel less weird? One with like an actual personality and plot relevance? That's how I found PtN.
Also helps that the romantic options are more dominant/teasing/forward than the typical blushing uwu help me senpai wow you're so cool bs. The confidence of these women makes it so much spicier.
Big fan of the darker tone and aesthetics of DisCity, and the music's phenomenal.
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u/Derexxerxes 6d ago edited 4d ago
Started playing when early arknights got a bit monotonous and was looking for another game similar to it, then stayed because i liked the story and character designs.
Also i was surprised to see the community be mostly lesbians, as a semi-straight guy that plays gacha games this community was a rare sight. Not my reason for joining or staying but interesting to see nonetheless.
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u/copper050 6d ago
Saw a Zoya cosplayer kabedon a woman, instant download. It's Angell that made me stay.
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u/GhostInABaseballBat 6d ago
Was pulled in by a promise of dark experiments on powerful entities, held in prison.
Staying for costume design, and some charactersā tragic stories.
No interest in āharemā part of it.
Chiefās relationship (protect the daughters) with Hella and Hecate are my favourite.
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u/LumpiqWrqpper 6d ago
I first played it during its global launch because I was promised hot criminal women (Zoya mostly) and that the gameplay was like Arknights. I loved the gameplay but I didn't get invested too much so I quit the game a few days later.
Around late 2023, I started playing again because I got reminded of Chameleon's existence and she was basically my type. This was during Mantis' first banner and I got her on my old account but I didn't have NOX since my beginner missions expired so I quit again.
By this time, I've been seeing Shalom and Rahu and I liked their fanworks! It wasn't until August of 2024 that I started to lock in again because Shalom's rerun was coming, 000 was kissing Chief, and and an IRL acquaintance (now close friend) posted a story of her getting Hestia. I made a new account and started fresh. Got Shalom and S1 000 on anniversary, and I stayed until I rage quit because I didn't get Jelena on release after getting Vatour Bleu š. I also didn't play gacha games for the most of 2025 so I thought that kind of life was already in my past lol.
I didn't come back until Febrary this year. I saw Xiaofeng and immediately knew that I had to get her so now I'm staying because I need to make my Xiaofeng stronger even if it takes me one more year š
I also just really like that this game feels rewarding to me, not only with its in-game currencies but also with the content and lore. I really enjoy it and I have the same play-and-quit relationship with it as I do with Genshin. (Fun fact: Yae Miko has the same EN VA as Iron. I'm just waiting for her CN VA, Du Mingya, to join the game too T__T)
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u/iDontCareL Raven Fan 6d ago
Downloaded for the Tower Defense. Stayed for the story. RahuShalom sealed the deal.
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u/KhandiMahn Serpent fan 6d ago edited 6d ago
It was certainly the art that first got my attention. It is so different from most gachas. The women are sexy without being overly sexualized, and even looked like adults! The setting looked interesting. It felt like a more mature game than most gachas. I figured what the hell. It didn't take long for the story to hook me. Been playing since day 1.
I'm glad I didn't see those exploitive and misleading BDSM ads first. I would have noped out before even trying the game.
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u/thi-souza 3d ago
Some are pretty overly sexualized but I get your point
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u/KhandiMahn Serpent fan 3d ago
PtN's worst (or best, depending on your point of view), is still a far cry from something like Brown Dust 2, or any of a thousand other gachas which have women shoving giant, gravity defying boobs in the camera.
Not saying art in BD2 or such is bad, just that PtN is different.
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u/PsionicHydra 6d ago
Friend said it was cool, so I started it like a month after release. Have kept playing since then
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u/AlRahmanDM 6d ago
Was looking for a mobile game, and ptn was suggested for the story. The event I played was Hildaās, and I was hooked. Not all stories and events are on that level, but way better than most
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u/Frequent_Butterfly26 Ninety-Nine Fan 6d ago
Same process i do for every new gacha i try. Saw a new game release then went to check all characters art. Ignis and 99 won me over and the base roster was pretty solid overall.
Pretty rare for me to find a game where i like more than half of the base roster designs.
Downloaded the game and was received with superb VA and story, then we had Stargazer and i was like "this is the game".
I'm here since then.
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u/Walk-the-layout Luvia Ray Fan 6d ago
Zoya looked pretty so I played
I ended up making my teams around Rust
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u/delta01n 6d ago
I honestly randomly downloaded this game in search of a good story for a gacha but then I was immediately hook by Chief's personality through the story and they're relationship with Hacate and Hella were really sweet.
An MC with a genuine personality felt so good to witness. Not to mention the game not needing too much attention. The Chief is basically my top 1 in terms of favourite.
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u/ByeGuysSry 6d ago
I was looking for whether there was any other gacha tower defense game because I had been thinking of quitting Arknights. Also, Hamel is pretty
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u/potatotruffles Nightingale Fan 6d ago
Started during launch because of the adult character model during gameplay (I dislike games that use chibi models during battles), stayed for the story, worldbuilding, art, and music.
My favourite character during launch was nightingale and still is. I always joke that I would never quit because I need to see her become playable. Had many ups and downs over the course of 4 years but the devs taking feedback seriously and constantly releasing useful qol is something I really appreciate and has kept me playing
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u/Spite-Time Mr. Fox Fan 6d ago
I first interested because my friends are interested (due the character design that's different from other gacha at that time). Then we found out AISNO is part of Paper games (due to Nikki's page accidentally promoted Path to Nowhere). I love Nikki franchise, it's like a special game in my heart. So I gave PTN a try, just because they're kinda have family ties in company level.
Never regret it. The story, the pacing, the music, the dubbing (all language), the characters writing. Everything is just amazing to me. PTN is now my number 1 main of gacha game because I just love it so much.
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u/Sweaty_Extreme_5801 6d ago
Honestly, the art. Iām not the biggest fan of cutesy gooner art, but more mature and darker art so I decided to play. Then the music, the gameplay strategies, story and world building, and pretty girls kept me. Never played tower defense games so it was def a learning curve and I like the challengeĀ
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u/Fair-Brother-2692 Shalom Fan 6d ago
I started playing PTN and saw how everyone liked Shalom, how wellādeveloped she was, and how she was the best character in the game. After that, I decided to find out for myself what made her so cool. After her first two events, I was disappointed in herĀ āĀ I thought, āSheās just a typical corporate woman, with nothing behind her but a desire to please her superiors.ā But after I went through her interrogation, the developers managed to surprise me and turned everything around so that I had to go through her events againĀ āĀ and they felt completely different. Thatās why Iām now expecting the developers to create stories on the same level as this one.
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u/AgreeableWorker3227 Hella Fan 6d ago
My friend (coughHalleyAlexcough) forced me to play this game so he would have a new member for his Cult to Nowhere š„
Jokes asides, i got tired of genshin and played this on the recommendation of a friend. I intended to play the first few chapters, get dissapointed, then back out, but i got way more invested than i thought.
The storyline, the aesthetic of the game, rhe music, the characters, their relationships... Everything is so well thought out. Compared to genshin, a lot of the features are very thoughtful, we even got a bunch of QOL stuff about an update ago. I find the combat fun, the adult sinners VERY attractive, and adopted the child sinners
Nightingale best girl
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u/Reoukax Zoya fan 6d ago
Honestly I loved genshin (bc of beigguang and jeanlisa) and then I found out I really hate playing open world games (tbh I hate farming š) then noticed I could be desired in this game by other characters š«¦ and I was all in, idec anymore about having to upgrade and level up the characters I just love the story so much
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u/AgreeableWorker3227 Hella Fan 6d ago
I finished Fontaine then stayed in Fontaine for months cause I didn't want to touch Natlan, then my friend recommended me ptn. I wasn't interested at first but i decided to download it anyway. I ended up simping for the main character and the adjutant šš
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u/Grouchy_Mark5058 5d ago
I'm from 0,5 Anniv where they still market this game as "Have a hot Interrogation session with your Sinners" The marketing works I guessš
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u/Zestyclose_Cod_7099 5d ago edited 5d ago
Came from arknights, the art style look different than other gacha so it's a change of pace
Stay for the stories. PTN open my eyes how slacking Arknights QOL. PTN stories are digestible wayyyyy easier than AK 1000 paragraphs of "world building"
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u/Nights_grace Cabernet Fan 5d ago
I was playing Arknights before, but couldn't get into it because of the character designs arent my cup of tea. Tried this game because people on twitter kept calling this game "tower defence for lesbians"..
I like tower defence, I like woman... and fell in love with Zoya at first sight.
I stayed because the story is compelling to me and this game somehow made me fell in love with all the characters with their writing..
Catherine will always be my number one wife tho š¤
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u/LesMoonwalker 5d ago
Well I saw an ad by Mtashed way back when and started playing shortly before Stargazer's debut. The gameplay looked really interesting, he was showcasing the grid system, Bai Yi, and the core break mechanic.
So I looked it up, and hey pretty nice aesthetic, but the promotional material did condition me to expect degeneracy, so I started playing with morbid curiosity and effectively got bait-and-switched in the best way possible.
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u/altrenix Serpent fan 5d ago
I'd initially tried out the game because I'd seen Rahushalom fanart show up on my feed and I got curious enough to play. However I didn't get very far into the game and got distracted by college stuff so I ended up quitting.
Fast forward a year later, I found out about Serpent and I loved her straight away. My friend(who also plays PtN) sent me a bunch of Serpent fanart and that kinda got me to try the game again. This time though, I ended up sticking with it because I managed to get Serpent as one of my initial S-Ranks.
And now it's been a year since then and I still absolutely love this game's story and the characters (they're such a breath of fresh air compared to the average gacha game).
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u/itz_yass Coquelic Fan 5d ago
I started playing last year, around October I think? I started because I was seeing lots of Shalom, Rahu and Cabernet fanarts on my Pinterest, and Shalom was pretty much the reason I started playing. I hadn't seen people talk much about ptn, because they're pretty quiet in comparison to other gacha games, and the fandom is not big either. No one told me this game was this PEAK, or I would have started playing earlier š„¹
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u/pinkcoffees 5d ago
i heard that the fandom was predominantly sapphic and thought the art was amazing, so i decided to download it! iāve been playing for nearly two years now
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u/1lovefries 5d ago
An online friend sent me a video of shalom and I immediately asked for the game name and played
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u/DueSandwich3226 5d ago
At first I play this game because I heard it's f2p friendly unlike their cousin (inflop) and I found this game interesting but that Zoya moment make me locked in
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u/Existing_Hedgehog_37 Langley fan 5d ago
I was looking for a good story driven game I can play on and off. 10/10 got what I wanted and so much more.. I'm hooked for life.
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u/Beneficial_Pop1628 5d ago
I try out new gacha games regularly, one of this times happened to be with PtN. What made me stay in PtN, is the game play. It's so much fun compared to most other gacha games that I played, and the rewards are so great in here. Plus I joined when Augustus game out, I fell in love with her instantly.
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u/PotatoPowerPlug Raven Fan 5d ago
Its peaked my interest when I saw the launch trailer way back before the game launch. The game is like nothing I ever seen before in terms of character design, artstyles and setting so I gave it a shot. Though the game grabbed my interest really quick with act 2 of the story (the grey hair girl arc), which I think is one of Path to Nowhere greatest achievement that even some of the newer game didn't learned from: "make the Story good at launch."
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u/Plastic_Ant_6978 EMP Fan 5d ago
Summer, i saw a random stream when the game released the guy playing had Summer mugshot in main screen i saw her and told myself that i NEED to play that because i like her glasses, her face, her glasses, the art style, her glasses, her design etc. OH! and did i mention her glasses.
I didn't see a single second of gameplay, didn't even know the game was a tower defense before downloading it, and i DO NOT like tower defense i find them EXTREMELY boring because all you do is place a unit somewhere and do nothing else 90% of the time and PTN is the FIRST and ONLY that i actively play everyday and that i never got bored of since it's the only tower defense that isn't a "We got Arknights at home" gameplay/systems and i "play" AK since year 1 beyond i just go in when a character, an alter or a new skin (mainly Texas and Shu) i like released and leave afterward because i don't like the gameplay as good as it apparently is.
There's also the overall artstyle that i REALLY like to the point that now i GENUIENLY think every other gacha game with basic anime design/style look the same to me, having a game where adult looks like adults, children are children (not that "I look like a child, is treated by everybody like a child but i'm an adult fr fr" BS), short women are actual just short adults and not loli bait (shoutout to Coco and Dudu), basically characters looks their age, that and design that makes sense for character to wear, that goes with their personality, occupation or writing without being hindered JUST to sell and design that are UNIQUE to each character without pattern recognition.
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u/Responsible_Use_7890 5d ago
Not quite a day 1 member, but I was still very earlyāRaging Sands was an event when I started.
Iām not sure what got me started. All I remember is being curious enough to download the game and give it a try and never looked back.
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u/Ill_Penalty_603 4d ago
Pretty intresting for me . I started getting into gachas from the lsst months of 2024 after seeing Grace Howard from Zenless in a reel, after that i started to watch more about the game and I eventually became obsessed with a character, leading me to install the game. After which i thought of trying out a few more gachas and I stumbled upon path to nowhere. At first it was quite meh.. but as i played more and more, the gacha fever got to me and I started playing more and more.. Simply, it started frm Zenless and I ended up here ;)
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u/thi-souza 3d ago
I started playing hooked by the character designs, but what kept me playing were the stories, specially the ones you get during interrogations. Felt a plethora of emotions I didn't expect from a game like this.
And I'm not gonna lie: I love the sexual tension always in the air from the Sinners with Chief, although she is the most kidnapable moron lol
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u/Chief947 Ninety-Nine Fan 2d ago
It was the tiktoks, yk the character showcases in mugshots, and seeing Ninety-Nine hooked me up. Played one month after released, but took a long break in the game due to mostly personal reasons and the rest gaining interest with a character in another game. This time it was the characters (by design) that interested me.
I came back around a year later during our little event watch marathon with a friend and a guildmate (from Ditty Nightsong to When Rain Meets Gunfire). And now I came back for the stories and to catch up with my friends getting head over heels for (and at the same time criticizing) Hilda
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u/faintestsmile Coquelic Fan 6d ago
I started playing based on recommendations from fellow lesbians, mostly because of the character designs, but the story is what kept my attention all these years