I highly recommend it, and more or less that's an accurate assessment. To paraphrase Yahtzee "It not like a game for kids, but more like a game made up by kids." But there's a real darkness to it, cults, death, abduction it pulls no punches. And I know this sounds like a contradiction, but its also funny and cute.
It's an SNES game, get an emulator and maybe a walkthrough.