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Road to Empress I

86% positive of 11,995 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by New One Studio. Published by New One Studio, Ariel.

About the game

You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Tagged by players

  • FMV
  • Choices Matter
  • Female Protagonist
  • Historical
  • Visual Novel
  • Immersive Sim
  • Cinematic
  • RPG
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Multiple Endings
  • Story Rich
  • Dating Sim

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What players say

  • Recommended
    I loved the game. Have been playing it non stop to see all the options aswell, but how diasapointing to find out that there is no actual ending. it is an open end :( You have to play the second game to get an ending, but it had a negative review and some AI claims... So I guess this is the end for my playtime :( I did not become the empress.

    9.5 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I love period dramas and didn't know games like this existed! Glad I gave it a go. Echoing the same sentiments as others: it's marketed as a "choices matter" but it's in a "do this or die" kind of way, not in a "hey! you did x, y and z in chapter 3 and this is how it impacts what choices are available for this specific interaction in chapter 7" kind of way. I enjoyed it despite that!

    13 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I expected a bit more of a branching story with some choices that would lead to bad ends, however the reality is that there is only one correct answer each time and all other choices are dead ends. Disappointing. Also i'm not sure if its just me, but the lip sync was really off On the plus side, the production quality is very impressive, there's an objectively good game here, but I think it depends on what sort of…

    1.1 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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