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Dark Parables: The Thief and the Tinderbox Collector's Edition

86% positive of 30 Steam reviews

Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Platforms: Steam

Made by Eipix Entertainment. Published by BFG Entertainment.

About the game

Wishes can be deadly.

Tagged by players

Hidden Object
Point & Click
Adventure
Casual

What players say

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
Short version: 63% On its own, The Thief and the Tinderbox is a decent fragmented objects game with an interesting story and mediocre gameplay. However, it does not fit the series as a whole, and it never bothers to even try. Long version: If you are here to see if this casual game would suit you, then as long as you enjoy good enough fragmented object games, it will. It is not exactly based on a parable we are…
4.5 h played when written. 12 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Another good game in this series. Honestly, this series is worth getting as a whole: lovely art, increasingly excellent music, increasingly interesting puzzles (more variety than I've seen in many or most HOG / Adventure games), and a true sense of continuity despite the fractured nature of fairy tales (and these fairy tales in particular). The puzzles continue to be solid and enjoyable, which follows on from the…
25 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
It's a really good story, the graphics are great, the music is pretty good. But there's a game breaking bug halfway through Chapter 6, so I can't recommend it.
4.1 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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