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The Piper of Dawn

84% positive of 619 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Bone Nail. Published by Bone Nail, 2P Games.

About the game

Grow magical crops—and your own workforce. Run an alchemy shop in a city trapped in a time loop, forge bonds with humans and non-humans, and shape its fate. A dark fantasy management sim with branching stories and multiple endings.

Tagged by players

  • Shop Keeper
  • Fishing
  • Farming Sim
  • Lovecraftian
  • Capitalism
  • Base Building
  • Dating Sim
  • Resource Management
  • Lore-Rich
  • JRPG
  • Multiple Endings
  • Visual Novel

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What players say

  • Recommended
    I played the demo, and checked the first bit of the game to see how it is before posting something on here. TLDR - If you are focusing on this section, skip the game. You need to read a lot. The full game contains a lot of quality of life updates that is not in the Demo, with a lot of reworked systems and all in all better. Also not finding as many locations where I wonder "Is this translated correctly?" The game…

    2.5 h played when written. 22 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Languages/Translation: (--) I have to put this on top because the English translation seems to be mostly AI making some dialogues make zero sense, for a VN this is just sad. Gameplay: (-) If you're looking for a farming sim I wouldn't recommend this game. It's not great at it. (-) The Alchemy system are pretty much a mess (or I'm just bad), the guide are unclear and you need specific ingredient to progress and make…

    15 h played when written. 15 found it helpful.

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