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Pillars of Dust

95% positive of 23 Steam reviews

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Released
2020
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Retreaux Games. Published by Something Classic Games LLC.

About the game

In this retro-style RPG, Prince Carlton and pauper Gregg must make their separate ways through a mysterious land to learn their origins - and find some nuggets along the way.

Tagged by players

  • Turn-Based
  • JRPG
  • Dark Humor
  • RPG
  • Retro
  • Comedy
  • Medieval
  • Funny
  • Hidden Object
  • Fantasy
  • Adventure
  • Turn-Based Combat

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    It's a funny game with some neat ideas, but the combat system is incredibly simplistic with status effects that hardly matter and a tiny pool of abilities you can only use a couple times per battle because of a low SP cap. Achievements, if you care about those, also actively discourage playing in interesting ways by requiring you to only use one side character for the entirety of one of the campaigns and to get an…

    3.3 h played when written. 19 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Pillars of Dust is a "modern retro" JRPG in a similar tradition to Zeboyd Games' catalogue, featuring two heroes who set out on independent yet intersecting quests, playable in any order. It's pretty standard as the "modern retro" trend goes, featuring on-map encounters, significantly reduced grinding, simplified character systems, attempts to make combat more interesting, and a generally detached and ironic tone.…

    6.8 h played when written. 14 found it helpful.

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