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Apollyon: River of Life

89% positive of 37 Steam reviews

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Released
2023
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Platforms
Steam

Made by The Planar Danse.

About the game

Choice-based RPG in a dark fantasy world. Apollyon is narrative-driven, and features occult magic, spirit summoning, a deep universe, playable characters, and story progression alone or in multiplayer!

Tagged by players

  • CRPG
  • Strategy RPG
  • Board Game
  • Lovecraftian
  • Co-op Campaign
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Tactical RPG
  • Text-Based
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Card Game
  • Roguelite

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What players say

  • Recommended
    lack of a external wiki is abit rough but i can build my own spread sheet with the table info, no spoilers needed for any of the cards cause its better if you go in unspoiled, but it is abit of a pain without somewhere else to see the table info, can still recommend.

    18 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    This is a very interesting, very unique game. As others have said, it is not for everyone: it primarily involves reading text, and you have to be willing to make some guesses and experiment with where to set the tokens. Pay attention to where they are set during the tutorial, and read the starter lore pages about each token to begin to formulate some guesses about what settings will work best and why. But also don't…

    11 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Apollyon is definitely esoteric — not only narrative-wise (that is expected), but also gameplay-wise. I've played over 15 hours, unlocked a few rare achievements, and still feel like that dog from the "I have no idea what I am doing" meme. In Cultist Simulator, figuring out the mechanics is a part of the game, and the game's reaction to your actions is clear enough to understand how the things work under the hood.…

    17 h played when written. 13 found it helpful.

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