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There Swings a Skull: Grim Tidings

96% positive of 66 Steam reviews

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Released
2022
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Conor Walsh, Quinn K.. Published by Poison The Inkwell.

About the game

Enter the doomed town of Pareildas. Watch as the flames turn bone and stone to ash. Like joined wicks, we'll all burn together.

Tagged by players

  • Surreal
  • LGBTQ+
  • Dark
  • Multiple Endings
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Story Rich
  • Horror
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Atmospheric
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Visual Novel
  • Lovecraftian

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Interestingly strange game, dark in nature as it is a little intriguing. Has a sense of foreboding, though am a little muddled with the whole "sun is hot enough to turn you into ash" thing. Like, how is our character able to walk around perfectly fine whilst everyone else burns up? Didn't really play that long, so maybe there's an explanation deeper in. Overall, a good interesting RPGMaker styled game. Not for me,…

    22 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    It's really hard to decide whether to recommend or not. For me, the feedback should lie between like and dislike but we only have two choices here, so not recommended I'd say, not meaning that it is a bad game. Cons: - For unknown reason, the game doesn't like my computer system. Strange characters appear from time to time in the text, ruining the understanding of the conversation and even worse, the immersion. Most…

    7.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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