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77% positive of 76 Steam reviews

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Michele Buonanno, Veronica Wu, Fabio Porfidia. Published by 2P Games.

About the game

It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.

Tagged by players

Medieval
Magic
Gothic
Demons
Lovecraftian
Dark
Text-Based
Historical
Mystery
Choose Your Own Adventure
Surreal
Dark Fantasy

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What players say

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I've never cared much about writing reviews for games, but this game really deserves one. At first I was a bit skeptical, but the setting — early 16th century in Italy — caught my attention since I'm Italian, and the "Lovecraftian" tag did the rest as I’m a fan of that author. I was immediately mesmerized by the game’s visual style: both the UI design and the illustrations (especially those by Fabio Porfidia, who…
5.8 h played when written. 12 found it helpful.
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Really surpassed my expectations for a game which had hardly any reviews at the time of buying. Great concept, skilfully executed. Text-based games live and die by the quality of their writing and this one is excellent. I was trying to pin down what makes the game feel so immersive: it is that everything, from narration to puzzles, from the narrator's choices and logic to the unsettling beings he encounters,…
10 h played when written. 7 found it helpful.
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