Shattered Hourglass (2020)
- Developer
- sawworm Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
- Rating
- 4.5 of 5, 20 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 13 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A pixel-art turn-based JRPG with heavy emphasis on branching choices and consequences across multiple story routes, offering a long, dense, and demanding journey.
challengingstory richchoice-drivenmultiple endingsturn-basedpixel graphicsfantasycyberpunk
What players say
Players praise the karma system that shapes multiple endings and the ability to adjust difficulty on the fly, which makes grinding optional. The game is rich in content, with many players spending over 60 hours exploring vast maps and side quests. However, some find the backtracking tedious and the quest journal unhelpful, and a few note the dialogue has rough English writing.
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