String Tyrant (2020)
- Developer
- Bottled Starlight
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Rating
- 5.0 of 5, 23 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 4.1 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A tense, text-driven survival horror where you explore a eerie manor, hide from monster dolls, and use card-based combat to escape being turned into one of them.
survival horrortext-basedturn-basedatmospherictensecreepyunsettlingstory-driven
What players say
Players praise the unique mechanic of joining the enemy side through permanent doll transformation, with a combat system that mixes cards, tiles, and survival horror. The game is short, around 5 to 9 hours, and the last difficulty swing is brutal. Reviews split on whether the card system is superficial or engaging, and note the endings are mostly bittersweet.
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