Trials of the Thief-Taker (2017)

- Developer
- Choice of Games
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, RPG
- Rating
- 3.0 of 5, 10 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 3.7 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A slow-burn, text-driven historical roleplay where careful decisions shape a morally grey life in 18th-century London.
historicaltext-basedinteractiveatmosphericmorally ambiguouschoice-drivenadventurelow-key
What players say
Players are split on this Choice of Games title. Many praise the setting and replay value but agree the story feels disjointed and the ending is abrupt, with few interesting characters or romance options.
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