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Vendir: Plague of Lies (2024)

Vendir: Plague of Lies cover
Developer
Early Morning Studio
Platforms
Windows
Genres
RPG
Rating
3.8 of 5, 256 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 11 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A deliberate, lore-heavy CRPG that feels like guiding a party through a grim, reactive world where every turn-based skirmish and dialogue choice carries weight.

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What players say

Players praise the dark, grim setting and music, but the experience is overwhelmingly hampered by mobile-era design. Random unavoidable encounters with wildly mismatched enemy levels force repeated deaths, while the UI and controls feel poorly adapted to PC. Fans of the developer's earlier games see potential, but most find the grinding and lack of quality-of-life features too frustrating.

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