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Guide a quest for the Crown through dangerous hills and a thieves’ city with branching choices, spells, and tactical combat.
Released 02 Feb 2016
Cast Letter-Built Spells
Rewind Earlier Choices
Bluff at Swindlestones
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Developed by inkle Ltd · Published by inkle Ltd









You play a fantasy adventurer searching for the Crown of Kings, traveling through the Shamutanti Hills and into Kharé, a city filled with thieves, nobles, and dangerous creatures. These are the first two parts of a larger adventure.
The story unfolds through text and choices that can change encounters and later events. You explore a hand-drawn map, investigate locations and characters, and can rewind earlier decisions to try different paths. In Kharé, finding clues and choosing where to go can affect how the story progresses.
Spells can influence conversations, challenges, and battles, while combat asks you to choose attacks and defenses against opponents with different strategies. You can also play Swindlestones, a bluffing game, and carry your character’s equipment, stats, and choices into the next part.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its engaging writing, characters, and fantasy world, along with the way choices and spells create different story paths. Some also appreciate being able to rewind decisions and revisit missed possibilities. Reviews are mixed on how fair those choices feel: several describe paths that can lead to sudden setbacks or lengthy replay, and some find combat slow.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Controller required | No |
| Metacritic | 69/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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