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Lead exiles through dialogue-rich travels and tactical three-on-three magical contests, where wins and losses shape their path to freedom.
Released 25 Jul 2017
Play Three-on-Three Rites
Lead Exiles to Freedom
Choose Who Goes Free
Pyre is a party-based RPG from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. Lead your band of exiles to freedom through a series of mystical competitions in the Campaign, or challenge a friend to a fast-paced ritual showdown in the head-to-head Versus Mode.
Developed by Supergiant Games · Published by Supergiant Games









In a mystical purgatory called the Downside, you guide a band of exiles seeking a chance to return to freedom. You travel with the group, meet rival teams, and learn about the people and world around you through conversations and story passages.
The central contests, called Rites, are three-on-three ball games. Choose three companions for each match and use their distinct movement, abilities, and team roles to carry an orb into the opposing team’s pyre. Talismans and Masteries let you customize characters, while routes and activities between matches can offer resources or improvements.
Victories and defeats both move the story forward, and match results and other decisions shape its course. Important outcomes can mean choosing which companions leave the group, changing who is available for later Rites. The campaign has no game-over state; a local two-player Versus Mode offers standalone ritual matches.
In these reviews, players often value Pyre’s character-focused story, memorable cast, distinctive presentation, and unusual mix of reading and three-on-three magical sport. Some enjoy learning the strategic possibilities of the Rites and how match outcomes carry into the story. Others find the reading extensive or the repeated matches slow the pace, and the sports-like gameplay does not appeal to everyone.

--the Supergiants



| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 51 |
| Age ratings |
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| Players | 1–2 |
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| Multiplayer | Pyre has a single-player campaign and a separate Versus Mode. The provided store text states Versus Mode is local two-player and supports play against either a friend or a CPU opponent. The campaign is single-player, with three-on-three matches using teams selected from a larger party. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No mod support or multiplayer-related modding is mentioned in the provided information. One review expresses hope for a third-party online multiplayer alternative, but this is not presented as an existing feature. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 82/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |