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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
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Mixed (1,717) - 66% of the 1,717 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Sep 26, 2019
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Fulqrum Publishing

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Reviews

“This is one nightmare I highly recommend.”
9.5/10 – Gaming Trend

“I’m going out on a limb saying that it’s the most satisfying traditional CRPG I have played since Fallout 2 and that was over twenty years ago!”
4.5/5 – DarkStation

“Probably the best Lovecraftian game ever!”
5/5 – (RU) StopGame

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About This Game


In Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, the player journeys from a doomed Arkham into the depths of the Abyss. Create your own character based on 1920's archetypes and carve a path through a broken and mysterious world.

Your desperate battle against forces beyond comprehension will haunt you until the end. Physical combat will be challenging, spellcasting will have dire consequences, and your sanity will be strained to the breaking point by unknown abominations. Sometimes the best solution will be to flee what lurks beyond the threshold.



Features:
  • A hand drawn 2D world reflecting Lovecraft's themes of cosmic horror and dread.
  • Enemies, environments and storylines inspired by Lovecraft’s iconic original works. Take part in quests inspired by your favorite stories and see them play out according to your own decisions and role-playing style.
  • Choose from 8 main character Archetypes, each with its own origin backstory and specialties.
  • A host of weird companions will accompany you on your ill-starred journey: the lonely, antediluvian 'Outsider', a fallen soldier of the Great War reanimated by Herbert West. Recruit these and other outlandish beings to your crew.
  • Your character's Sanity and mental state will influence dialogue options. Mental illness comes with advantages as well as hindrances. Sometimes it pays to be mad in a world gone mad!
  • Stygian's Belief System determines how your characters cope with the warped reality of the new Arkham, as well as the rate at which they regenerate lost Sanity. Belief Systems also offer unique dialogue options, expanding the breadth of role-playing possibilities.
  • A new kind of spell system which sometimes takes more than it gives. Being a master of the occult is not as simple as flinging colored missiles from your fingertips. The black magic of Stygian is potent but may cost you your mind, your health, and possibly even much more.
  • Strategic, turn-based combat from a 2D perspective, similar to the classic Heroes of Might and Magic games.
  • The struggle in Stygian is not to save the world, for that battle is lost already. Pursue your own goals in these end times: salvation, vendetta, or perhaps something darker.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 - 64bit
    • Processor: Intel i3
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 5 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 - 64bit
    • Processor: Intel i5
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce 700 Series or Radeon HD 7730 and above
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 5 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mavericks (OSX 10.9)
    • Processor: 2,6 GHz Intel Core i5
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Not recommended for Intel GMA Graphics or Mac Minis or early-generation MacBooks.
    Recommended:
    • OS: High Sierra (OSX 10.13)
    • Processor: 2,2 GHz Intel Core i7
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel Iris Pro
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Not recommended for Intel GMA Graphics or Mac Minis or early-generation MacBooks.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Utopic Unicorn (14.10)
    • Processor: Intel i5
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce 700 Series or Radeon HD 7730 and above
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Please be sure that you are using the latest drivers.
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