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The Pale Piper

92% positive of 28 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by FreeTimeDev.

About the game

Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • Precision Platformer
  • Difficult
  • Side Scroller
  • Puzzle Platformer
  • 2D Platformer
  • Exploration
  • Atmospheric
  • Platformer
  • Story Rich
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Mythology

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Two parts precision platformer, one part metroidvania. The exploration side of the game suffers a bit from this, but the platforming makes up for it. I recommend it.

    17 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Functional, but generally unpleasant to play. Featuring the worst map of all time. There's no need to reinvent the wheel, we know what works and this ain't it. You could pin it on the developers artist vision or whatever but it's next to worthless in it's current state.

    55 min played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.

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