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Tyranny

87% positive of 9,896 Steam reviews

To finish: 20 h
To 100%: 61 h
Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG

Made by Obsidian Entertainment. Published by Paradox Interactive.

About the game

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Tagged by players

Villain Protagonist
CRPG
RPG
Isometric
Real-Time with Pause
Choices Matter
Dark Fantasy
Story Rich
Party-Based RPG
Character Customization
Fantasy
Adventure

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
Please take the recent reviews with somewhat of a grain of salt, a lot of them are from review bombing the one time publisher of an obsidian game, Paradox over some discord babble upsetting Turkish nationalists. That being said the game itself is quite nice, a subvert of the usual trope where you are expected to play as an agent of an evil warlord, that being said you can rebel and the campaign to do so is nicely…
112 h played when written. 56 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Tyranny is a really good game and you should absolutely check it out. Pay no attention to all recent negative reviews from losers upset that Paradox criticized Turkey’s genocidal authoritarian leader.
64 h played when written. 37 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
A brilliant premise trapped under the weight of an abrupt and deeply unsatisfying conclusion. Tyranny offers a genuinely refreshing role reversal where you serve the bad guys, backed by fantastic world-building and meaningful choices. However, the game peaks in its first two acts and then rushes headlong into a jarring, cliffhanger-heavy ending that makes your entire journey feel unfinished. The combat system and…
2.2 h played when written. 20 found it helpful.
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