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Once Glorious Artahk

95% positive of 42 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Bismuth Tales.

About the game

Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • Lore-Rich
  • Nonlinear
  • Mystery
  • Puzzle
  • Exploration
  • Fantasy
  • Story Rich
  • Adventure
  • Atmospheric
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Dark Fantasy

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Absolutely phenomenal experience. Extremely satisfying to uncover the story, and solve puzzles at your own pace. So many "Oh but that means..." moments. I wish I could play it for the first time once again.

    20 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    "No Combat" means a monster that interrupts your puzzle solving to kill you. Only options are run away to a completely different area or die. Not what I'm looking for in a puzzle game. It also break immersion as when it kills you it somehow also doesn't kill you, leaving all your item interactions intact, but forcing you back to an arbitrary location. Nothing in the limited lore I found suggests an immortality or…

    32 min played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 3 found it helpful.

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