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Nepenthe

92% positive of 79 Steam reviews

View on Steam
To finish
1 h
Released
2018
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by Yitz. Published by yours truly.

About the game

You won't need a haircut where you're going... mostly because you're bald. Inspired by Earthbound, Undertale, and other alt-RPGs, Nepenthe is a hand-drawn game made of dad-jokes and existential dread. Also cookies. Lots of cookies.

Tagged by players

  • Surreal
  • RPG
  • Memes
  • Bullet Hell
  • Action RPG
  • Dark Humor
  • Horror
  • Choices Matter
  • Mystery
  • Dark
  • Adventure
  • Multiple Endings

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Nepenthe is a passion project but don't let that fool you. It is also very good. If you thought RPGmaker games were just for hacks and had no real value then I would like to draw your attention to this game. ______________ PROS + The music is way more than I expected for an RPGmaker game. I really liked the different sounds in the game. The music in this game is great in general. + I really loved the hand-drawn…

    52 min played when written. 70 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I really wanted to like this game, I really did. Unfortunately the game is a huge disapointment. First I would like to get the good out of the way. I like the games art style. The hand drawn is very charming and I believe it adds to the games humor as well. The humor is fine for what it is, some jokes are hit or miss. I thought the world was kinda neat as well. It was humans living together with other creatures of…

    5.3 h played when written. 18 found it helpful.

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