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Islands of the Caliph

88% positive of 275 Steam reviews

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Released
2023
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, GOG, itch.io

Made by Schmidt Workshops.

About the game

Islands of the Caliph is an old-school inspired action RPG based on Middle Eastern folklore and Islamic spiritual tradition. A KEYBOARD ONLY 1980s style Dungeon Crawler with an open world.

Tagged by players

  • Faith
  • Sailing
  • Pirates
  • Grid-Based Movement
  • Underwater
  • Mythology
  • CRPG
  • Action RPG
  • Retro
  • Choices Matter
  • Old School
  • First-Person

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    Interesting classic-style dungeon crawler with a religious theme. A little simple, a little jank, but not horrible. My negative recommendation is more of a warning: BACKUP YOUR SAVE FILE. It's a smart thing to do regardless, and it especially holds true for this game. You are given 5 save slots, but can only manually save to the slot you chose to start your playthrough with. The game will autosave whenever you…

    11 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Pretty enjoyable! An easy enough dungeon-crawling RPG. At times the muslim elements of the game get so didactic that it feels a little bit like playing a church game, but there's enough weird stuff and opportunity for fun + adventure that I didn't mind. Plenty of RPGs in which the player character/world is kind of just Christian by assumption, and it feels like this game kind of responds to that tendency on a design…

    9.9 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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