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Mythos: The Beginning - Director's Cut

73% positive of 52 Steam reviews

Released: 2014
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Dark Gaia Studios. Published by KOMODO.

About the game

Mythos: The Beginning is a survival horror/adventure rpg based on the pulp-horror and monster movies of the 1930s. Set in London in 1934, Mythos tasks you with creating your own paranormal investigator from scratch and guiding them through an exploration of the infamous Harborough Asylum.

Tagged by players

Lovecraftian
RPG
Survival Horror
Gothic
Adventure
Horror
Female Protagonist

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Developed by Dark Gaia Studios and published by KOMODO, Mythos: The Beginning - Director's Cut is an indie horror RPG that combines the eerie appeal of Lovecraftian fiction with the freedom of tabletop role-playing mechanics. Set in London in 1934, the game places players in the shoes of an investigator searching for three university students who vanished after venturing into the abandoned Harborough Asylum. The…
11 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This is a fun game with a surprising level of depth with party set-ups, strategies, and even the way you approach the game in general. You can approach the game as a horror game (using your skills and fleeing the monsters), a more traditional rpg approach, or as a mix of the two!
60 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
As a long time fan of all things Lovecraftian, I really wanted to enjoy this game. Indeed, there is a good time lurking behind this game's one big problem; balancing. If you don't make the right decision with spending your experience points early on, then you are screwed when the difficulty level suddenly ramps up. And boy, does it ramp up suddenly (in more than one place in the game). I ended up playing the same…
13 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.
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