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Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II

88% positive of 108 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, GOG

Made by Wispfire.

About the game

Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.

Tagged by players

  • Alternate History
  • Point & Click
  • Visual Novel
  • Story Rich
  • Adventure
  • LGBTQ+
  • Hidden Object
  • Choices Matter
  • Interactive Fiction

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Herald is a tightly woven dramatic interactive novel, which plays like a mystery play. Some beauty knows no language. But, this beautifully animated point & click choice based drama crosses language and race barriers with issues that we struggle with today like suicide, faith, racism, gun control, interpersonal relationships, & slavery; all set in the 19th Century. It seems that, in Herald, I am everyman and every…

    16 h played when written. 91 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    While a fun, thrilling and interactive choices-matter visual matter which has well developed characters and an intriguing plot...the game is incomplete and ends without warning. The game was released in 2017 and has not been updated since 2021 - nor are there any news of upcoming changes. Thus, a tad disappointing for the price for a game that is not fully complete and barely finished within 2 hours.

    2.5 h played when written. 27 found it helpful.

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