Indie

Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson

98% positive of 1,413 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Ritual Studios. Published by Klei Publishing.

About the game

In this turn-based RPG, wield powerful legendary instruments, gather mighty riff attacks and save the land from Rick Riffson's devilish goons and musical hybrid monsters!

Tagged by players

Soundtrack
Music
Rhythm
Wholesome
Tactical RPG
Deckbuilding
Turn-Based Strategy
Turn-Based Combat
Cartoony
Cute
Third Person
Fantasy

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Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson

98% positive of 1,413 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Ritual Studios. Published by Klei Publishing.

About the game

In this turn-based RPG, wield powerful legendary instruments, gather mighty riff attacks and save the land from Rick Riffson's devilish goons and musical hybrid monsters!

Tagged by players

Soundtrack
Music
Rhythm
Wholesome
Tactical RPG
Deckbuilding
Turn-Based Strategy
Turn-Based Combat
Cartoony
Cute
Third Person
Fantasy

What players say

Recommended
A enjoyable if a bit brief metal themed deck builder rhythm hybrid RPG. A lot of cheesy jokes and references to music and metal in particular and a pretty enjoyable combat system where you have four different guitars, each with it's own deck and completely different playstyles that you can switch between at will. Even if you probably will want to focus on one to avoid too much grinding for upgrade resources. It's…
13 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
After 100%ing the game I can say that this is a great little game. I had a lot of fun. A nice short and sweet game. I also think the Bass is broken and they added the snail so that I don't nuke every single enemy. Synth is also pretty busted, but not damage per screenshot busted.
7.3 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Bear in mind this is a recommend vs not recommend, not necessarily my stating if the game is good or not. I don't recommend this game simply because it frustrated me. Other reviewers will surely tell you this game's strengths, so let me instead focus on my complaints. I like the idea of a turn based rpg will realtime input based on rhythm, and with the theme of this game simply being 'music', you'd think it would…
9.3 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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