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Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Cabernet is a singleplayer, female protagonist and vampire game
developed by Party for Introverts
and published by Akupara Games.
Released on February 20th 2025 is available only on Windows
in 4 languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 952 reviews of which 878 were positive and 74 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 13.99€ on Instant Gaming.
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 4th Gen i3/1st Gen Ryzen
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD (Integrated), GeForce GTX 600 Series/Radeon R7 Series
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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TL;DR: It's an nice indie Pentiment-like about vampires in a fictional setting clearly based on late 19th century pre-revolutionary Russia. No but seriously, Cabernet is a well written, fully voiced narrative RPG-lite (there's no combat and very little action) that has something to say if you're willing to listen, and unlike most games nowadays, it understands nuance and shades of gray. It's also just about the right length (could be a bit shorter, see below). Thumbs up overall because I think this is a good game, but not without issues, and I can't recommend it to everyone. POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW [*]Some side quests just end abruptly with no warning or proper resolution [*]No parity of content between "good" and "evil" playthroughs: there's clearly a single "proper" ending, everything else is basically bad ends and cuts you short (but hey, you forgave BG3 in 1.0 for that very sin). If you don't agree with what the authors actually view as a "good" ending, you'll be disappointed and maybe even outright angry with the game. [*]The whole middle part of the story is you running around town doing side-quests waiting for main plot to advance, and you're given way too much time to do stuff, there's not enough urgency to your tasks. [*]There's a pretty drastic tonal shift in the last couple of chapters (although not without foreshadowing) that, again, won't be to everyone's liking [*]Actual gameplay, as in walking around, doing stuff and using your vampire abilities, can feel quite clunky and unpolished. Think abilities failing to activate, interactions that can only be activated from a specific angle, etc. [*]There are numerous reports about the game being very buggy (including progression blockers) at launch. For what it's worth, I started playing on patch 1.0.13 and didn't run into any gamebreaking issues. [*]I'm a Russian speaker who normally plays games in English. Cabernet doesn't even have a Russian text option (I can understand not having a dub, as that'd be very costly for little return). It even reads as if the text was translated from Russian to English at times (even though the overall text quality is high). Imagine Kingdom Come that had no Czech in it or Witcher with no Polish - that's kinda how it feels. Just stops me from recommending this game to some of my friends who could've enjoyed it but don't want to struggle through an English script full of Kolyas and Petyas and navs and rusalkas.
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First off. I really REALLY like this game and I will undoubtedly play this game many times over BUT one thing that bugs me so much is the "romance". First you meet a character that you can flirt with and tease to hell and back only to find out that nope cannot romance that guy because he is gay...And mind you they could have made everyone gay in the game and I would not have minded if I realized it from the get go. But I played hours and thought it was so OBVIOUS this guy would be someone you could romance. But no...you cant... I was very dissapointed at first but then thought...hm... must be someone else of these great characters that I can romance instead right? RIGHT? Well you can be a homewreaker and be appart of some adultery because that seems like a good idea or something that is morally right...and if that does not tickle your fancy you can get together with the only romanceable female vampire... or a stereotypical book nerd that you guessed it...only talk about BOOKS! At this point I dont even understand WHY they advertise the game as having romance. Because I would have been more fine with it having no romance and knowing so from the get go than playing for hours and then feeling tricked like this. Even so I will recommend this game as it is a really good game and once they fix all of the bugs this game will probably still be on my top list of games this year. But I still want to express my disappointment of the romance aspect. And I will hope and wish that one day they might add the possibility to actually romance someone that is even somewhat worth romancing. But until then my Liza will be as single as can be.
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I have an obsession with all things related to vampires. I have watched a lot of shows, movies, played a lot of games, and read a lot of books pertaining to vampires, and I can confidently say that Cabernet is now among my favorites. It has been a long time since I've truly felt a joy and lightness while playing a game, and Cabernet—with its amazing story and art style—was able to give me that feeling. To all of you involved in the process of making this game, from the bottom of my heart, I truly thank you. It was an amazing experience. One that I will keep coming back to.
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If what you're looking at on the steam-page looks good to you, this game will be fun. However I think you should probably wait a bit before buying it so that a few of the bugs can be patched out. Quite often I had to restart my day because something glitched and I think this game wouldve been even more fun if it hadn't been for that. PROs: - the story and characters are fun (although it is more "philosophical" than horror) CONs: - the game feels clunky in some parts - the saving system is not great. Just being able to safe at a certain space is quite frustrating with this amount of bugs and reloads - "Is this a bug or a feature?" is something you ask yourself a lot and most of the times its a bug
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My playthrough had a frightening amount of bugs, which did quite dissapoint me - it softlocked me a few times and softlocked me out of multiple quests. Especially without a save system that was either more convenient or had more than 3 slots (shared with autosaves) those stung,badly. However Cabernet nevertheless ended up a lovely experience. I'm impressed that it seems to have improved and opened the game up a lot compared to the demo. I think I'd really like a proper follow-up to it, maybe with a bit more budget behind it. Biting people, breaking up marriages to seduce the wife and turning corpses into talking dolls has never seemed more fun! Lovely experience, I'll probably replay it a few months down the line when the game is patched up. EDIT: I wanted to include this paragraph at the end of the review, as I didn't originally get the "happy" or "good" ending quote unquote. I've since replayed to get it. I believe as I've read through the credits and even watched some talks that Arseniy gave on making games that he's the main person spearheading the writing. The epilogue of the game,to me, as someone from Russia spoke to me, on such a deep, painful, sad level and brought me to tears, which happens, so, oh so rarely with anything in my life. The message of hope, hope persisting among the endless horridness, the depression, the misery the unfairness of lfie is something so core to me as a person, almost every word said in the epilogue made me feel like I'm talking to a reflection of myself. Arseniy said that he wanted to make games that makes the player experience the feelings,the emotions that the developer wanted and that they themselves felt. You've succeeded. Спасибо. What a beautiful game.
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Cabernet is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
Cabernet is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Cabernet received 878 positive votes out of a total of 952 achieving a rating of 8.69.
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Cabernet was developed by Party for Introverts and published by Akupara Games.
Cabernet is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Cabernet is not playable on MacOS.
Cabernet is not playable on Linux.
Cabernet is a single-player game.
There are 2 DLCs available for Cabernet. Explore additional content available for Cabernet on Steam.
Cabernet does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Cabernet does not support Steam Remote Play.
Cabernet is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Party for Introverts
Publisher
Akupara Games
Release
20 Feb 2025
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