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Cris Tales is a gorgeous, indie love letter to classic JRPGs with a new perspective. Peer into the past, act in the present, and watch as your choices dynamically change the future -- all on one screen as you play!

Cris Tales is a rpg, adventure and jrpg game developed by Dreams Uncorporated and SYCK and published by Maximum Entertainment.
Released on July 20th 2021 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal and Thai.

It has received 495 reviews of which 323 were positive and 172 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.3 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.36€ on K4G.


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Windows
  • OS *: OS Version: windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core at 2.5Ghz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (2GB) or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 6 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Medium Settings

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28 hours played
Aug. 2026
Short review after 100% the game and getting every achievement: A relatively short but fun turn based indie RPG not reinventing the wheel but adding some twists with time manipulation mechanics. Pros: - Superb art style and main selling point of this game, indie charm combined with beautifully designed world, map and characters making this a timeless game where even in 20 years it will still look amazing (from ancient to modern ruins, beautiful forests to amazing towns you have it all, rainbow lake area takes the cake for me so charming and beautiful) - Decent story line with time travel and manipulation adding a twist (while not mind breaking you can see most areas in the past, present and future and your impact on them mostly adding to the visual flair) - 7 characters distinct to each other in terms of combat adding to varied play style - Great monster and boss design (all of them have a past, present and future version changing their mechanics or weaknesses) - Good amount of side quest impacting the future of the areas you do them in and one bonus dungeon at end and a 30 wave Colosseum to test your strength - Good area music somber and sad and pretty good voice acting for an indie JRPG - Classic JRPG turn based combat with two twists, real time QTE (paper Mario or Clair Obscur etc...) to either parry or if you miss it a bit deflect an attack (not only damage reductions but you lower your chances to get bad stat ailments), same for attack press z at optimal time for a critical or if you miss a good attack (some melee attacks at critical do follow up attacks and skills do more damage and increase chance to add status ailments to enemies). Second twist is time manipulation in combat, you can move enemies and some skills to either past or future, for instance placing a mine and then sending that side to the future triggers it immediately, this also affects monsters, for instance sending a side to the future where a goblin soldier stood changes that goblin to a wise old goblin mage, weak in health but now able to cast spells (all monsters have past, present and future versions of themselves so be careful as some versions are more dangerous then others). While this sounds amazing the core JRPG combat still prevails as most of the time these time combos do not produce much better results if at all, only when it is story dictated Cons: - Really small world and relatively short game for an JRPG (only four real zones very small, combined the size of a normal chapter in other JRPG, under 20 hours for all side quests and main story my play time is bloated for grinding achievements, when you get the dragon your airship so to speak near endgame most of JRPG open up, here there is actually nothing more to do only main story) - Your benched characters do not level with your main ones in any capacity - Bugs present in achievements (consult guides if you hunt for them, i did everything wrong and it resulted in me getting Rena armory before upgrading gear to max and achievement for treasure chests before i opened all of them so i was kinda lucky rena armory might be the buggiest of them all) A great turn based indie JRPG a bit short but, can recommend to any JRPG fan while for others if the art style speaks to you try it as its great, but do beware that at later point in game hitting QTE for parrying/deflecting and getting good or critical attacks/skills becomes mandatory as this game does not have and difficulty options like lets say story mode in Clair Obscur.
28 hours played
Jan. 2026
Hello friends, Today I will review the game Cris Tales. This is a game about time traveling having a female protagonist that travels thru time to change events. The unique aspect of this game is the ability to see past, present, and future all on the same screen. This aspect is not found on every map, but when it does on a map, it is very interesting to see the effects of the players actions in the future. There is also many characters that the player can recruit, and they all have their specialties. One complaint on the forum for this action is that not all characters are available all the time, and the fact the game does not auto level characters that are stored in the players party, so if a player wants to keep everyone leveled up, they will have to grind and switch out characters every so often to keep them up to date and their equipment good. PROS: -The world is very pretty and looks like it was sewed together. - Different locations to explore. - Multiple endings and events. - A coliseum near the end of the game that players can challenge themselves to hard fights. CONS: - Do not alt tab when saving the game. It will crash the game and cause it to BSOD your pc. - There are bugs in the coliseum fights that can freeze your game by game breaking your game.This is very obvious in fight #20 in the coliseum fight. In this fight, i personally fought against the enemies. If you use a AOE spell when a certain enemy in this round is in a shadow in the ground, it will soft lock the game. The worst part of the coliseum, players cannot save it, so if it bugs out, players have to start over from fight #1. - They are very strong messages about class difference with wealth present in this game. It is very on the nose, and many people may not like this message it implies. Do I recommend this game? Yes, as a short rpg. So if your looking for a short rpg, then yes. The time mechanics make it interesting, but some people maybe put off by their on the nose messages in the game. The fact that some characters are not available all the time also is off putting to many people, and the fact the party characters in storage cannot be auto leveled, and must be leveled up manually. This is what i consider a light rpg, as the time to beat it took me under 50 hours. In fact I personally beat it in less than 30 hours. I also tried to complete the coliseum fights, but i could not get past the monsters on fight #25. I left a post about how far i made it here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1079830/discussions/0/600784815203077442/
8 hours played
Nov. 2025
It's a cute game, like playing through a storybook. Fans of old-school turn-based JRPGs should keep an eye out for sales. At the right price, it's totally worth playing.
14 hours played
Oct. 2025
The most beautiful game i've ever played. I think things could be improved in terms of level design of the quests and puzzles, and also the writing at times. But the voice acting is good and i think the game is worth it for the visuals alone.
28 hours played
Oct. 2025
I've played for about 5 hours so far (started on another platform) and I actually love this game! I can't say it's perfect and for me the main problem is that is has a lot of loading screens BUT it is such a beautiful and unique game! The animation style is gorgeous and the soundtrack is really good too. People who want fast-paced action will probably be bored/annoyed but for people who enjoy slower, story-focused RPGs I think it's really good. I personally feel like the negative reviews are exaggerating. That being said, yes the game is not for everyone and 40€ is far too much, but I feel like it's worth way more than 4€ which is the current discounted price.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cris Tales is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.

No, Cris Tales is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Cris Tales received 323 positive votes out of a total of 495 achieving a rating of 6.29.
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Cris Tales was developed by Dreams Uncorporated and SYCK and published by Maximum Entertainment.

Yes, Cris Tales is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Cris Tales is not playable on MacOS.

No, Cris Tales is not playable on Linux.

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No, Cris Tales does not support VR.

Cris Tales is a single-player game.

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No, Cris Tales does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Cris Tales does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Cris Tales 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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Cris Tales PEGI 12
Rating
6.3
323
172
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Developer
Dreams Uncorporated, SYCK
Publisher
Maximum Entertainment
Release 20 Jul 2021
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