Ghost of a Tale on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel thrown into a perilous adventure. Through stealth and cunning you’ll be able to explore the secrets of Dwindling Heights Keep and navigate its dangers.
Ghost of a Tale is a adventure, stealth and atmospheric game
developed and published by SeithCG.
Released on March 13th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 4,903 reviews of which 4,498 were positive and 405 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 1.95€ on Steam with a 90% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Ghost of a Tale into these genres:
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 64bit
- Processor: Intel i5 - 2.5Ghz
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD Radeon R9 270
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: Motherboard Integrated sound card
- Additional Notes: Although Ghost of a Tale is fully playable with mouse and keyboard, we'd strongly recommend playing with a gamepad for the best experience.
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Pros: Good story, great characters, map felt super old school-- small but big somehow, stealth was fun for the first bit. Cons: Lots of back tracking, some VERY annoying where's Waldo quests, armor basically removes any stealth mechanics in the game
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They say “Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you’ll land amongst the stars.” I feel that statement most adequately sums up this game. Ghost of a Tale is a good game that could have been a GREAT game. For every strength bolstering its position there’s an equivalent downside yanking it back. It’s a stealth RPG that sees you play as Mousey Minstrel ‘Tilo’, who has been arrested, placed in a dreary dungeon and must now sneak out of the castle using everything from bottles to distract enemies, to combustible pinecombs. As his adventure progresses he becomes gradually wound up in a conspiracy involving forces at play far greater than he could have imagined. It needs to be said that there should be MAD respect to the small yet dedicated development team for crafting such an endeavor. This is what most modern AAA titles WISH they could achieve, especially in regards to the graphics and story. The graphics are stellar, and I was consistently impressed by even the smallest attention to details; grass and vines move away from Tilo as he walks through it; the armor glint changes in radiance based on shadow or the time of day. I even found myself taking screenshots of scenery to utilize as my desktop backgrounds. The story is engrossing and continually feeds enough information about the exterior world and its lore to make it truly feel this is a world brimming with history, culture and conflict between the different animals. I would read each and every footnote on locations, events, and people to get an idea of how these character’s environment functioned. The lore definitely leaves you wanting to know and see more, setting it up perfectly for a sequel. Other standouts include the music – both the overall soundtrack as well as Tilo’s minstrel songs – and the game’s sense of humor, reminding you this is all in good fun. Yet for all the positives there were some serious drawbacks which can’t be overlooked. Each quest, even in the main story, seemed to devolve into constant ‘go fetch’ tasks, which by the end of the first Act were mundane, and by the 15th hour of gameplay were downright arduous. I chalk this up to the game’s lack of actual combat, since Tilo cannot defeat enemies larger than a crypt spider – even with explosive pine combs – and ends up needing to hide whenever spotted to clear the heat. Even this stealth aspect was obsolete after the pieces of guard armor were collected, and there were no additional challenges or twists in basic game-play to compensate for that, again due to ‘no combat’ for Tilo. Level designs were rather maze-like and confusing, leading me to watch the green pointer on a map to find my way around instead of intuitively knowing where I was. Ultimately, the largest shortcoming as I saw it was the sheer volume of backtracking involved, and I mean TOO MUCH. It hampered the game’s final third for me and, admittedly, made it somewhat difficult to convince myself to finish as a result. These are issues I’d love to see rectified in a sequel. If you can overlook the backtracking problems I would recommend this game and hope to see more from these developers in the future.
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As someone who spent all my time in Skyrim on just sneaking and stealing things, this game is great. It's not very complex to understand, yet still quite immersive. - Hehe sneak and run - Puzzles are intuitive and not frustrating - Quite beautiful graphics with great controls - Nice characters and world-building - Most important: Enjoy your time as a cute mousey!!!! Would definitely recommend. ------------------------------------------------ Edit: Review from when I finished the game One of a kind game. I'd recommend this for everyone! Even if it's not typically your genre, not typically your type of game, this game allows you to experience its amazing worldbuilding and storyline at your own comfortable pace. Please give it a shot!!! GHOST OF A TALE 2 ANNOUNCED!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU DEV TEAM!!!!!!
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This is the most beautiful game I have ever played, the only bad thing about it is the feeling of emptiness after playing it and not being able to find a game that can give me the same feeling.
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Ghost of a Tale is one of the most charming little games i've played in a while ,and even though you play as a little mouse , by calling it little i don't want to belittle it whatsoever.... well that was a mouthful. This game is 'little' not because it is very short or there's a lack of content, it is 'little' because of the homey feeling it gives of. A lot of different things contribute to invoking that feeling . Art style is cozy and nice, soundscape as well. Overall theme of being a little mouse trying to sneak around giant rats you can't defeat works towards that as well. But the main thing which makes this game so special for me is that sense of adventure and being lost in a best possible way. This will sound strange perhaps but Ghost of a Tale is first game since i've played Dark Souls back in early 2010's which gives me that adventurous sense of being lost and slowly but surely piecing layout,story and everything else together. It is a strange comparison to make i guess, but the feeling is that exact feeling i got from the DS back in a day. Where two games are really very different is that Ghost of a Tale essentially has no combat hence you are a little mouse set against giant armored rats (imagine vermintide ) . Gameplay evolves around stealth and various tools to help you out. And that , sadly , is the weakest part of the game. It is extremely easy to be honest. There are save points literally every 10 steps and even if you get noticed you can easily run away from the danger because your assailants are not too keen on chasing you around for too long. There are couple of nice touches like day and night cycle and certain npcs will or wont be in a place depending on time of day. I havent encountered any serious technical issues besides very little stuff, game is an Indie one so there's a lack of polish here and there but nothing to take away from the experience as well. Overall a game for ones soul if you will. Strongly recommend for 'vibes' as kids say these days.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ghost of a Tale is currently priced at 1.95€ on Steam.
Ghost of a Tale is currently available at a 90% discount. You can purchase it for 1.95€ on Steam.
Ghost of a Tale received 4,498 positive votes out of a total of 4,903 achieving a rating of 8.85.
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Ghost of a Tale was developed and published by SeithCG.
Ghost of a Tale is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Ghost of a Tale is not playable on MacOS.
Ghost of a Tale is not playable on Linux.
Ghost of a Tale is a single-player game.
Ghost of a Tale does not currently offer any DLC.
Ghost of a Tale does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Ghost of a Tale supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Ghost of a Tale 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Ghost of a Tale.
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Game modes
Features
Online players
13
Developer
SeithCG
Publisher
SeithCG
Release
13 Mar 2018
Platforms
Remote Play
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