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Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is a rpg, indie and lovecraftian game developed by Cultic Games and published by Fulqrum Publishing.
Released on September 26th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 2,438 reviews of which 1,619 were positive and 819 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.35€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones into these genres:

RPG Indie Lovecraftian Horror Turn-Based Combat Violent Atmospheric Adventure 2D Singleplayer Story Rich Choices Matter Philosophical Strategy CRPG Great Soundtrack Isometric Party-Based RPG 2.5D

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 - 64bit
  • Processor: Intel i3
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
MacOS
  • OS: Mavericks (OSX 10.9)
  • Processor: 2,6 GHz Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Not recommended for Intel GMA Graphics or Mac Minis or early-generation MacBooks.
Linux
  • OS: Utopic Unicorn (14.10)
  • Processor: Intel i5
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 700 Series or Radeon HD 7730 and above
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Please be sure that you are using the latest drivers.

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
Such a great game to play issues in difficulty and battling sanity need balancing but the atmosphere is nailed as fulcrum seem to do with every game as a fallout style game the lack of handholding is fine with me and I look forward to finishing the game despite issues I got along with it just spells etc need a boost to inject more fun
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Dec. 2024
It is one of the best if not the best adaptation of Lovecraft's work in terms of atmosphere and storytelling but it is very much unfinished and buggy mess.
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Oct. 2024
It's unpolished and incomplete. The first half of the game has a lot of interactions, good writing, combats and exploration and then once you reach the point of no return, the game abruptly ends. It's kind of sad because there are very solid foundations for an outstanding Lovecraftian rpg in there but it seems like the studio just released before they got to finish it. I was hoping that they would update further but it's been years now and it's clearly not happening. It's a shame really.
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Aug. 2024
I'm about 1/2 through the game (based on I've deciphered half of the poem) and wanted to give my first real review on Steam to Stygian. This game came out in 2019 but I've sat on it until recently when my life has finally slowed down. And as I prepare to go back to school to further my writing degree, I was looking for something that would be inspiring for my own creative ventures. Stygian seemed to be the perfect choice. Frankly, this is by far the best Lovecraftian game I've played, impeccable from the narrative to graphic style. You can tell the team put in real effort in crafting the world and making it as immersive and rich as possible. I love how the dialogues and the lores are written. It has a strong Lovecraftian tone but regardless a unique personal flavor. Each item, each glyph is carefully drawn. Each character sprite has some little variation just enough to distinguish them even if they're just bypassing NPCs w/o real interactive points. And that shows an outstanding attention to details. Now, don't get me wrong: this game is incomplete and I agree that the team should have clarified that on the product page instead of only making the announcement on their kickstarter. There definitely are enough bugs to make me frustrated here and there, but the story is enough to keep me going. I did some research before installing the game so I already know that the ending would be anti-climax/somewhat unsatisfactory. But you know what? That's an imperfection I'm willing to endure because, if you know Lovecraft well enough, many of his original stories too, feel unresolved and unfinished. Although in Lovecraft's case it was intentional, in Stygian's case it was an unwilling compromise given the develop team's restriction of funding and the "all-or-nothing" options. If you read the open letter on their Kickstarter, you'd probably have agreed with them: instead of rushing a finale chapter, leaving it on a cliffhanger is a more respectful option to the game and the script itself. A lot of people here gave negative reviews due to the incompletion and the bugs, and there is no arguing against those shortcomings. But personally, I'd rather treat Stygian as a piece of art than a mere game because it surpasses "just a game" on so many levels and, by far, exactly what I'd expect a Lovecraftian game to look/feel like. I do with the developers would come back and release more installments and I'd happily pay for it, but that might just be wishful thinking given it's been five years and there hasn't been any update. It does seem like the developer has a new Stygian game coming up, however, judging by the teaser videos the team has ditched the handdrawn style and opted for a standard 3D build, and frankly, the art style of this game was at least 50% of its charm.
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July 2024
Awesome game, filled to the brim with Lovecraft literature lore. Survival mechanics bring a new taste to old school rpg
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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones received 1,619 positive votes out of a total of 2,438 achieving a rating of 6.48.
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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones was developed by Cultic Games and published by Fulqrum Publishing.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones. Explore additional content available for Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones on Steam.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones does not support Steam Remote Play.

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones 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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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
19.99€ -99% 19.99€ 0.35€
6.5
1,619
819
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Developer
Cultic Games
Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Release 26 Sep 2019
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