Dragon of Steelthorne

$4.99

Release Date:: May 2, 2024
Developer:: Hosted Games
Publisher:: Hosted Games
Platforms:: Windows Mac Linux

Indie Adventure RPG Steam Achievements Family Sharing Single-player Steam Cloud

About This Game

Rule a mighty city, fight battles, and embark on quests in a steampunk-fantasy land. As the Ardent or Ardessa of Lake Steelthorne, find love, power and a secret which could change the world.

Dragon of Steelthorne is a 170,000-word interactive novel by Vance Chance, weaving together story, city management and combat in a unique take on choice-based Interactive Fiction. Customize the level of challenge with four difficulty settings. It's entirely text-based—without animation or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Now with two new chapters! Join your companions on more misadventures at the Great Carnival. Enjoy a night of dancing with them at the Windrose Ball.

Play as male or female, straight or gay.
Explore a story set in a world with steampunk and fantasy elements.
Find romance from one of five possible love interests. Enjoy a romantic night with them at the Eternal Festival.
Choose from one of five classes, with different effects on story, city management and combat.
Manage a city and train soldiers to fight for you on missions.
Enjoy a three-slot save system which provides the flexibility to try different options without losing progress or having to start over.

Decide the future of your mighty city as its leader and ruler.

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User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

1 user reviews

100%

Positive

User #618076 english

3 hrs at review

Recommended

For being a $5, it's a good game to waste a few hours on. However, it's not the best management COG game out there. I firmly believe WFTW holds that title. When the management section comes to play, you are only able to do one action (Build something, Meet with an RO, or do a side mission). Once you choose one, a week passes. I am really not sure why this is a trend in these management text-based games, but only being able to do one thing and then proceed with the story is just strange to me. So if you want to befriend all of the RO/NPC's, well that isn't happening. Especially if you want to grow a prosperous city. Don't get me wrong, you have time to get a decent amount of things done, for example in my playthrough, I was able to romance a character and fully build my city. However, this was at the cost of not being able to do all side quests, and not being able to build my relationships with the other characters. I recommend this game despite being extremely limited on time because...