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Tainted Grail: Conquest

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S • 2021

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Quick resume

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

Global score

90/100

Genres

Action, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Strategy, Card & Board Game

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    Pros

    • Deep and complex character building
    • 9 distinct classes with unique playstyles
    • Immersive dark fantasy atmosphere and story
    • Excellent voice acting and soundtrack
    • High replayability and meta-progression

    Cons

    • Grindy and slow meta progression
    • Some balance issues between classes
    • Performance/resource heavy
    • Repetitive combat and pacing
    • Minor bugs and occasional crashes

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players freely choose from nine distinct classes with unique abilities and playstyles, enabling diverse personal strategies and decisions."

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    • Competence

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      "The game offers challenging combat, boss fights, and skill progression that rewards mastery and learning."

      Capsule for Cave Crawlers Cave Crawlers

      "The game offers a steep learning curve with complex mechanics, challenging enemies, and skillful deckbuilding; mastery requires many hours."

    • Competition

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      "Includes online leaderboards for Time Attack and Boss Rush modes, allowing players to compare performance."

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      "Includes leaderboards for the optional "true boss" damage dealt, but mostly focused on single-player progression and personal improvement."

    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions, high replayability, and habitual engagement with the game."

      Capsule for From Glory To Goo From Glory To Goo

      "Players report long play sessions, habitual play, and high replay value with many classes and upgrades motivating continued engagement."

    • Cooperation

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      "Single-player game with no multiplayer or cooperative elements."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players create and customize decks, experiment with card upgrades and artifacts, and develop unique builds and strategies."

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      "Players create unique decks and builds each run, experiment with different classes and combos, and customize character progression."

    • Domination

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      -5

      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are single-player and self-contained."

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      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are single-player and personal."

    • Escapism

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      "The immersive fantasy world, rich narrative, and atmospheric music provide strong escapism and distraction from real life."

      Capsule for Roadwarden Roadwarden

      "Dark fantasy setting, immersive story, and atmospheric music provide strong escapism from real life."

    • Expectation

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      -4

      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and enjoyment; no indication of obligation or pressure to play."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Strong emphasis on trying new builds, synergies, and strategies; players discover new mechanics and combinations continuously."

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      "Strong emphasis on trying new classes, builds, and strategies; players enjoy discovering new combos and mechanics."

    • Exploration

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      "Players explore detailed environments, uncover side quests, and interact with many NPCs."

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      "Players explore a dark overworld with quests and NPCs; some procedural generation and discovery elements present."

    • Expression

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      2

      "Some character and deck customization, but limited cosmetic or avatar personalization."

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    • Fantasy

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      5

      "Strong dark fantasy and Arthurian mythos setting with supernatural elements."

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      "Dark fantasy setting with Arthurian and Celtic themes, mythical creatures, and imaginative lore."

    • Fellowship

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      "No social or community features; gameplay is solo and independent."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn mechanics, improve skills, and unlock upgrades through repeated play and progression."

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      "Players learn complex mechanics, improve skills, and unlock permanent upgrades through repeated runs."

    • Health

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      -4

      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity; some players report long sessions and late-night play."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during tactical combat; not suitable for casual or background play."

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      "Requires focused attention during combat and decision making; not suitable for casual or background play."

    • Intimacy

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      -5

      "No social or emotional connection features; single-player only."

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      "No social or emotional connection features; single-player experience."

    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management elements; purely individual play."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong meta-progression with unlockable classes, weapons, combos, and upgrades that accumulate over multiple runs."

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      "Strong meta-progression with unlocking cards, passives, upgrades, and new classes over many runs."

    • Relaxation

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      "Some players find the game relaxing and immersive, but the challenging nature creates tension."

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      "Some players find the game immersive and atmospheric, but the challenge and difficulty create tension and focus."

    • Sensation

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      3

      "Enjoyable music, voice acting, and visual effects provide sensory stimulation and emotional engagement."

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      "Enjoyable music, voice acting, and visual effects provide sensory stimulation and emotional engagement."

    • Status

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      "Leaderboards offer recognition, but social status is limited and not a primary motivation."

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      "Leaderboards exist for optional challenges, but social recognition is minimal and not a core motivation."

    • Story

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      5

      "Strong narrative focus with detailed lore, character development, voice acting, and story-driven quests."

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      "Rich narrative with voice acting, lore, quests, and character development integrated into gameplay."

    • Strategy

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      "High mental challenge with deck building, tactical decision making, and problem solving."

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    • Thrill

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      3

      "Tense combat and risk of failure create suspense and excitement."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Story.

    How to use the graph
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    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026