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The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!

What works

  • Engaging narrative and character development
  • Thought-provoking moral and strategic questions
  • Player-driven story outcomes
  • Unique fantasy setting with humor
  • High replay value and anticipation for sequels

Things to keep in mind

  • Some players found question text lengthy or monotonous
  • Lack of immediate consequences during gameplay
  • Limited interactivity beyond question answering
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Minor typos and occasional unclear phrasing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Criminal Girls: Invite Only

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-

  • Langrisser I & II

  • Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1

  • Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven

Less dominating

Games that feels like The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain but with less domination over others

  • The Pirate's Fate

  • Demons Roots

  • My Vow to My Liege

  • Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

  • Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall

  • Ken ga Kimi

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain but with less leadership over others

  • Magical Girl Celesphonia

  • Trainee Death Simulator

  • Knell of St. Godhrkar

  • Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

  • Major\Minor

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Testing Chamber

  • The Test: Hypothesis Rising

  • The Test: Final Revelation

  • A Work of Art

  • The Confession

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Leadership, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026