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Vendir: Plague of Lies

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS • 2024

Should you play it?

Vendir: Plague of Lies is a classic party-based RPG with a deep storyline and turn-based combat. Experience an intricately crafted world, steeped in history and brought to life through a carefully crafted atmosphere and the trials and tribulations of stories of the people that inhabit it.

What works

  • Deep and strategic turn-based combat
  • Extensive skill trees and character customization
  • Dark, atmospheric fantasy setting
  • Engaging exploration with secrets and side quests
  • Good value for price, especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Mobile port with dated graphics and ui issues
  • Poor translation and writing quality in some areas
  • Repetitive quests and enemy encounters
  • Clunky controls and pathfinding problems
  • Limited replayability and story impact

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Vendir: Plague of Lies: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Sensation, Status.

Last update: 26/08/2026