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Torment: Tides of Numenera
By inXile entertainment, released 1 Jan 2017
- Microsoft Windows
- Linux
- macOS
- science fiction video game
- role-playing video game
What it is
Torment: Tides of Numenera is a single-player, isometric role-playing game from inXile entertainment, set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. You begin as a new mind in a body formerly used by the Changing God, a being that has evaded death for millennia. The story follows your journey through the Ninth World with companions whose aims may help or hinder you, while you seek to escape the Sorrow and confront the question of what one life matters. Words, choices and actions are central to the game’s narrative and mechanics. Its world is shaped by unusual items, magic and imaginative locations, and its story is framed as a thematic successor to Planescape: Torment. The game supports Steam Cloud, achievements, tablet Remote Play and Family Sharing. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux, with partial controller support.
What players like, and what they don't
- Single-player story-driven RPG
- Choices and dialogue drive play
- Available on Windows, macOS and Linux
- Steam Cloud and tablet Remote Play
- Partial controller support
- Single-player only
Who it suits
It suits players looking for a single-player, narrative-driven RPG built around dialogue, choices and a science-fiction setting. It also fits players who want to continue across Windows, macOS or Linux, or use Steam Cloud and tablet Remote Play.
Torment: Tides of Numenera centers its RPG experience on narrative choices in an unusual science-fiction world. Its single-player format and partial controller support are worth noting before choosing it.
