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Nepenthe

You wake up with no memory. Your day is starting off great! Nepenthe is a hand-drawn RPG with a terrible sense of humor. Set in the strange world of Carithia, you play as a mysterious bald dude who lost his…

17 May 2018

Nepenthe is an adventure developed by Yitz, released 17 May 2018 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Nepenthe is

Nepenthe is an adventure game developed by Yitz and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RPG Maker MV.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You wake up with no memory. Your day is starting off great! Nepenthe is a hand-drawn RPG with a terrible sense of humor. Set in the strange world of Carithia, you play as a mysterious bald dude who lost his memory. Yes, you read that right. Meet some very polite monsters, and battle both them and your sense of self-dignity in epic bullet-hell fight scenes!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Nepenthe launched on 17 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr.

Released around the same time: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Nepenthe come out?
Nepenthe was released on 17 May 2018 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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