Runt of the Litter
Steal and raise a baby war gryphon! Will you fight dragons together to save the empire, or defy the empire and lead your people to freedom? Runt of the Litter is a 150,000 word interactive fantasy novel by…
Runt of the Litter is an adventure developed by Choice of Games LLC, released 23 February 2017 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac.
What Runt of the Litter is
Runt of the Litter is an adventure game developed by Choice of Games LLC and released in 2017. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on ChoiceScript.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The gryphon keepers hold all the power in the Empire of Vaengrea. They make the laws, patrol the borders, and only give gryphon eggs to their chosen heirs. As a poor stable hand, a "thrall," you know you'll never have a chance to prove yourself. But then, you find the egg. Small, neglected, nudged out of the nest by a disapproving mother. But you can feel warmth growing inside. Now your gryphon is in terrible danger, both from the other gryphon keepers and from a deadly plague that's wiping out the Empire's gryphons. Can you keep your gryphon safe? Where will you hide your new hatchling? Are you skilled enough to hunt its food or clever enough to steal it? Which of the gryphon keepers can…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 27 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Runt of the Litter holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
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What it launched against
Runt of the Litter launched on 23 February 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata and Hollow Knight. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight.
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