Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a choices matter, adventure and visual novel game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Released on August 15th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 6,898 reviews of which 6,390 were positive and 508 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 1.99€ on Steam and has a 90% discount.

The Steam community has classified Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth into these genres:

Choices Matter Adventure Visual Novel Story Rich Point & Click Medieval Indie Interactive Fiction Casual Based On A Novel Atmospheric Singleplayer Historical Great Soundtrack Violent Female Protagonist Hand-drawn Choose Your Own Adventure RPG 2D

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Win 7, 8, 10, 32/64-bit
Processor: 2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeForce GTX 200 series with at least 1GB
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 13500 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers

MacOS

OS: Mac OSX 10.7
Processor: 2,6 Ghz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris 550
Storage: 13500 MB available space
Sound Card: 16 bit

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or newer
Processor: 2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeForce GTX 200 series with at least 1GB and proprietary drivers, latest OpenGL driver
Storage: 13500 MB available space
Sound Card: Sound Card with latest drivers

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Dec. 2024

I am speecless, such amazing experience, story is just substantial, in my completely blind playtrough i got amazing ending, i dont knw what to say, i almoust cryed multiple times, better then any TV show 10/10

Dec. 2024

Overall: Story: 9/10 – Story is actually very good Music: 9/10 – Good for an indie game Voice Acting: 10/10 Gameplay: 8/10 – Not too difficult; QTE's are hard to fail, almost baby like Character Design/Visuals: 10/10 I bought this game on sale, I was looking for something fresh, and was surprised, as it turned out to be a hidden gem. I heard this is based on a book too, so I might grab that as well.

Nov. 2024

This is a game based on a book. That being said , the story was top notch. I liked the hand drawn style and voice acting a lot. Honestly this game was a very big surprise I did not expect to get involved in the story as much as I did. Lately i prefer playing games that aren't adrenaline packed and yet keep me interested. I highly recommend this.

April 2024

Great game. Highly effective narrative section, point and click with Telltale-style choices and consequences. The soundtrack and graphics are also excellent. Recommended 8/10 my rating

March 2024

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ === ( 🎯 Difficulty ) === ☑ No Difficulty (This is more like reading an animated book) ☐ Easy ☐ Standard ☐ Big Learning Curve ☐ Hard ☐ Impossible === ( 👪 Audience ) === ☐ Everyone ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Mature === ( 👀 Graphics ) === ☐ What Is This? ☐ Bad ☐ Acceptable ☐ Good ☐ Great ☑ Stylistic ☐ Beautiful ☐ Masterpiece === ( Sound/Music ) === ☐ Bad ☐ Nothing Special ☐ Okay ☑ Great ☐ Beautiful ☐ I´m Gonna Cry === ( 🌏 Story ) === ☐ This Game Has No Story ☐ Nothing Special ☐ It´s Alright ☑ Well Written (Not as good as the book though) ☐ Epic Story ☐ Thinking About It, When I Sleep === ( Grinding ) === ☑ Nothing To Grind ☐ Isn't Necessary To Progress ☐ Average Grind Level ☐ A Lot Of Grinding ☐ You‘ll Need A Second Life For Grinding === ( 💎 Price ) === ☐ Free ☐ Underpriced ☑ Perfect Price ☐ Could Be Cheaper ☐ Overpriced === ( ☣ Requirments ) === ☐ A Toaster Could Run This ☑ Low ☐ Average ☐ Above Average ☐ High End ☐ NASA Computer === ( ⏰ Game time/length ) === ☐ Really short ( 0 - 4 hours) ☐ Short ( 4 - 12 hours) ☑ Average ( 12 - 24 hours) ☐ Long ( 24+ hours) ☐ Multiplayer/Neverending === ( 🐞 Bugs ) === ☐ Game itself is a bug ☐ Lot of bugs ☐ Few Bugs ☑ Nothing === ( Controller Support ) === ☑ Yes (Better with keyboard & mouse) ☐ no === ( Steam Deck Friendly ) === ☐ Yes ☑ no === ( Enjoyment ) === ☐ I´d Rather Watch Grass Grow ☐ Hard To Enjoy ☐ Repetitive ☑ It's Okay ☐ Fun To Be Had For Sure ☐ The Kind Of Fun You Will Remember ☐ Life Changing === ( Replayability ) === ☐ One-Time Experience ☐ Only For Achievements ☑ If You Wait A Few Months/Years ☐ Definitely ☐ Infinitely Replayable/Multiplayer === ( Worth Playing ) === ☐ No ☐ Wait For A Sale ☑ Yes ☐ I Can´t Recommend It Enough TOP FUN THINGS TO DO: ⭐️ Trying to make the right choices. ⭐️ Experiencing a well written book. THE UNIQUES: 💎 Animated from a book. 💎 Good for players who don't like reading. PLAYER GAMING REQUIREMENTS: 💼 Visual Novel. 💼 Choices Matter. 💼 Indie. PROS: + It's a modern way on how to read a 1,000 page decent book. +If you like reading/gaming, this is the ultimate way to get the best of both worlds. + It's a great way to tell a story and it's done so brilliantly, the narration is top notch and deserves to be recognised. CONS: - The decisions are crucial but it feels like the narrator tires to direct you to how the story was meant to be told. - If you make a mistake, there's no going back, suffer the consequences that you've made. VERDICT: They've done a good job in putting the books into an animated visual novel, it tells the story so well and gives the game a little more of a twist since you can make decisions, personally, I preferred the books view on the story but how they've made this is pretty phenomenal. If you enjoy reading and visual novels, this is the game you want to be playing, on top of that, it's on sale quite a lot. A fantastic book for a fantastic visual novel. Total Score = 77/100. GAMEPLAY: It is based on Ken Follett’s award-winning 1989 novel of the same name, which was adapted as a video game across 21 playable chapters. ■■■■■■■□□□ 7 / 10 Read the book guys RECOMMEDED SPECS OS: Windows 7 or better Processor: Quad Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD R7 200 / GeForce GTX 500 Storage: 13500 MB available space

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Developer

Daedalic Entertainment

Publisher

Daedalic Entertainment

Release 15 Aug 2017

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