Tyranny on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Tyranny is a rpg, choices matter and story rich game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on November 10th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Russian.

It has received 12,663 reviews of which 11,011 were positive and 1,652 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Tyranny into these genres:

RPG Choices Matter Story Rich Isometric CRPG Dark Fantasy Adventure Villain Protagonist Singleplayer Fantasy Real-Time with Pause Character Customization Atmospheric Party-Based RPG Open World Great Soundtrack Turn-Based Strategy Female Protagonist Action

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.80 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 840 @ 3.10 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS450 with 1GB VRAM
Storage: 15 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.10
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.9 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: Radeon HD 6950m with 1GB VRAM
Storage: 15 GB available space

Linux

OS: 14.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.80 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 840 @ 3.10 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS450 with 1GB VRAM
Storage: 15 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

Original, compelling, and conceptually different in so many awesome ways. Frees you from some of the more tropey "Save the world / You're the chosen one / The power of friendship and love overcomes all" stuff in RPGs. If you like playing RPGs that truly allow you to be your own character rather than railroading you toward 4 or 5 versions of the same character, this is it. Obsidian, PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER GAME SET IN THIS UNIVERSE!!!!!

Oct. 2024

One of the top five in the genre. Seriously underrated for some reason. The story is top shelf and if you wanna go magic as a primary, it has a fantastic magic system where you build all your spells how you want. A must own really.

Oct. 2024

Tyranny does some very interesting things, most of which stem from its core premise: you, the player, begin in a position of significant power, and with that comes respect and authority. This power only grows as the game progresses, which is reflected both narratively and mechanically. The narrative is, overall, very well done. The world is fascinating, the characters feel realistic and complex, and the way that the player is regarded by other characters reflects their authority at all times. Notably, it supports a variety of playstyles along the "evil" spectrum, so if you wanted to you could be a raving murdering lunatic, or you could play a more "realistic" evil of seeing the insurmountable might of the Overlord and seeing rebellion against their order as futile and destructive. Without spoiling anything, there are numerous moments that have the player make awful decisions or cause extreme destruction, which can only be accomplished in a setting like Tyranny's - so it's good that the developers made use of that. That's not to say the narrative is flawless; some parts definitely fall flat where they should have shone, and other parts feel rushed, incomplete, or otherwise in need of more explanation and attention, but these negatives are firmly outweighed by the well-executed instances as well as the setting in general being unique and interesting. The gameplay and combat are serviceable; the pathfinding is occasionally irritating and you'll end up fighting most combats the same formulaic way, but it does the job. RPG elements (leveling up, perk selection, skill increases etc.) are generally simplistic and weak. I didn't really use the magic spell creation system (just as a byproduct of party composition), but it'll be attractive if you like combining spell parts to create 'custom' spells. I feel like only about two skills, maybe three, got used; I can't even name the other ones. Training also trivializes any of your skill increases from other places, which is an issue that's exacerbated by the poor in-game economy and item selection / distribution. It's a real shame that Paradox owns the IP here, as the disparity between Paradox and Obsidian (in conjunction with the generally niche popularity of Tyranny) means that this IP is unlikely to ever see the light of day again, which is the strongest point of Tyranny. With a different format (ex. turn-based) or a bigger budget and marketing, a sequel to Tyranny could do some absolutely fascinating and unique things. TL:DR, the narrative, world, and writing are great. Gameplay and combat are serviceable. Skills / skill use, perks, items / economy are weak. Overall worth playing just to see the unique parts of Tyranny's setting.

Aug. 2024

If there was ever a game that deserved to be brought back from the dead, it's Tyranny. The absolute lack of any marketing killed what may well have been the best Isometric RPG of it's time. The setting is a fun Nobledark world where you are the Higher Authority of a Totalitarian State. What that actually means is left completely in your hands. The Magic System also deserves special attention as one of very few games that allow you to make some pretty legit combos without either remembering a Fighting Game Button Sequence or making it absolutely suck to use. Sure, the "Optimal" way is still weapons, but casting Chain Icicle Explosion is pretty fun too. It's a game with a LOT of replayability, that sadly ends at it's absolute peak and is currently in Legal Limbo as the people who own the IP use it like a gold coin in a Dragon's Hoard (that is to say, not at all, and they have no intention of ever making a sequel or selling the IP to the people who would) Totally worth playing though... and playing a second time, and a third time, and maybe even a fourth!

April 2024

It's patently unfinished, and the combat sucks and the inventory management is somehow even worse, but they managed to crash this bad boy. To be bought on sale and played on a lower difficulty, where you can enjoy the incredible story and world without having to engage with its pretty mediocre gameplay systems.

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29.99€

8.5

11,011

1,652

Online players

Developer

Obsidian Entertainment

Publisher

Paradox Interactive

Release 10 Nov 2016

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