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Is A Squire's Tale worth it for you?
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Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a long fantasy narrative shaped by choices
- Fantasy players who want romance and multiple protagonist gender options
- Story-focused RPG fans interested in court intrigue and faerie folklore
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking visual exploration, graphics, or sound-based presentation
- Players who prefer action-heavy combat or systems-focused gameplay over reading and decisions
- Players looking for a management, crafting, or resource-building game
Our take on A Squire's Tale
Its text-only format concentrates the experience on branching narrative and imagination, but gives up visual and audio presentation. Players who want environmental detail delivered through graphics or sound will instead encounter a story carried entirely by written scenes and choices.
What is A Squire's Tale?
This interactive fantasy story spans 150,000 words, with choices shaping a squire’s quest to find a kidnapped prince amid court schemes, civil conflict, and faerie enchantment.
The squire can gather evidence, enlist companions, and choose whether to ally with the faeries or reject them. Players select a male, female, or nonbinary character and can pursue relationships with a faerie, alchemist, dancer, another squire, or the Lady. The journey includes tournaments, duels after dark, faerie puzzles, and rhyming taunts, alongside developing skills in archery, chivalry, falconry, music, combat, and riding. The search extends to an abbey from the fourteenth century, where hidden family history may come to light.
How A Squire's Tale plays
- 01Choice-driven narrative
- Decisions shape a 150,000-word story about rescuing the prince and uncovering the truth behind his disappearance.
- 02Customizable protagonist
- The squire can be male, female, or nonbinary.
- 03Multiple romances
- Potential partners include a faerie, squire, alchemist, dancer, and the protagonist's Lady.
- 04Knightly skill development
- The quest includes archery, chivalry, falconry, music, combat, and riding.
- 05Faerie encounters
- Players can solve riddles, choose whether to trust the faeries, and face a world shaped by belief.
- 06Tournament and duels
- The squire can compete for glory in tournaments or fight opponents after dark.
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A Squire's Tale: platforms & release
Is A Squire's Tale worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a long fantasy narrative shaped by choices. Skip it if: players seeking visual exploration, graphics, or sound-based presentation.
Where can I download A Squire's Tale?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens A Squire's Tale's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is A Squire's Tale on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
