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Is Cris Tales worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- JRPG fans who want turn-based battles with time-manipulation mechanics
- Story-focused players who want choices to affect characters and regions
- Players seeking a role-playing adventure lasting more than 20 hours
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters
- Players who prefer a linear story without branching consequences
- Players looking for a short game rather than an experience exceeding 20 hours
Our take on Cris Tales
The defining mechanic is the simultaneous view of past, present, and future. Actions taken in the present can alter later scenes, while combat uses the same time-shifting idea to reposition enemies and shape encounters.
What is Cris Tales?
Cris Tales is a turn-based RPG set in a hand-drawn dark fairytale world.
Play as Crisbell, a newly awakened Time Mage, and travel across Crystallis and four kingdoms with recruited companions such as Matias and Willhelm. The game presents the past, present, and future simultaneously, letting choices affect regions, enemies, non-player characters, and story outcomes. Combat includes shifting enemies through time, coordinating party attacks, and timing offensive and defensive actions. Exploration includes travel by airship or boat, while branching stories follow efforts to oppose the Time Empress and change the world's future. The game combines classic JRPG-inspired progression with animated 2D art and offers more than 20 hours of gameplay.
How Cris Tales plays
- 01Three-Era View
- Past, present, and future scenes appear together while actions in one period affect later events.
- 02Time-Based Combat
- Battles let Crisbell move enemies across eras and coordinate attacks with party members.
- 03Branching Consequences
- Choices can alter the people, locations, enemies, and story outcomes encountered during the journey.
- 04Recruitable Companions
- The party can include allies with distinct stories and abilities, including Matias and Willhelm.
- 05Hand-Drawn World
- Frame-by-frame 2D animation depicts locations across Crystallis and the four kingdoms.
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Cris Tales: platforms & release
Is Cris Tales worth it?
It is worth it if: JRPG fans who want turn-based battles with time-manipulation mechanics. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters.
Where can I download Cris Tales?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Cris Tales's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Cris Tales on?
Windows only.
