Fit check
Is Fatermyth worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG players who want a story spread across multiple eras and protagonists
- Tabletop-inspired players who enjoy dice and card-based combat decisions
- Adventure fans interested in reworked Chinese mythology and historical figures
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a single-protagonist RPG set in one continuous time period
- Players who prefer fixed, action-focused combat over dice, cards, and tactical choices
- Players looking for a primarily stealth-based or prison-escape RPG
Our take on Fatermyth
Rather than centering one hero in a single setting, the game links seven characters across thousands of years. Its combat also replaces conventional attack selection with dice combinations, cards, and skills whose results shape each encounter.
What is Fatermyth?
Fatermyth combines tabletop role-playing elements with an adventure spanning thousands of years, following seven characters from different eras whose stories become connected.
The narrative reworks figures and events from Chinese mythology and history, while adding gods, human resistance, alien races, dragons, foxes, wolves, and other creatures. Combat uses dice combinations, cards, and character skills, with each throw affecting the battle. Characters have distinct combat styles and can gain higher-level skills while leveling up. Equipment can be combined into skill setups, with dozens of items offering special effects. The game also includes quests, dungeon challenges, and random events for players to discover and challenge.
How Fatermyth plays
- 01Seven Interwoven Characters
- The campaign follows seven protagonists from different historical periods whose journeys connect across the story.
- 02Dice And Card Combat
- Battles combine dice results with cards and skills, making each roll affect the unfolding encounter.
- 03Character Skill Growth
- Each character has a distinct fighting approach and can select stronger abilities while leveling up.
- 04Equipment Combinations
- Dozens of items provide special effects that can be arranged into customized skill setups.
- 05Quests And Dungeons
- The adventure includes quests, dungeon challenges, and random events to discover and challenge.
Fatermyth compared to similar games
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition centers on an unconventional story and exploration of a strange, dangerous city, while Fatermyth follows seven characters across multiple eras with dice-and-card battles. Back to the Dawn focuses on investigating crime, surviving prison, and escaping a maximum-security facility, unlike Fatermyth's mythology-spanning quests and dungeons. Ghost of a Tale emphasizes stealth, disguises, conversations, and exploration in an animal-populated medieval world, whereas Fatermyth uses character builds, equipment combinations, and dice-and-card combat.
Fatermyth: platforms & release
Is Fatermyth worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG players who want a story spread across multiple eras and protagonists. Skip it if: players seeking a single-protagonist RPG set in one continuous time period.
Where can I download Fatermyth?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Fatermyth's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Fatermyth on?
Windows only.
