Fit check
Is Gjallarhorn worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG players who want branching storylines and multiple endings
- Turn-based combat fans who want D20 rules mixed with JRPG structure
- Players who enjoy customizing characters and building varied parties
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear story may find the branching structure too open-ended
- Players who prefer action combat may not enjoy turn-based battles and systems-heavy character building
- Players looking for a short, single-route adventure may find four main storylines and connected character plots too expansive
Our take on Gjallarhorn
Its defining structure is a Western Fusion JRPG: D20-based combat and exploration are combined with turn-based JRPG elements, branching storylines, and NPCs who follow daily routines.
What is Gjallarhorn?
Set two years after the Second Great War, this standalone RPG follows the northern Osirian Empire as factions contest its future.
The game combines D20 rules with turn-based JRPG elements in combat and exploration. Players customize a character's attributes and personality, choose jobs and classes, equip skills, craft equipment, and make decisions that affect the story. Four main storylines lead to branching endings, while six main characters have connected plots. NPCs follow daily schedules across a day-and-night cycle. Dungeons include multiple tiers and puzzles, and party members can be recruited through cohort and taming systems. Fame, reputation, karma, charisma-based choices, bounty work, and job quests add additional paths through the conflict.
How Gjallarhorn plays
- 01Branching Storylines
- Four main routes can lead to different endings, with choices affecting the course of the conflict.
- 02Custom Character Build
- Attributes, personality, jobs, classes, and equipped skills can be adjusted during play.
- 03Scheduled NPCs
- Non-player characters follow routines that change across the day-and-night cycle.
- 04Recruitable Party Members
- The cohort and taming systems allow characters or animals to join the party.
- 05Layered Dungeons
- Dungeon areas are divided into multiple tiers and include puzzles.
- 06Crafting And Bounties
- Players can craft equipment and take on bounty-board work alongside job quests.
Gjallarhorn compared to similar games
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition centers on an unconventional story, characters, and exploration of a strange and dangerous city, while Gjallarhorn uses four branching main storylines, customizable characters, scheduled NPCs, and D20-based turn-based play. Back to the Dawn focuses on investigating, surviving, and escaping a maximum-security prison, whereas Gjallarhorn follows factional conflict in the Osirian Empire with class, reputation, crafting, and party systems. Tales of Symphonia presents an epic adventure about two interlocked worlds, while Gjallarhorn emphasizes player choices, multiple routes, and recruitable characters or animals.
Gjallarhorn: platforms & release
Is Gjallarhorn worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG players who want branching storylines and multiple endings. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear story may find the branching structure too open-ended.
Where can I download Gjallarhorn?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Gjallarhorn's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Gjallarhorn on?
Windows only.
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