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Is Guns of Infinity worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a long, choice-driven military story
- Players interested in fictional war settings involving gunpowder and magic
- Readers who prefer relationship, family, and moral decisions alongside combat
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking visual scenes, animated combat, or sound effects
- Players looking for action controls rather than written choices and narrative decisions
- Readers who prefer short stories instead of a 440,000-word interactive novel
Our take on Guns of Infinity
The military framing may suggest a conventional combat game, but the experience is entirely text-based. Command, battle, romance, and family decisions are presented through written choices rather than graphics or sound.
What is Guns of Infinity?
Guns of Infinity is a 440,000-word interactive novel set during a war involving gunpowder and magic.
Players return as a gentleman-officer commanding a cavalry squadron in the Royal Tierran Army. Choices shape the story and determine whether the protagonist pursues power, wealth, love, or glory. The narrative includes relationships with nobles, rogues, and spies, with possibilities for friendship, betrayal, and romance. Players can act as a heroic officer or a self-serving scoundrel, use cunning, force, or bravado against Antari forces, and train their soldiers for battle. They can also decide whether to provide financial support to their family. The game is entirely text-based, with no graphics or sound effects.
How Guns of Infinity plays
- 01Branching Story Choices
- Decisions determine the direction of the narrative and the protagonist’s relationships, ambitions, and conduct.
- 02Cavalry Command
- The player serves as a Royal Tierran Army officer responsible for a squadron during the war.
- 03Soldier Training
- Men can be drilled and prepared for success in battlefield encounters.
- 04Social Relationships
- Interactions with nobles, rogues, and spies can lead to friendship, betrayal, or romance.
- 05Text-Based Format
- The 440,000-word story uses written scenes without graphics or sound effects.
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Guns of Infinity: platforms & release
Is Guns of Infinity worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a long, choice-driven military story. Skip it if: players seeking visual scenes, animated combat, or sound effects.
Where can I download Guns of Infinity?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Guns of Infinity's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Guns of Infinity on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
