Fit check
Is Scales of Justice worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fantasy fiction readers who want a text-led story with extensive choices
- Players interested in role-playing identity, relationships, and moral decisions
- Interactive novel fans who prefer branching character narratives over visual presentation
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a visually presented fantasy adventure with graphics, animation, or sound
- Readers who prefer action-heavy gameplay rather than long-form text and decision-making
- Players looking for a self-contained series finale, since this is the first volume in a planned series
Our take on Scales of Justice
The store page foregrounds the kingdom, character variety, and large word count, while the format can be overlooked: this is entirely text-based, with no graphics or sound effects. Its planned-series status also places the story within a larger arc rather than presenting a final installment.
What is Scales of Justice?
Travel through Therania in a 600,000-word interactive fantasy novel built around hundreds of choices.
Play as male, female, or nonbinary, and select a human, half-elf, or half-satyr protagonist with a chosen sexual orientation. Four major characters—a runaway heir, rogue knight, lost alien, and foreign leader—can become allies, romances, friends, or casualties of the story. Respond to trouble by fighting, conjuring, healing, planning, persuading, or running. The narrative follows rumours about a dangerous artefact, a letter from the protagonist’s mother, and questions about fate, identity, and legacy. The game is entirely text-based, with no graphics or sound effects. It is the first volume in a planned series.
How Scales of Justice plays
- 01Branching Choices
- Hundreds of decisions determine how the protagonist handles conflicts and responds to the kingdom’s destiny.
- 02Flexible Protagonist
- Character creation includes three species, three gender options, and four listed sexual orientations.
- 03Four Major Characters
- The runaway heir, rogue knight, lost alien, and foreign leader can be romanced, befriended, or doomed.
- 04Multiple Conflict Styles
- Encounters can be approached through combat, magic, healing, planning, persuasion, or retreat.
- 05Text-Only Presentation
- The 600,000-word novel contains no graphics or sound effects.
Scales of Justice compared to similar games
Scales of Justice is a text-based interactive novel centered on branching choices, identity, and relationships, whereas Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition is an RPG focused on exploring a strange and dangerous city, characters, and a soundtrack. Back to the Dawn is an RPG about prison survival, investigation, and escape, rather than a fantasy novel built around hundreds of narrative decisions.
Scales of Justice: platforms & release
Is Scales of Justice worth it?
It is worth it if: fantasy fiction readers who want a text-led story with extensive choices. Skip it if: players seeking a visually presented fantasy adventure with graphics, animation, or sound.
Where can I download Scales of Justice?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Scales of Justice's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Scales of Justice on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
