Planescape: Torment
Planescape: Torment is a 1999 role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios, set in the surreal Planescape campaign world and built on the Infinity Engine that powered the Baldur's Gate games. Players awaken as the Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac in a strange multiverse, piecing together a fractured identity across countless past lives.
Rather than emphasizing combat, the game prioritized dialogue, philosophy, and choice, posing questions about mortality, memory, and what can change a person's nature. Its writing was exceptionally deep, with an enormous word count for its time, and companions ranged from a floating talking skull to a suit of living armor and a chaste succubus. Death was often a puzzle to exploit rather than a game-over, tying the mechanics directly to the story's themes.
Though a modest seller, it became a revered landmark of narrative game design, celebrated for proving RPGs could be genuinely literary. An enhanced edition with modernized presentation has kept it playable on current systems, introducing its remarkable story to new audiences.
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Modern alternatives to Planescape: Torment, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
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Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
€ 19,99The official remaster with modern resolutions, tweaked UI and the original content intact.
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition runs on PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut Indie
€ 39,99A dialogue-heavy detective RPG with deep character systems and standout writing.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut runs on PC, Mac, Linux. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Verified.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
€ 19,99An enormous isometric party RPG with real choice and consequence, in the Infinity Engine mould.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker runs on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
Torment: Tides of Numenera
€ 29,99A spiritual successor from inXile with the same focus on choice and reactive storytelling.
Torment: Tides of Numenera runs on PC, Mac, Linux. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
Tyranny
€ 29,99Obsidian's RPG about serving evil, dense with reactive writing and unusual moral framing.
Tyranny runs on PC, Mac, Linux. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
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