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Saturnine is a single player role playing game. It was developed by Hosted Games and was released on August 7, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

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70%Audience ScoreBased on 20 reviews
humor2 positive mentions
gameplay1 negative mentions

  • The game has excellent writing with a rich, imaginative story and well-developed, likable characters.
  • It features a fascinating science-fantasy setting with compelling worldbuilding and a mix of humor, heavy, and sweet moments.
  • Player agency is strong, allowing for diverse choices that meaningfully affect the story and relationships.
  • Pronoun and gender identity options are inconsistently implemented, leading to a loss of player agency and immersion.
  • Some traits and choices feel vague or useless, which can negatively impact gameplay, especially in critical moments.
  • The tone and pacing can be uneven, with exposition dumps, immature dialogue, and overt political themes that may alienate some players.
  • story

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The story is generally praised for its richness, unexpected twists, and engaging world-building, with strong writing and humor. However, some users found issues with inconsistent tone, jarring plot beats, and characterization shifts that affect the narrative coherence. Despite these flaws, the story's ability to offer meaningful player choices and self-awareness enhances the overall experience.

    • “Woaw, I greatly enjoyed this game: its story is rich and I didn't see some stuff coming.”
    • “Those quibbles aside, it's a really good story and an enjoyable read, and I have to give credit for the awareness in the writing that yeah, the main plot of this story doesn't make sense, and the giving the player the ability to reject the goals of the cops who serve a dystopian system at every turn.”
    • “Saturnine is a fun choose-your-own-adventure story with rich world building, interesting themes, excellent humor and references, and more than a bit of heart to it.”
    • “You haven't given me one single reason to pursue the primary plot point!”
    • “The writing is casual at best as a whole, with weird changes in characterization that will give you whiplash just so certain plot points can happen.”
    • “I do have a few issues with this story, mostly having to do with tone and some story beats that were jarring to me.”
  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in Saturnine is praised for being excellent, dry, and well-executed, effectively complementing the rich worldbuilding and engaging themes. Players find the comedic elements both enjoyable and fitting within the game's science-fantasy setting.

    • “Saturnine is a fun choose-your-own adventure story with rich world building, interesting themes, excellent humor and references and more than a bit of heart to it.”
    • “It's a great piece of science-fantasy fiction with really cool worldbuilding, characters I've found pretty interesting and compelling, and I've found most of the dry humor the book seems to go for a lot landed for me.”
  • gameplay

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally enjoyable and well-supported by strong writing, but certain frustrating mechanics detract from the overall satisfaction and immersion in the game and its story.

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Saturnine is a role playing game. Common tags for Saturnine include indie, choices matter, text-based, choose your own adventure, multiple endings and others.

Saturnine is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Saturnine was released on August 7, 2025.

Saturnine was developed by Hosted Games.

Saturnine has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Saturnine for its humor but disliked it for its story.

Saturnine is a single player game.

Similar games include The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, Fallen Hero: Rebirth, Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood, Sacred Fire, Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road and others.