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http://www.inklestudios.com/sorcery/

In the 1980s, Steve Jackson introduced the gamebook series Sorcery!, a sprawling fantasy adventure with death and danger lurking around every choice. Jump forward thirty years, and developer Inkle (of 80 Days fame) began adapting this classic gamebooks into works of digital interactive fiction, bringing the words and art to life for a new generation. While the first game was a relatively direct adaptation, each game continued evolving and expanding upon the original gamebooks; for example, Sorcery 3! introduces an open world and a parallel timeline that can traveled to freely.

If you enjoy complex fantasy sagas, well-written adventures, games where your choices truly matter and can come back to haunt you, Inkle's Sorcery! quadrilogy offers over a million words of choices and secrets.
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Steve Jackson's Sorcery! is a four-part fantasy adventure like never before. With tens of thousands of choices, the story rewrites itself around your actions. Battle weird and deadly creatures, cast powerful spells, play with honour, or lie, cheat and steal. The fate of the land of Kakhabad is in your hands!
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Sorcery! 1, The Shamutanti Hills
App Store | Google Play | Steam
Journey across the wilds of Kakhabad on a quest to recover the Crown of Kings. Wield powerful magic, with over forty spells to choose from, all with weird and wonderful effects. Collect new weapons, treasures, and strange artefacts.
Can you survive the Shamutanti Hills?

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Sorcery! 2, Kharé: Cityport of Traps
App Store | Google Play | Steam
Enter the town of Kharé: a city of traps and murderers, ruled by a Council of Thieves. Battle weird and ruthless creatures using our unique strategic duelling mechanic. Outwit the citizens of the city at Swindlestones. Wield powerful magic, with over forty spells to choose from, with powerful, story-changing effects. Unearth the City's turbulent history and find its hidden secrets. Releases
Can you survive The Cityport of Traps?

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Sorcery! 3, The Seven Serpents
App Store | Google Play | Steam
Sorcery! 3 continues the epic narrative adventure into the wilds of Kakhabad - a cursed land, stalked by serpents, and unstuck in time. Explore an open world, travel through time, cast powerful spells, battle deadly creatures, gamble with swindlers - with every choice you make remembered and shaping the story.
Can you survive The Seven Serpents?

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Sorcery! 4, The Crown of Kings
App Store | Google Play | Steam
An epic adventure through an open world of monsters, traps and magic. Infiltrate the Fortress of Sorcerers, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered, no matter how small. Cheat death, uncover ancient mysteries, and recover the Crown of Kings - if you can. Begin your journey here, or conclude your adventure from Part 3.
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Morrigan

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Loved the gamebooks as a kid! I beat part 1 and 2 on Steam, but I'm scared to start part 3... the original gamebook was really hard ;_;
 
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Loved the gamebooks as a kid! I beat part 1 and 2 on Steam, but I'm scared to start part 3... the original gamebook was really hard ;_;
The third game opens way up and becomes more open world and offering more freedom. And you can reverse any decision, so it's inherently more forgiving than the gamebook could be. Practically half of the game is original stuff expanded from the gamebook
 

Morrigan

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Oct 24, 2017
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Yeah I know you can rewind everything, but it's still pretty daunting. I know I'm gonna want to figure out the optimal path that takes out all seven serpents, ya know? And that's gonna be gruelling. :D