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Telepath Tactics Liberated
Developer Sinister Design
An SRPG fan's SRPG! Imagine Fire Emblem with destructible battlefields; the ability to place traps; the ability to shove enemies off cliffs, into lava, or into each other; and a built-in campaign creator. From the Steam store page
144 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
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118 positive · 26 negative
95% range 75–87%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
137 of 166 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Overwhelmingly positive, praising deep mechanics and developer support despite some bugs.
Players overwhelmingly praise the game's deep tactical mechanics, particularly terrain interaction and class variety. Many call it a standout in the SRPG genre, with one calling it the best Strat RPG of 2022 thus far. The developer's responsiveness and frequent updates are also highly commended. [3][7][4][15]
However, some players criticize the story and dialogue as weak or nonsensical, and note technical issues like janky UI and bugs. A few also object to perceived political themes, calling the game too woke. [32][33][34][37]
Praised tactical depth and terrain mechanics · developer support and frequent updates
Criticised story and dialogue quality · technical jank and UI issues
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Reactions
60 of 144 · most liked firstIt doesn't look like much but it's absolutely brilliant in terms of mechanics. I bought it for the campaign editor and thought I'd try the campaign that comes with it. The writing is good, the classes are interesting, most of the moves have 100% chance to hit, so you're spending your time looking at the terrain, the enemy placement, the things they and you can reach, the many interactions you can have with the map (so many tools/skills), rather than playing poker and fiddling with your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow our Curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41449676/]Summit Reviews, to see more high-quality reviews regularly. 🎤Introduction Telepath Tactics Liberated (referred to as TTL from now) is a turn-based strategy RPG that is a ground up remake from the original game, Telepath Tactics. It’s influenced heavily from other games in the genre such as Fire Emblem, Disgea, and various other classics. However, despite being a decent SRPG, inspired by these titles, TTL seems to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In general I enjoyed the game mechanically, but I have to give this game a negative review because the story elements are such ridiculous nonsense it drags down the whole experience. You could remove all the text from this game and it would be a vast improvement. The main characters and leaders of the group are 14 year old girls. It doesn't make sense why anyone would follow these two or that they could fight anyone. Every character is a different race, it feels more like being in a mall in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]Follow our curator page: IndieGems if you like and want to see more reviews like this one. Telepath Tactics Liberated is a strategy RPG that’s worth your attention if you enjoy SRPGs. It features fun and strategic battles with a nice story. Story The story starts with two sisters who were taken in by reptilians and trained to fight after escaping slavery. They are trying to essentially liberate others. Along the way, they will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not be thrown off by the art style! This game is straight fire and terrifically written. I regret sleeping on t his game, but ultimately I place it as the best Strat RPG of 2022 thus far, even above Symphony of War. This game is a remake of Telepath Tactics in a new engine, recreated entirely using the TT: Liberated's Campaign Designer tool, and all I can say is wow. It's like an attached Strategy RPG Studio program with the purchase of the game, and I'm looking forward to making my own…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't played very much of this game yet, but so far it looks like it's going to be a winner. I am posting this review mainly because the developer is AWESOME! He is super responsive on the Steam forum, and I really appreciate that. He answers every post and question, and has already released an update that fixes a couple things and adds some suggestions from the forum. On day one! Top notch, Sinister Design folks. Top notch! I will write a proper review after putting in some more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My plea is that, if you play the game and enjoy, take a few minutes to share what you enjoyed and thought of the game by leaving a review. It is SO much more important to developers on Steam than anyone realizes, so please take that extra time, not just for this game, but any game you enjoy! While Steam won't count my reviews as "credible" due to having received games for free, *I* still count them credible. I totally DO understand why they have it implemented, but I wish there was a way of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6.5/10 Janky and a bit buggy, but quite a bit of fun once you unlock random mode. I'm on my 3rd consecutive run and second random run and have found random runs to be some of the best tactical runs I've ever had in any SRPG, once I got past the game's significant flaws. Pros: - Music is surprisingly good. Many tracks are almost as good as FFT. I sit at deployment for an extra few minutes each time just to listen to the track - Visually appealing. I especially love the portraits - Combat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I understand this game is made by a single dev, which is great, but you need to judge these things on their own merits. There is a good game here somewhere- the emphasis on terrain, moving enemies around etc is interesting (but been done better before, such as in Sting's Gungnir). Unfortunately, the UI is extremely clunky and slow. Lots and lots of clicks clicks clicks that needed to be tidied up. Rounds can take forever as you wait for the enemy to ponderously move around the map. There are 4…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too woke to be any fun. Editing all that crap out of the game with the modding tools may be possible but it's frankly not worth the effort. Almost all the companions are gender swapped (female melee characters, male casters) with few exceptions and seemingly no way to change it - at least not as far as I had played. Can't get more diverse with the companions either. It's like the game was created by-the-book of how to add all agendas into one pot. It takes so much away from any kind of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game clearly deserves WAY more recognition than it currently has. Absolutely fantastic. The story is well written, with likable characters and intruiging world building. The music is catchy. The combat is star of the show however, it has taken all the best qualities of fire emblem: the inability to grind, optional objectives within battles (mainly hard to reach chests), large pool of recruitable characters (including talking enemies into joining), highly customizable difficulty, high…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not for me, but I can see the appeal. In general, I tend to avoid games where both sides go all at once. The reason for that is that "strategy" is basically "have everyone pile on one dude until they die." That tactic is particularly noticeable when the AI prioritizes it at the cost of all else, and when there's permadeath present. It's a competently crafted game, and it's a good indie game. I just couldn't bring myself to finish it, so I can't recommend it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent turn based battler brought low by some bad interface and design choices. Inventory management and usage is a hot mess. Moving through the cut scenes is painful. Map design for the combat maps is well done. There are a good variety of choke points and elevated areas. Character sprites are easily visible on the maps and distinctive in look. These are the best aspects of the game. The art for cut scenes and dialogues is a mixed bag. The non-human characters look okay, but the attempt…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has the makings for a good game, but it's very unpolished. From the dialogue and animation to the combat and tactics, the whole thing just needed more time to be truly put together. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this game. Additional information pertaining to my dislike of the combat system as requested by the developer: There feels like a heavy emphasis on pushing and pulling enemies to manipulate the battlefield in your favor, but much of this seems slightly misplaced. For instance,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An improvement over the original version, but the UI is incredibly clunky and the game in general feels unpolished. I could see this being worth $15 at most, but the asking price is too much when there are much better SRPGs on the market in that price range. If you're curious, grab it on sale. But I don't think this is really worthwhile otherwise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good Tactics Ogre inspired combat. There's a huge cast of characters with their own backgrounds, classes and unique skills. Lots of environment interaction (building/blowing up bridges and barricades, Scorpion yanking people off cliffs with hooks). Liberated fixes a lot of the original's engine bugs and performance issues. Well worth playing now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you played the original.. it was buggy, but still a very fun and original game. Craig Stern, the Dev and Pub, makes *so* many great games. Check out his website for some more SRPGs that aren't on steam, totally worth it! (https://sinisterdesign.net/products/telepath-rpg-servants-of-god/) Liberated has polished everything in the game. It looks and plays so much better. I haven't experienced a single bug. Really enjoying it. Also.. he gave everyone who already owns the game the updated…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some of the character portraits are ugly as sin or just generic,otherwise a fantastic throwback to the fire emblems of yesteryear.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 watered down fire emblem filled with in game bugs - cant finish one of the levels because the enemy keeps getting stuck on its turn locking up the game.... - enemies randomly spawn on map, no warning where they spawn in or how many. they get to move and attack when they do, killed a few of my units over and over with no way of knowing when they will strike - on the 2nd level in game the player icon stopped following the player and would be left behind. using undo 1 time would take you back…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely *amazing* strategy RPG right here! I am thoroughly impressed with the gameplay. Unfortunately some small but potentially annoying issues arise with the engine side of things, such as stuttering here and there or lag etc., but nothing gamebreaking at all and not enough to ruin my enjoyment by far. The gameplay here truly is exquisite imho, such attention to small but VERY important details, much love has gone into this game and it shows. If you are at all interested in SRPGs or RPGs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SRPG + good story + terrain interaction = A unique TBT game with interesting features. 72 classes, 150+ skills. Modify the terrain to your advantage and throw enemies off the cliff. Modding available. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35180752-3-point-play/] Follow our curator for similar games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy tactics games, this one is definitely one you should check out. I enjoyed this game immensely in 2015, when it was first released as Telepath Tactics. In 2022, I suddenly saw I had received this one for free. That's 7 years after the developer received any money from me. An insanely unexpected level of support.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The technical state of the game is a complete disaster. It features primitive 2D graphics yet takes up 11 GB of disk space. I don’t understand how this game received “Steam Deck Verified” status. Even on the lowest settings, it stutters and can’t maintain a stable 30 FPS.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game was extremely unsatisfying for me. Characters have linear upgrade path. Very little player-choices. More like a puzzle game with lots of dialogue between each.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is a slight modification of my review on the original Telepath Tactics: Overall, the game is extremely similar to the first version in terms of story/mechanics, but has improved greatly. Compared to the original version of the game, Telepath Tactics Liberated, has addressed all the cons I had about the game in my previous review. Both graphically, and mechanically, the game is far better now with its new engine and art. Telepath Tactics Liberated is a strategic turn-based RPG,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is essentially a turn-based tactical combat simulator. That would be ok except you have to click through lots of meaningless and tired dialog to get to the combat. The combat itself is fine, but the interface / UI requires lots of clicking which makes combat tedious. If you want a good tactical, turn-based combat simulator and can overlook the poor graphics, interface, and sound and clicking through all the meaningless story text, this may be the game for you. For me all the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dreadful, unplayable. -Framerate plummets and hitches constantly no matter what refresh rate or resolution or graphical quality setting I use, and no matter whether I set a TDP limit or not. -For example, during an enemy's turn, the TDP shot up to a massive 18 watts(!) and STILL a stable steady framerate could NOT be maintained. Even newer, 3D games like Hi-Fi Rush and Street Fighter 6 run prettier and more smoothly using less power than that. -Menus are buggy, seemingly in all resolutions.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So you found this game, means you're a fan of the genre. Yes it delivers as promised, battles are fun, I enjoyed pushing hulking golems into the lava and placing explosives on bridges. Character development is great and there are many hours of entertainment. The save system however is clunky, it's pseudo roguelike but not really, resulting in way too many clicks to load. My biggest complaint is the overall woke atmosphere, girl power all the time including for melee heavy hitters, LGBT romance…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a great little game. The best thing is the developer. He addresses all bugs seemingly instantly and incorporates nearly every player suggestion. There are some people talking about bugs, it has been out 8 days...8 days and nearly all of the bugs are fixed. I waited a bit before playing and nearly have experienced ZERO bugs. In 8 days there have been 8 patches...find that track record anywhere else, I challenge you. The artwork and music are very good. The tactical screens while basic still…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't even made it to 30 minutes and I've decided to refund this game because it's very basic, not much fun, and nothing in it seems to be well designed or executed which surprised me a bit given its current review scores... The noise they went with for characters "speaking" with one another sounds like a nearly broken horn honking quickly and at different pitches and it's simply nothing but annoying and it is 100% unnecessary. The dialogue boxes are huge, they zoom in and out in a very…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very enjoyable game overall. I really liked that there is a class dedicated to just moving units around the field and pushing them off ledges. There's a lot more utility there than it would seem at first. I also liked that there are several opportunities to kind of challenge yourself by going against what the story recommends ("They are calling reinforcements. We are totally outnumbered. We need to retreat!" "Nah, I'm good. Bring it."). Some of the menus did get a little frustrating while…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If only they put the other telepath games on steam
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoy the abilities to shove and pull things into danger. Traps, water, lava, pits and others. The base campaign was great at introducing challenges as well as teaching the player ability combos that could be utilized. One battle that stood out was the battle on the bridge after being a victim to an unfortunate action a particular enemy took against my own. There I started to take a deep dive and see how I too can poke holes into problems using the different abilities my characters can do.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tactical RPG fans unite! I didn't know how much I needed this itch scratched until Telepath Tactics Liberated made its way into my library. This game is fresh and original, and you can tell the talented developer knows and loves this genre as much as anyone. Unlike most, I did not buy this game for the campaign editor and have no intention of using it; I bought this game because I love turn based tactical RPGs. It's a huge bonus that I'll have access to workshop/player made content on top of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Telepath Tactics Liberated is a fun and enjoyable SRPG that should engage anyone who is a fan of the genre. While it suffers a bit from the limitations that come with a very small dev team, Sinister Design has done a very good job on focusing on what is most important: interesting and engaging turn based tactical battles. YOU MAY LIKE THIS GAME IF: You are a fan of SRPGs and want to try out something new in the genre You really like abilities and options to manipulate and take advantage of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a nice classic-style TRPG, but it has some questionable battle design which is making the campaign a nightmare for me: you can't pass through friendly spaces and maps are very cramped (often just 1 space wide bridges or paths between trees, with 10 vs 20 battles). This means the strongest formation is often to pack your troops and rotate the whole pack 1 square at a time like a Rubik's cube to let everyone get off a shot at the lead enemy in the same turn. Meanwhile the AI units take…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I almost didnt buy this game, due to the developer responding to negative reviews. I get it, I'm an artist -- it's frustrating when people don't like your hard work. But you gotta just let that stuff not bother you, and have control over your emotions. Otherwise it's a real bad look. With that being said, the game is good. The story is not great, and the dialog is a bit rough. But the mechanics, and strategy is pretty solid. So I think it's worth a buy if you dig games like Fire Emblem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Contains woke virus. Avoid. Response to developer - "No you."
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm enjoying this. I started it on veteran mode which seems like a good pick, in that it's tough but not horrific. It's a bit of a weirdly big leap between difficulty levels though, from "death loses 1 max hp" to "death is permanent", that's like a 20-50x penalty multiplier. I reached a level where I didn't quite have enough surviving units to fill out the roster, but it still went okay and I don't feel like I've been totally boned by permadeath, though it *does* at this point lead me to do a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why do developers create games that take forever during enemy combatants turns (who cares to see the enemies animation over and over again). Please develop a way to speed up the enemies turn or why play the game and spend half your time watching the computer make its move. Game play is too slow and battles are not fun nor interesting. Gave up on game after many battles and waiting for enemies to finish their turn only to make a small mistake (while trying to hurry), because I used an action I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the humor in this game, you don't have to axe me twice!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the best SRPGs I've played in quite a while! The combat system is deep and the game, so far, has been both well-balanced and challenging. The developer is still active with this game. They are constantly in the discussion forum listening to feedback to improve both future games and this game. Infact, they are still pushing out updates--the most recent update coincided with the summer sale. Not only is their an excellent campaign, but there is also a campaign editor that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such an incredible tactics RPG. The story is long, and the game's systems are deep. Fans of Final Fantasy Tactics or Tactics Ogre will LOVE this game. Constant and frequent updates, and a very dedicated, transparent and reachable developer. This game is constantly evolving, and the campaign creation tools allow a constant influx of excellent fan-made content. Any fans of turnbased or tactical RPGs own it to themselves to try this game. You won't be disappointed, I guarantee it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The base campaign, the Vengeance of Emma Strider, is fun and, on higher difficulties, beautifully demanding of even the best tactical gamers out there. The destruction and usage of terrain is what allows this game to stand out to people familiar with the Telepath games that Sinister Design has made, and the potential of all the classes enable many different approaches to combat. While higher difficulties demand a more streamlined approach, this is just a fun little game with massive potential…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did enjoy the game until i got to the stage where you have to flee from the bandit camp. But a gamebreaking bug occured after a while, several bandits got unlimited attacks, killed, and even moved and repeated a few of my characters in one turn. Edit: It took less than a day for the dev to fix this problem after they read my review.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/19/22: I've sprinked some updated thoughts throughout the review, mostly about the editor. The original release of Telepath Tactics had some nasty bugs, including a slowdown that got worse the longer a mission lasted; it was bad enough that I couldn't finish the final mission of the main campaign. For Telepath Tactics Liberated, the dev went to the trouble of remaking the game in Unity to fix these bugs, add polish in some areas, and add some features. After completing the main campaign,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Telepath Tactics Liberated is a fantastic Fire Emblem-like game with an intimate story, its own unique mechanics, and hand-crafted levels. My favourite features are the range of mission types and the in-built campaign/map editor! TTL is a turn-based tactics game heavily inspired by Fire Emblem. Features interactive environments, hand-crafted maps, a range of mission types and a campaign builder for infinite replayability! You can read my first impressions article here:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- bought Telepath tactics some years ago - enjoyed it a lot - the dev promised a big remake - after many years, the remake is available - it is free for the owners of the original game! Much love to the developer who created some of the most satisfying mechanics and combat in a turn based game and then updated the game to make everything even better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has made me put down Elden Ring for an entire afternoon now. In case you need more info than that: Clearly a labor of love, this is a tactical RPG with plenty of depth. The gameplay is where it really shines, but that's not to say the writing, characters and plot are an afterthought. If you've played the likes of FF Tactics, Fire Emblem or Advance Wars, you will feel right at home. Can't wait to get back into the game tomorrow!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A tactical RPG with some brilliant environmental ideas, such as shoving enemies off cliffs, destroying bridges, and terraforming the battlefield are all fun. Sadly, the actual moment-to-moment gameplay is dragged down by a clunky interface, rough asset presentation, and frustrating random stat growths on level-up. There's a good strategy game buried in here, but it lacks the polish needed to make those long campaign battles truly shine.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't be turned off by the ugly as sin graphics. Telepath Tactics Liberated is a hidden gem, a real butterface of a game. The story, the characters, and the music are all well done, but the tactical gameplay is where TTL really shines. The fact that you can coordinate your actions by moving characters incrementally, displacing both enemies and allies, and playing god with the terrain elevates TTL above other tactical RPG heavy hitters like Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and Fire…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting game. I don't have a ton of time in it, but I do always like to give initial thoughts because most people judge a game within the first couple hours. I don't have other games to compare this to, per se. This game is primarily some story elements told via dialogue, some market phase where you buy equipment and consumables, and then a battle. There isn't any overworld travel like a typical RPG (not that I have found yet). The game takes place as a series of battles. You can save…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool numbers and stats. I like the way the stores are done in this game. They're few and far between, money is scarce. I like that. I hate RPGs where money becomes meaningless because you have so much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8/10: Another solid turn-based strategy game blending elements of Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics. Good: + Multitude of characters and advanced Jobs* + The terrain is used throughout the game and the push/pull mechanic is not simply a gimmick. Many levels were designed clearly with these mechanics in mind and there is something satisfying about pushing enemies off cliffs or into lava pits. That being said, I would have enjoyed more AoE type abilities and/or more ways to modify the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I could immediately tell that this game is intense, tactically complex, and satisfying. The combat feels powerful, the storytelling is decent, and the character diversity and quantity is immense. The main campaign that comes with the game is surprisingly long and well-designed, and the game even allows you to create your own campaigns via an in-game editor. These can easily be uploaded to the Workshop. Also, the developer replies to every bug report in the Discussions extremely quickly and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't let the time played fool you (I left the game running overnight a couple times on accident), the game isn't THAT long, though bear in mind I played on Recruit difficulty. This was a good game. I played the original and while the mechanics are mostly the same, the graphics overhaul and inclusion of more story elements was a significant improvement to the project. For an indie title I was treated to a good story, a fun game, and a real gem in the genre. So let's go over the bad first,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A prime example of the tactical depth that the Turn Based Tactical RPG genre should strive to have, Telepath Tactics is filled to the brim with good design choices and stellar level design.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[URL=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32985364/] If you enjoyed this review please click the link and then click follow on my curator page. Telepath Tactics: LIberated is a fun entry for any tactical rpg fans. There is definitely influence from Fire Emblem, but TTL can stand on it's own. The campaign that comes with the game is fun, with multiple branches, various winning strategies, and an original interesting story. Your environment and terrain play a big part in how you win or lose…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid tactics rpg game. A whole load classes and varied skills but not enough to feel bloated. It could use some QoL stuff and polish, but dev has been on top of the patches, so thats pretty good. Overall perfectly enjoyable game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game. Played the original (this is a 'remaster'/improvement, same campaign story) a little, but decided to wait for this version. Great dev! Active and listens and gave us kickstarters even this improved version for free. Cool turn-based tactics :)
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