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Vendir: Plague of Lies
Developer Early Morning Studio
Vendir: Plague of Lies is a classic party-based RPG with a deep storyline and turn-based combat. Experience an intricately crafted world, steeped in history and brought to life through a carefully crafted atmosphere and the trials and tribulations of stories of the people that inhabit it. From the Steam store page
107 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
69
Fresh
74 positive · 33 negative
95% range 60–77%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
203 of 272 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 107 · most liked firstSum-Up In-depth analysis further down. If you’re looking for some screenshots [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/tho545454/screenshots/?appid=1478850&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=grid]click here to view all the ones I took for this game. 🟩 Pros 🟥 Cons • Solid amount of classes to specialize into, including multiclassing. Each has a distinct role on the battlefield, and all have their uses. Respec is available. • Satisfying exploration, with a high amount of secret…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright. Vendir: Plague of Lies is done and dusted. There is a lot to love about this game, but it does also have a couple of frustrating design decisions as well. It is ultimately a fun, but flawed CRPG that takes some cues from JRPGs as well. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3418431875 The thing that I loved most about this game was actually the writing and especially the dialogue. You know how most games try to write dialogue they think best represents the era or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's tough to recommend Vendir and at the same not recommend it. It only gets a thumbs up, because I had my fun with it, but I'm not delusional to ignore its flaws. First of all it is a mobile port and doesn't try to hide it. Graphics and sound are bad. I don't mind it. The story is okay. The gameplay is fast and simply. I prefer simple and well executed. The classes have their synergie and you can respec. I want to mention, that I had no bugs or mayor glitches. What I really dislike is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review meant for people, who want to play this for the story/dialogue/writing in general or consider such things important for an RPG. Gameplay-vise I have no problems with the game and the worst parts of it are not as horrendous as the writing. I was honestly surprised, how many people find these dialogues appealing. All characters in Vendir talk like typical english-speaking millenials regardless of their social background. Sometimes they are even using modern slang, I swear, I've heard…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Strange game with strange dialogue. There are three companions, two women and one gay man which I got last after completing most of the game. One quest is about a woman who wants to kill all men in the village, you can help her, let her do it herself or stop her. No, she has no special reason for it, she just hates men. The main quest is about killing the evil white king, which is guarded by a huge gay knight woman. How do I know their sexual orientations? Well, they tell you about it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the game and I beat it. However, the lack of quality of the English text was very disappointing. I translate and proofread for a living, so it was that much more glaring to me. It would honestly take very little effort to improve the texts, and it would be worth it, as some of the ideas are good. I even reached out to the developer and offered to do it for them. Unsurprisingly, I did not receive a reply. Still, the gameplay was good and I do recommend the game for that at least.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As far as mobile ports go, this one isn't completely terrible. Here's 40ish minutes of gameplay in a video(I didn't speak, just gameplay): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtOh-Owdogs I waited a while for this one, I really wanted to be positive about it... but: I tried to have my pro gamer move moment by stealing the fellow party members gear, only to later find out that everything you find in the start zone is for nothing, because it all gets taken from you. That feels pretty terrible and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it looked promising, but this game suffers from: 1. poor, almost infantile dialogues; 2. uninteresting classes locked into specific weapon schemas; 3. substandard plot that makes your eyes roll. result is, this is a very mediocre game at best and not worth the full price at all. Maybe get it on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not big crpg like pathfinder or pillars of eternity but it has a lot of quests , items, big map, and good story Gameplay : https://youtu.be/AY8Q0O6dKzI + Various skill tree can choose different classes skills at same character + Stats are important it effects dialog options + Does not require you to think in detail it is relaxing crpg - No voice acting
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Vendir: Plague of Lies is not a fun video game. For a game with "Plague of lies" in the title, you can lie to NPCs only a few number of times and for nothing very significant. Similarly, character creation has choices for "lineage" which seem to only show up as an option once each, and mostly for inconsequential interactions. The look of the game is very grey. Like I can tell that what they're going for is a desolated landscape, the type of place that when you look at it you can infer that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dialogue can be amusing at best, stupid and gibberish at worst Quests are breakable with no warning and there's no real save mechanic to the game Quests are basically kill thing or fetch and return Ending felt abrupt with a lot wasted potential with a third of the map covered by fog of war
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to get into this. It's got nice music. There's magic... But.. After the fifth or sixth time of wandering into a group of enemies more powerful than I could handle with no option of escape... Ugh. Heck, you can't even jump into the menu and load an earlier save. Nope. Just die, which might take a bit, then you'll respawn at a nearby town.. Or you have to close the game in order to load a previous save, which makes absolutely zero sense. The UI has mobile phone written all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ugh. Just... just no, man, just no. This game tries to be a whole lot of things at once and fails at every single one. The classic JRPG battles, the souls-like attribute progression, the tree-like progression, but with ability to lock onto only one of advanced classes, the bleak grimdark atmosphere and the slightly cuckoo vibes of ye olden RPGs are all the things I like, but here they just somehow fail to click, both together and with me as a player. Oh and it also has a huge, HUGE map with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent game, shame it's unfinished. There were points where I would chuckle at the humor, but it typically fell flat. Gameplay was alright, just a standard CRPG with a pretty cool upgrade/class system.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The bones for something solid are there but there's just so many little things that ultimately add up to a frustrating experience. There are things I like in the game. I love the grimdark plague setting, atmospheric music, the art direction and the isometric camera style. These elements are all great and something I hope the devs keep polishing in their next game. Where the issues come into play is basically everything else. The UI is very clearly a mobile port and the controls on both KB/M…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a wired feeling, the game was written not by human, but a poorly trained AI. It is not good or bad, but rather not make any sense. Reading it gives nothing but pure agony
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CW: Suicide This game has a part where you can talk down a man trying to end himself. It feels like a joke. but the humor is truly in how real it is. You spend so long, paragraph after paragraph, trying to talk him down, every time you're getting somewhere something new pops up, it's comical how absurd it is yet how true it is to real life. Much like the man in the game, being able to find humor in the darkness helps us cope. Some might think it's in poor taste, but I think it was handled very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Vendir: Plague of Lies was enjoyable and easy to pick and play. If it weren't for some reviews here, I wouldn't have known it was originally a mobile game, it didn't feel/play like it at all, it just felt like a light-weight rpg worth every penny of $15. The Great: 🟩 Steam Deck Performance 10/10 - I played almost entirely on Steam Deck and it ran perfectly. 🟩 Dialogue 9/10 - Straight up enjoyable dialogue. Witty characters, funny interactions. 🟩 Customization - 9/10 - Great customization…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I understand that I don't have many hours at the time of writing, but I can confidently say the writing is on the wall, and it has very poor grammar. The gameplay is *fine* and I do mean that. It gets the job done and has been assembled with competence, but little more than that. This game's greatest flaw is its presentation, and that's not going to change as I keep playing unless they change writers, composers, sound designers, and VFX animators mid-playthrough. It has a JRPG format of your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has all the low production values of the first one, the passive tree is janky as hell, the world is brutal and the writing is a mess. But ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I couldn't stop playing, just like Vampire. This studio has figured something out but I can't figure out what.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a phone port that is nowhere near complete. There are many things that just don't work at all; such as fast travel. You can meet level 50 mobs randomly one step out of the tutorial. I'm talking you'll have 100 hp and face something with 4000. There are all sorts of issues like this and yet this game is allowed to make Stalve/Veam more money. <--Bot confuser! Criminal.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game especially if you like interesting, well balanced, turn-based (TB) combat. I'm often on the fence when deciding to buy TB games, as many of them feel uninspired and end up being very repetitive (i.e. click attack or one of a few optimal skills throughout much of the game). Even though I've only played Vendir: POL for a few hours, the combat has been fun and allows for a variety of tactics, particularly when you start to get into the skill tree. Since you can look ahead to see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The dialogue is dreadful and that alone kills this game's chances of being worth anybody's time. The late 90's / early 2000's graphics are very attractive and definitely what a low budget indie game should aim for. Some of the inventory and character stat/skill systems are also mundane, but good. I do wish that more indie games simply focused on the basics like this, BUT the tradeoff is that they HAVE to excel at world building, story and writing. Vendir's writing is an obvious failure from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played 20 minutes and that was enough, the writing is god awful, obviously they used AI. The game is so bland and incredibly boring, I could write better material sat on the toilet having a sh*t.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Vendir: Plague of Lies" is an isometric RPG with turn-based combat. You are free to roam around the world of Vendir and uncover its secrets. Loot, shop, obtain and upgrade gear, go questing, fight enemies and monsters, choose your path! Will you become the ultimate hero that saves the lands from those bleak times or you'll become an even bigger monster than the one you are fighting?.. The main plot is as you'd expect, albeit rather generic. The little details and the vast lore on your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyed the first few hours. Some Planescape: Torment vibes. Thumbs up!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great atmosphere, but absolutely dreadful grinding requirement.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish there was a neutral rating on Steam. Good points about the game: * Combat system is good and fun * Skill tree is comprehensive and well thought out * Character progression is satisfying * Crafting and cooking systems are good without being to complicated Bad points: * The character dialog was written by a child * The amount of reading required is extremely laborious at times * Character movement with the mouse is terrible and extremely frustrating at times * Jokes fall flat…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a refreshing good game, please don't pay any attention to the few neg reviews. It looks and runs great, didn't find a single bug, which is very surprising. I finished all but one quest I believe and it took me about 20 hours. I did kind of rush so it could have taken longer. I think you can win with any of the classes because they are all good from what I can tell. I made it to level 33, and could have spent time grinding more had I wanted too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This adventure game combines a captivating storyline, classic RPG gameplay with casual turn-based JRPG combat. You explore an open world, interact with locals and complete quests in real time like in classic RPGs. When your squad enters battle, the game takes you to the “arena” and switches to a turn-based mode, reminiscent of JRPG battles. You choose one of the available attack actions for each character, then the enemies attack your squad. The set of attacking actions depends on the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did not expect to love this nearly as much as I did, this game is absolutely incredible. Great atmosphere, interesting world, very fun and humorous dialogue, heaps of quests and stuff to do, all topped of with some fun combat. Very easy to recommend, this game is a such a good time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*********Updated Review********** I just beat the game today, just shy of 50 hours. I did all the side quests that I came across and my journal is now empty. It starts off pretty challenging because you start with 1 character and you're fairly weak, but as you gain more party members and build a synergistic team, it gets a bit easier and a lot more fun. I love the sense of humor that the Developers and Writers have. Everything from the dark, gritty, morally difficult decisions you have to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Small-scale tribute to classic role-playing games that hits all the checkmarks. In role-playing games, you start by making a character, as usual. Basic options include male/female, numerous face options, hairstyles, and a few other small details. Because this is only a visual feature, it makes no difference what you choose. It matters more which class you choose; each of the four classes raises one of the four fundamental stats by five point. For example, a performer increases charisma. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game so very much... but can't. The encounter mechanism is horrible. You roam about the map and unseen encounters simply happen to you. The encounter seem to be of any level range. It might be a rat. It might be something impossible to defeat. This method of generating random, unavoidable encounters does not make the game enjoyable, it makes it frustrating. On the shelf it goes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a fun old school game, reminds me of baldurs gate, ice wind dale and never winters nights. graphics are meh due to it being a port but the game is fun for that old school rpg fans
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is good for a mobile port. It is a light CRPG with a grimdark setting and good amount of customization. The only downside for me was the lack of proper mouse movement.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Plague of Lies" is an improvement of the former game of the dev in every possible way - and one of the RPGs I enjoyed the most in the last time. What I like about "Vendir": + the "casual" style gameplay, with smooth running and exploring, good and fast combat with some tactical depth, and fast quest solving in order to improve characters + character improvement itself, with characters being able to choose from a vast range of abilities ready to change the whole gameplay on every level up + a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clunky movement and targeting. Story was weak, Play the demo before you buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Within the first few moments you're approached by female warrior with bright red mohawk and she tells you about your super important strong and independent sister who is on a super important strong independent mission whom you must super go talk to.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a bit conflicted. This game has a lot of positives, with no major bugs, but it is pretty much a generic RPG. I am using PC and key board mapping of right hand arrows to move/navigate around the larger strategic map world. My biggest complaint is when moving around on this map, I run into totally unnecessary rocks, trees, etc., and get stuck, necessitating backing up, turning, and going around, which happens repeatedly and adds NOTHING to the game, and it is a major annoyance. However, I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no skip this. it forces you into a mana based half healer to have any shot of enjoying your game. otherwise it's running back to to town every single combat or buying food. and the skill trees make no sense. a necromancer is the healer? a plague doctor is a healer? the pyromancer does damage but good luck using em take to much fp after that you pretty much have to hurt yourself to do anything. it's baldersgate in the sense if you want to play "you" the most then you need to be a paladin, build…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a mixed bag, but I recommend it, partially because I played it seamlessly on my Steam Deck. The good: graphics are great, I liked the humor, I enjoyed all of the quests, and I love roaming around and fighting some enemies. The bad: I have a hard time figuring out AoE spells. I also seem to take at least a few rounds to knock out opponents when they have over five thousand HP. The lack of fast travel to anywhere I want is a bit annoying. Some quests are really obtuse in terms…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found this game absolutely delightful and very more-ish. The irreverent dialogue fit the setting very well and there are tons of nice little wacky things - i.e. amidst your quest to overthrow a tyrant, there is a cadre of cats scattered around looking for the Great Yarnball, that you can do, or not do, as you see fit. Like most games, you can often choose multiple ways to go about things - ie you have a quest to get something from soneone, its up to you if you try charm, negotiation, or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a 30-hr turn-based RPG that runs smoothly and presents some combat variety and dialogue choices. The conversation, themes and challenges are very adult: there is maturity, wisdom and a deep understanding of human nature. There are also basic spelling errors, swearing and some truly ridiculous (or 'redeculous' in game) character names. Presumably it's such a small team that someone asked his children to do the world history, proof-reading and character naming. I found it worth the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Good roleplay, fair system of skills and well balanced character development. A lot of opportunities for walkthrough and choices matter. Game itself is very insightful and the universe to be discovered. I enjoyed story line, quests and setting as well. Looking forward to new DLCs and other games from this publisher.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly if you change the controls for being to click movement the game would be so much more more enjoyabe... remember you're selling this to PC gamers.. I'm gonna recommend this game for the sounds and potential it could have.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the combat system, the skill system and itemization. The story is very bland. Spend about 23 hours, payed 12 bucks, So i got my moneys worth.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just a little too basic, progression is not very sophisticated, the plot is good but the gameplay and plot is a little one dimentional.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot better than I expected. I really like Turn based party RPGs. Very enjoyable! Highly recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! The negatives - poor port, the combat is meh at best and game design in general could use a ton of work. But the general idea and most of the mechanics are pretty cool. I like the presentation and I actually do like the narrative a lot, even if it's sometimes written in blocks of text and a lot of characters have these annoying pauses with 'uh-s' etc. A game that you recommend doesn't have to be perfect guys. Just have fun, and this game does have a lot to offer if you like the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game thought they could have done a bit more with it but i had quite a bit of fun with this hope they add more content to it at some point
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very short, after defeating penelope thats it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a GREAT game! Reminds me of a mix of Sacred, Skyrim, and Diablo. My only complaint is i hope they come out with DLC soon. The campaign took me about 30 hours. I would have love contents to last 100s of hours. I played on the hard level so the game was tough 2/3rds the way through. Even after that it was not a cakewalk! Well worth the price!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm actually having a good time with this game. The story is decent. The variety of gear is nice. I think my favourite aspect of this game is it's skill tree. I wasn't expecting it to be as in depth as it is. Nice. I will say, the fact that enemies are now showing up with between 600 and 4k HP is a bit annoying since I've only just hit level 10.. (Good thing I made my sister a tank, eh?) Overall, though, I'm having fun with it. I've NOT been able to say the same of many other games…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it feels like if the entire game was ai generated
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a lot of fun. It's true some of the dialogue is a bit weird, but it's meant to be funny and it is. Some of them are outright hilarious. Don't take it too serious. Just have fun exploring the world and completing quests and leveling up. The biggest drawback to me was the numerous random encounters. In the beginning, they are nice because they help get you XP, but later they just become annoying. Apparently if you try to flee and fail everybody in the party dies. So it's only safe to flee…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Perfectly fine, somewhat silly indy RPG. Plus you get to do quests for cats.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The diologue is great, but the gameplay is medicore, tipping into terrible towards the end. Enemies have way too much health *and* dodge your attacks half the time, making it a real slog to get through and ultimately killing a desire to finish it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have not played too much but has been enjoyable so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is hard to judge this game. For a mobile port, it can be consider good but the story and dialogue is written by a kid. You will get it if you pick this game up. The inventory system is also not so good with so many items/ crafting pointing towards mobile gaming. But one thing i like is the progress system and the combat which is good once the team starts to "work together". Pick it up on sale. Rate 6/10
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