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A Squire's Tale

You are squire to Lady Catherine of the King's Own Retainers, sent on a secret mission across England to find the heir at any cost. Your search has brought you to the Fair at Crook’s Field—but you discover a…

14 May 2020

A Squire's Tale is an adventure developed by Choice of Games, released 14 May 2020 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What A Squire's Tale is

A Squire's Tale is an adventure game developed by Choice of Games and released in 2020. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on ChoiceScript.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Prince of England has been kidnapped! And with the country still reeling from plague and rebellion, civil war now looms on the horizon—unless someone can recover him in time. A Squire's Tale is a 150,000-word interactive adventure by Benjamin Appleby-Dean, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. You are squire to Lady Catherine of the King's Own Retainers, sent on a secret mission across England to find the heir at any cost. Your search has brought you to the Fair at Crook’s Field—but you discover a much stranger festival being held on the outskirts. The Goblin…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

A Squire's Tale launched on 14 May 2020, within three weeks of Valorant, Deep Rock Galactic, Streets of Rage 4 and Tetris Effect: Connected.

Released around the same time: Valorant, Deep Rock Galactic, Streets of Rage 4, Tetris Effect: Connected.

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When did A Squire's Tale come out?
A Squire's Tale was released on 14 May 2020 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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