Cinders
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing.
Cinders is an adventure developed by MoaCube, released 20 July 2012 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.
What Cinders is
Cinders is an adventure game developed by MoaCube and released in 2012. It was published by Crunching Koalas. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Cinders is a witty young woman living with an overbearing stepmother and her two daughters, as if she was reenacting a certain well-known fairytale. But unlike its protagonist, Cinders is not afraid of taking fate into her own hands. Even if it means breaking the rules.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 8 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Cinders holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 512 MB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Cinders launched on 20 July 2012, within three weeks of Spelunky, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Deponia and Orcs Must Die! 2. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Spelunky, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Deponia, Orcs Must Die! 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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