Once Upon a Jester
Travel the kingdom as Jester with his best friend Sok to improvise theatre shows and perform on stages far and wide. Sing your hearts out, crack jokes and impress audiences to become the stars of the famous…
Once Upon a Jester is an adventure developed by Bonte Avond, released 9 November 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.75 at GOG.
What Once Upon a Jester is
Once Upon a Jester is an adventure game developed by Bonte Avond and released in 2022. It was published by Crunching Koalas. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Travel the kingdom as Jester with his best friend Sok to improvise theatre shows and perform on stages far and wide. Sing your hearts out, crack jokes and impress audiences to become the stars of the famous Royal Theatrical Spectacle! They embark on a grand adventure across a fantasy kingdom, meeting tons of wacky characters, performing improvised shows and singing their hearts out. Along the way, they unintentionally discover the freedom and joy of musical theatre. Will the pair change their wicked ways or do whatever it takes to get rich?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Once Upon a Jester holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.75 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Once Upon a Jester launched on 9 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Bayonetta 3 and Signalis. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Bayonetta 3, Signalis.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Once Upon a Jester yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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