The Executioner
The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn't lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to…
The Executioner is an adventure developed by Lesser Evil Games, released 25 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Executioner is
The Executioner is an adventure game developed by Lesser Evil Games and released in 2019. It was published by Ultimate Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn't lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Executioner launched on 25 September 2019, within three weeks of Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).
Official trailer
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Dlc
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