RPG · September 29, 2017

Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics (2017)

group100k–1M ownersrecommend1.9k recommendations
Throne of Lies is a 3D Werewolf/Mafia game that requires social deduction skills to defeat the enemies. It is a game of deceit, investigation, strategy, and role play. How to play The game ranges from 6 to 16 players. Each player is randomly assigned to the roles from one of the four factions: The Blue Dragon (Good/Protagonist) The Unseen (Bad/Antagonist) The Cult (Bad/Antagonist) The Neutral If you are one of the good factions, you need to find out the bad faction for the execution to defend your throne, but you can also be converted by the Cult leader. If you are one of the bad factions, you will be able to communicate with each other at night and overturn the throne by taking down all the good faction in the game. Game modes Quick Mode (6 players) Selected roles (4 Good + 1 Bad + 1 Neutral) will be assigned, no conversion possibility. Best for new players. Duel Mode (7-9 players) Selected roles will be assigned from the blue dragon, the unseen and the cult, excluding Neutral faction. Classic Mode (8-16 players) Randomly assigned roles from all 4 factions. Highest complexity of all modes. Game phrases The unique Day/Night cycle allows players to congregate around the table, discuss their findings and accuse players of treason during the day and use their abilities to occupy, spy on, conspire against and even kill their fellow players at night. Day You can share your investigation results in the chat box to all players or you can whisper to the King privately. Starting from Day 2, you can vote one suspicious player for execution, it takes at least 3 players to start the trial before the suspect gets executed. Trial Starting Day 2, if 3 or more players voted the same suspicious player, the trial will begin and all players get to vote for “Execute” or “Pardon”. Night Each role would have different skills to use at night. If a Cult or Unseen member decides to make a kill, all players will see the result in the following day phrase. The conversion also happens at night and the good guy will be allied with the bad guys the next Day. Features Log Book A notebook to keep track of your investigation results for Day and Night phases. You can also put in false information to mislead other players as the Log Book will be revealed and available for all players when your role gets killed. Deathnote A note you can leave as a signature or graffiti and will be shown to all when a player gets killed by you. Chat Box Send messages to the room or join the discussion during the game. All notification messages, such as the voting results, the death of a player, or your personal conversion information, will also be shown. Whisper You can send a whisper message to the King if you have valuable information about a certain player from your investigation. Or you can send false information to trick the Good King when being a member of Unseen or Cult.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Social Deduction · 769
  • Multiplayer · 756
  • Mystery · 745
  • Werewolves · 739
  • RPG · 734
  • Strategy · 731
  • Funny · 729
  • Indie · 721
  • Text-Based · 718
  • Choices Matter · 717
  • Party-Based RPG · 713
  • Medieval · 703
  • Board Game · 698
  • Tabletop · 694
  • Replay Value · 692

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Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in RPG

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.7k Steam reviewsTop 84% in RPG
Positive rating76% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 82%
Engagement hours16 h averageTop 63% for session depth among RPG

RPG releases from 2017

14 RPG titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Press Quotes

“40 unique classes and some new rules turns Werewolf (maybe you know it as Mafia) into something special on PC.” PC Gamer “If a game of wits is your kind of party, then check out the game, and see if you have what it takes to be king!” MMO Examiner “Throne is a great experience which raises the bar for the genre.” OP Noobs

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Trading Cards

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Other

  • In-App Purchases

Reception Metrics

Steam community

76%Mostly Positive · 2.7k reviews

2.1k positive · 652 negative

Curator recommendations

1.9k

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 29, 2017
DeveloperPT.farm Inc., Imperium42®, LLC
PublisherPT.farm Inc.
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

16h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

9h

Typical completion time

Editions & Packages

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