Paths Taken

Indie· Casual· RPG· Free to Play

Released Jun 2019

Become the noble of a country on the brink of war.

78% positive · 111 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Paths Taken launched on June 6, 2019 as a complete, fully-featured free-to-play visual novel with 4 routes and 30,000+ words. The release announcement explicitly described it as the "full release" of a game that had been in development for over 4 years. The store description presents the game as a finished product with a defined feature set and no mention of upcoming content or additions. The two news posts following launch (November 2019 and April 2020) were announcements of entirely separate games by the same developer — not updates or additions to Paths Taken. No DLC, expansions, patches, or roadmaps for this title have been published. The developer has not communicated any plans for additional content since launch. The game appears to have shipped as a complete, standalone package with no post-launch content cycle.

Evidence

Developer announced the full release of Paths Taken, describing it as the complete game with 30,000+ words and 4 routes, after over 4 years of development.

news post · Jun 6, 2019 source content shipped

high

Store description presents Paths Taken as a finished product with a defined feature list (4 love interests, 30,000+ words, gender options) and no mention of planned updates or additional content.

description source content shipped

medium

Media

Details

Developer

Crystal Game Works

Publisher

Crystal Game Works

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Free to Play Indie Casual RPG Visual Novel LGBTQ+Romance Female Protagonist Otome Story Rich Anime Choices Matter

About this game

Emory is an 18 year old noble of Sharan, a wealthy kingdom made even wealthier by Emory's father, an entrepreneur and prolific business man who is the king's aid in finances. As such, Emory is best friends with the king's only child, Cordelian, a 19 year old boy who's being prepped to take over the kingdom. Along with Cordelian, Emory spends their days with Lisia, their personal maid, and Marco, Cordelian's butler. However, Emory's daily, carefree life gets a small wrench in it when they finally meets the princess of a neighboring, rival country, and finds out that Cordelian and her are engaged...

Paths Taken is a dating sim visual novel where you play as Emory, a noble of a country on the brink of war. This game is a more relaxed day-to-day experience though, and doesn't feature any action scenes. How will you spend your time? Who will you chose to walk with along your path?

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