Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Demo (Prologue)

Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Demo (Prologue)

Released Jul 2020

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

72% positive · 200 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
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Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

This app is the free Prologue demo for Vagrus - The Riven Realms, not the main game itself. It launched on July 10, 2020 as a standalone demo to let players sample the full game before purchasing. The store description makes this explicit: it presents the beginning sections of the game within a fixed 25-in-game-day window. As a demo, it mirrors updates made to the main game rather than receiving independent content development. Lost Pilgrims Studio has periodically synced it with improvements from the full game — most recently on May 23, 2024 (Patch 1.1660517H), which brought over a year's worth of quality-of-life changes, controller support, and bug fixes. Before that, a notable update on May 19, 2023 added localization, handheld/Steam Deck support, and movement system changes. The demo's purpose is to serve as a sampler for the full game. Its update history reflects polish and feature parity with the main game rather than original content additions. The most recent update was on May 23, 2024, and there has been no developer communication about further demo updates since then. Given that the demo is a fixed promotional product rather than a standalone content-delivering title, and the main game's Season Pass and DLC plans pertain to the full game (App ID 909660), this Prologue app is effectively a stable, complete demo as of its last update.
Evidence
Store description explicitly identifies this app as a free Demo/Prologue for the main game, showcasing only the beginning sections within a fixed 25-in-game-day window.
description · Jul 10, 2020 source ambiguous
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Developer explains the Prologue is a separate free app intended to help players decide whether to purchase the full game — it is a demo, not a standalone product.
news post · Jul 3, 2020 source ambiguous
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Details

Publisher
Lost Pilgrims Studios
Achievements
4
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Prologue is a Demo to Vagrus - The Riven Realms, an award-winning roleplaying game with a narrative focus, open-world exploration, and strong elements of strategy. The player takes the role of a vagrus - a caravan leader who strives to survive in a strange and dangerous dark fantasy world by leading a traveling company on all kinds of ventures.

Vagrus offers great replayability and immersion with its two million words worth of narrative presented through its stories and lore.

This Demo showcases the beginning sections of the game - both from the more narrative-driven introductory part and from the open-world main campaign.

A vast realm is yours to explore, filled with unique locations, strange factions, and a colorful cast of characters. In order to punish the Empire for its sins, the Elder Gods unleashed their power a thousand years ago that ended up devastating the realms. The continent is now a wasteland, riddled with arcane anomalies, swarming with twisted monsters, and haunted by roaming undead even after long centuries of rebuilding.

A large selection of stories make up the game’s narrative in the form of events and quests. The choices you make in these often affect your companions and the world around you. Pick your background from trader, mercenary, or explorer; work for factions, follow rumors and trading opportunities; acquire wealth, gain fame, and discover hidden knowledge.

Engage in turn-based, tactical combat that involves your companions and a large variety of enemies, both humanoid and monstrous. Use a wide range of character skills as well as your own leadership-related abilities to succeed. Positioning and support skills are of paramount importance in these challenging engagements.

Journeys have to be planned and prepared for carefully, lest they end in disaster. Manage your supplies, morale, and your crew’s vigor effectively to survive. Haul cargo and valuables across the wasteland or take it from others. Your crew of workers, fighters, scouts, and slaves have to be managed well to optimize their effectiveness.

A wide variety of companions can work for you in versatile caravan roles, such as scoutmaster, guard captain, treasure hunter, or beast handler. Each companion comes with unique combat skills, background stories, and personal quest lines that can upgrade them further when you complete them.

Ally yourself with mighty factions that shape the Riven Realms with their influence on commerce, brutal wars, and constant scheming. From prosperous Trading Houses to criminal syndicates and religious organizations, these groups offer powerful rewards and boons to those loyal to their cause. But take heed - befriending a faction will more than likely antagonize others.

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Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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