Platforms
- PCMar 4, 20247.9playscore7.742 Critics8.36.05K Players
- PlayStation 5Dec 4, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
- Xbox Series X|SDec 4, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
44 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Featuring a fantastic sense of place, unique style and a riveting narrative, The Thaumaturge is a challenging yet excellent RPG. Whilst the systems are lean, they all work great with each other and features a great detail in its writing, mixing history and dark fantasy into one neat package.
Joshua Thompson · Dec 10, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - If you missed The Thaumaturge before now, it’s well worth investigating the PS5 version.
Mick Fraser · Dec 05, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - The Thaumaturge is a very strange title, both intentionally and sometimes unintentionally as well. On the surface level, it's a dark, narrative-driven game filled with morally-ambiguous choices which will oftentimes influence specific events in the story.
Dan Lenois · Apr 18, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Una aventura de rol muy narrativa que destaca por su espectacular y atípica ambientación y por su absorbente historia.
Carlos Leiva · Apr 04, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overall, The Thaumaturge is an encouraging first start. All the fundamentals for a good story are nailed down, it’s just the presentation of said story that needs work, and ideally finding more meaningful ways to invest the player via the game’s interactive components. As for the final product itself, it’s certainly competent enough, if the prospect of a mystery with some light RPG elements sounds appealing, but don’t expect it to light your world on fire.
Paul Broussard · Mar 31, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - With a wonderful setting in 20th century Warsaw, The Thaumaturge combines perfectly the fantasy of magic and the rawness of human nature.
ALEJANDRO JOSAN · Mar 05, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - All in all, The Thaumaturge is a game I won’t forget anytime soon. I even intend to play it again from the beginning as soon as Polish VO is added – and that’s something I didn’t declare for any title in a very, very long time.
Christopher Mysiak · Mar 05, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The Thaumaturge's gritty, demon-taming take on the monster collecting genre is a welcome twist. Taking place in 1905 Poland, there is certainly some language and actions in the game that can feel uncomfortable, but it all works with the overarching theme of struggling with mental health and personal flaws. Despite the sensitive nature of the story, Fool's Theory does well to not over sensationalize traumatic story beats. Gameplay is simple and engaging, and the combat is easy to learn but can be challenging on higher difficulties.
Cole Martin · Mar 05, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The Thaumaturge successfully delivers a weird and surprising take on a historical RPG. While the game’s various mechanics at times felt out of sync, it’s a unique and memorable gaming experience that I won’t forget anytime soon.
Maddison Ahlbrand · Mar 05, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The Thaumaturge tells an interesting story and pairs it up with fantastic presentation, and one of the most interesting combat systems in the genre. However, its uneven NPC animations and the lack of combat encounters drag down the experience.
Shunal Doke · Mar 05, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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The Thaumaturge is an isometric, story-rich RPG with a unique take on turn-based combat, character development features, and investigation mechanics, facing you with morally ambiguous choices – set in a world teeming with mysterious powers and strange ethereal beings called Salutors.
The year is 1905. Warsaw lives under the yoke of imperial Russian tsardom. Its inhabitants constitute a diverse group of different ancestries, views, and beliefs with often conflicting interests: Russian soldiers, Jewish merchants, Polish townspeople, and more. Despite the circumstances, the city is a buzzing metropolis, where one can attend a breathtaking party with the high society, and later get robbed in one of the dark alleys of the Praga district. A city of great hopes and dreams on one hand and dark desires on the other.
In this world, a force that cannot be ignored are Thaumaturges – individuals versed in taming spirit-like beings called Salutors, used for manipulation of the temperaments and affinities of other people and even ultimately in combat. The devil is in the detail - only Thaumaturges are fully aware of the Salutors’ nature and only they can perceive them in their true essence. Their capability to influence others significantly and demonstrably increases their ability to change the surrounding world - however, Thaumaturgy is a power that should be used with caution.
Developer: Fool's Theory