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- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- 2014
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Burut CT
- Price: $7.99checked Nov 2
- 85% of 46 reviews
- Genres: RPG
- Metacritic 55
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Choices have long term consequences
- Dialogue hints unlock hidden solutions
- Disguises change npc reactions
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Dark
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About Hard to Be a God
The closest matches to Hard to Be a God: Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Mars: War Logs, Caves of Qud, ELEX, and Gothic 1. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Hard to Be a God is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Mars: War Logs and Caves of Qud — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and dark, and single out its consequence driven choices and dialogue hint system. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Hard to Be a God: Hard to be a God is a Sci-Fi RPG with adventure and espionage elements.
Is Hard to Be a God worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 46 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price: $7.99 (checked Nov 2).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 31 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Choices have long term consequences
- Dialogue hints unlock hidden solutions
- Disguises change npc reactions
- Quests can be solved without violence
People who play it also play: Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Mars: War Logs, Caves of Qud
Frequently asked about Hard to Be a God
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How much does Hard to Be a God cost?
Hard to Be a God is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hard to Be a God?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hard to Be a God are Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Mars: War Logs, Caves of Qud.
Who developed Hard to Be a God?
Hard to Be a God was developed by Burut CT and published by Akella.