Hello, everyone! The holidays have arrived at last, and do you know what that means? Discounts, discounts, discounts! Our favorite wacky 1950s-inspired social deduction game, First Class Trouble, recently released a plethora of cosmetic DLC packs! Now you can assist (or viciously
Our favorite wacky 1950s-inspired social deduction game, First Class Trouble, recently released a plethora of cosmetic DLC packs! Now you can assist (or viciously betray) your fellow ISS Alithea residents in style!
Get into the Christmas spirit with the Christmas Pack, which includes outfits inspired by Santa Claus, his helpers, and Rudolph!
Feeling cold? The Winter Pack includes warm and cozy options such as sweaters, ponchos, scarves, and even a penguin outfit!
Additional outfits and other cosmetics are also available in the New Years Pack, Runway Pack, Supporter Pack, Vruumba Pack, and Wedding Pack.
Happy Holidays from all of us at Versus Evil! We'll see you all in 2022!
Hello, everyone! Black Friday is almost upon us once again, which means discounts galore across our entire catalog ! Earlier this month, First Class Trouble left Early Access and launched into Version 1.0! Not only that, but First Class Trouble also launched on PlayStation platfo
Hello, everyone!
Black Friday is almost upon us once again, which means discounts galore across our entire catalog!
Earlier this month, First Class Trouble left Early Access and launched into Version 1.0! Not only that, but First Class Trouble also launched on PlayStation platforms, and with the power of cross-play, you can play with PlayStation users! Check out the new elements and improvements in Version 1.0 if you haven't yet!
In other Versus Evil news, UnMetal won "Most Fun" by Indie X Online 2021's Award Ceremony! Huge congratulations to the UnMetal team! Why not play the game to see what's so fun about it for yourself?
We're offering some of the biggest discounts ever on our titles, so go and snag them while you can!
Hello, everyone! Versus Evil is turning 8! Can you believe it? Well, believe it because to celebrate we're having a sale on our awesome catalog of games! Over these past 8 years, we've had the opportunity to help put out many fun and creative games. This year saw the release of J
Hello, everyone!
Versus Evil is turning 8! Can you believe it? Well, believe it because to celebrate we're having a sale on our awesome catalog of games!
Over these past 8 years, we've had the opportunity to help put out many fun and creative games. This year saw the release of Jumpala, Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game, and Sockventure, as well as Early Access releases for First Class Trouble, Almighty: Kill Your Gods, and The Hand of Merlin. Tomorrow sees the release of our latest addition, UnMetal!
UnMetal is a 2D stealth action-adventure that pays homage to the classics with a healthy dose of humor and satire. You play as Jesse Fox, who is definitely NOT an elite commando, under arrest for a crime he didn't commit, and must escape a covert military base using his wits and fists.
Sounds like fun, right? Check out UnMetal and the rest of our catalog for anything that may interest you!
To close, some thanks are in order...
Thank you to our developers who really give it their all to bring these games to life.
Thank you to our Heralds who are the best ambassadors we could ever hope for.
And, of course, thank you to our players who are the reason we continue to strive to put out the best games we possibly can. This has been one long, crazy journey, and we're glad you're all on it with us.
From all of us at Versus Evil, thank you for making these past 8 years great. Now, go score some deals!
The Versus Evil Summer Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off! Coinciding with this sale, some of our titles, namely First Class Trouble and Almighty: Kill Your Gods, have brand-new updates! Grab either of these games today, and you'll gain immediate access to fresh content
The Versus Evil Summer Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off!
Coinciding with this sale, some of our titles, namely First Class Trouble and Almighty: Kill Your Gods, have brand-new updates! Grab either of these games today, and you'll gain immediate access to fresh content!
From hilariously fun multiplayer games to epic single-player narrative adventures, we have it all, so enjoy!
The Versus Evil Publisher Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off! Check out our most recent additions which include Almighty: Kill Your Gods, a co-op looter shooter, Hitchhiker, a narrative-driven experience, and First Class Trouble, a wacky social deduction game! But that'
The Versus Evil Publisher Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off!
Check out our most recent additions which include Almighty: Kill Your Gods, a co-op looter shooter, Hitchhiker, a narrative-driven experience, and First Class Trouble, a wacky social deduction game!
But that's not all! We're excited to also be launching not one, but two new games just in time for the sale!
The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!
Sockventure is a story about a kid whose favorite sock gets eaten by a cursed washing machine. The kid needs immediate help, and calls a superhero to the rescue. Then, the adventure begins. Make your way through 200+ intense levels of hardcore platforming to find the missing sock inside the washing machine!
Our catalog has never been more diverse, so we hope there's something for everyone here to enjoy!
Happy New Year, everyone! We're starting the year off right by offering great deals across our entire catalog ! From challenging collectable card games to epic story-driven RPGs, we have something for everyone! That's not all! We're proud to announce we're now the publisher of To
Happy New Year, everyone!
We're starting the year off right by offering great deals across our entire catalog!
From challenging collectable card games to epic story-driven RPGs, we have something for everyone!
That's not all! We're proud to announce we're now the publisher of Tower of Guns and Mothergunship from Terrible Posture Games!
If you haven't checked out these awesome games yet, why not give them a try at a discounted price?
Hello, everyone! Before we talk about our special Winter Sale discounts, we have some important words we'd like to share. 2020 is ending soon, which is a huge sigh of relief considering how unprecedentedly outrageous this year has been for all of us. While we understand 2021 isn'
Hello, everyone!
Before we talk about our special Winter Sale discounts, we have some important words we'd like to share.
2020 is ending soon, which is a huge sigh of relief considering how unprecedentedly outrageous this year has been for all of us.
While we understand 2021 isn't guaranteed to be better, we're all on a path to overcoming the obstacles 2020 threw our way.
Hopefully, we continue to take strides in making the world a better place not just for us right now, but for generations to come.
With that being said, Happy Holidays from all of us at Versus Evil!
Check out our catalog to see the Winter Sale deals we're offering!
Hello, everyone! It's a time to be thankful, so we're showing our thanks by offering great deals across our entire catalog ! Whether you've been here since the beginning or now just joining us, thank you for all of your support!
Hello, everyone!
It's a time to be thankful, so we're showing our thanks by offering great deals across our entire catalog!
Whether you've been here since the beginning or now just joining us, thank you for all of your support!
Hello, everyone! Versus Evil is celebrating its 7th anniversary! To commemorate this milestone, we're offering great deals across our entire catalog ! In addition, we're also releasing Cardpocalypse (with a nice launch discount) alongside its brand-new DLC, Out of Time, on Steam
Hello, everyone!
Versus Evil is celebrating its 7th anniversary! To commemorate this milestone, we're offering great deals across our entire catalog!
In addition, we're also releasing Cardpocalypse (with a nice launch discount) alongside its brand-new DLC, Out of Time, on Steam today!
Check out Cardpocalypse, its DLC, and our sweet 7th anniversary deals for some of our other titles below:
The Versus Evil Summer Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off! Browse our vast selection featuring a wide variety of genres! Whether you're in the mood for an epic single-player RPG, hectic multiplayer shooter, or collectable card game, we got you covered! Here are several
The Versus Evil Publisher Sale is now live on Steam - get up to 90% off on the Versus Evil publisher page! Check out our newest game - Wintermoor Tactics Club! It's a new story about surviving high school with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels, from developer EV
Check out our newest game - Wintermoor Tactics Club! It's a new story about surviving high school with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels, from developer EVC.
NEED TO KNOW What is it? Third-person art-platformer Play it on Dual-core CPU, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 500 series GPU, Windows 7 or newer Copy protection Steam Expect to pay $10 / 7 Release date Out now Developer Swordtales Publisher Versus Evil Multiplayer None Link Oh, how I wanted
NEED TO KNOW
What is it? Third-person art-platformer
Play it on Dual-core CPU, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 500 series GPU, Windows 7 or newer
Copy protection Steam
Expect to pay $10 / 7
Release date Out now
Developer Swordtales
Publisher Versus Evil
Multiplayer None
Linkhttp://toren-game.com/
Oh, how I wanted to like Toren. A mystical tale of a child's journey, writ magically upon a climb up a great, crumbling tower, to do battle with the world-sundering dragon at the top? That, as they say, is my huckleberry. And it is wonderful at times, and so very beautiful, and the story it tells is captivating. While that goes a long way, it's not enough on its own, and there are too many flaws that keep Toren from nailing its ambition.
The most obvious problem is the camera, which is clearly designed to frame the action in cinematic splendor. But Toren too often trades practicality for visual sweep, and while that sometimes resulted in impressive perspectives of the Moonchild, as she purposefully strode this way or that, it also meant it was sometimes impossible for me to see what she was actually striding toward—and, more specifically, what ledge she was about to fall off of. Believe me, when it comes to climbing a tower filled with broken staircases and terraces, that's a problem.
Lack of control
The developer's recommendation that a controller be used to play should not be taken lightly. I powered through Toren with a mouse and keyboard, then tried it with the controller, and the difference was night and day. But neither is perfect; in several instances I found myself suddenly steering the Moonchild in an unintended direction, because the camera angle had suddenly changed. In one particular area, the view shifted 180 degrees immediately after she passed through a doorway, and because I was too slow to react, she turned around and marched through it again in the opposite direction. Indulging a bit of fleeting cruelty, I just kept pressing forward, trapping the Moonchild in a ridiculous doorway back-and-forth, as though she'd been caught between two teleport traps in some other game. The dream sequences can be frustrating for the same reason, and even silly: I had to trace patterns on the ground with a magical sand, but even though Toren is fairly forgiving about the required degree of precision, I still sometimes felt like a monkey copying a Picasso by throwing poop at the wall.
Taken together, the camera and the controls make navigating Toren a hassle, and that's a shame because on the whole, it doesn't fall into the trap of locking its raison d' tre behind punishing gameplay that's out of the reach of thumb-clunkers like me. There are no crazy stunt-jump sequences or obtuse puzzles; once or twice I was unsure about which direction to go, but again, that was more a matter of not being able to see my environment very well than because the situation was genuinely confusing.
Most of my time was spent wandering through relatively small, linear areas, punctuated by bits of easy jumping and occasional spots of climbing walls or hiding behind objects to avoid strong winds—the bare minimum required to keep me engaged while I followed Toren's tale, in other words. Normally that would be fine, because games like this are meant to be finished, and I quite often enjoy minimally interactive experiences like, say, Dear Esther or Kentucky Route Zero. But when I feel like a game is making things harder than they should be—especially when those things are clearly not supposed to be hard—it's frustrating.
Toren's levels are seriously surreal.
I loved Toren's overall aesthetic. It's filled with bizarre, colorful environments lifted straight off the covers of softcover fantasy novels from the 1970s, and I stopped several times to enjoy the sights (and grab some screens) while I played. But it sometimes suffered from up-close viewing. The characters are relatively primitive, with stiff animations and flat expressions, and there are small clipping errors all over the place, as hands and feet slide into or through supposedly solid objects. They're minor problems, certainly not enough to ruin its overall beauty, but still an ever-present reminder that I wasn't playing a highly-polished production. There were moments that were absolutely sublime, though. One early-game sequence, seen through a telescope, was a breathtaking bit of visual poetry, and perfectly executed.
Toren isn't a very long game, but even so it took me longer than it probably should have—as in, to the very end of the game—to get a grip on the story it was telling. But unlike so many other games, it wasn't a letdown once I did. The final battle was overly repetitive and drawn-out, but the payoff was worthwhile: touching, tragic, and illuminating. And that made me sadder that the game itself wasn't better. Toren could have been a memorable interactive fable, but the frustrating camera and controls undermine the story, leaving it a good idea, but lacking as a whole experience.
Greetings! We're releasing our first patch today that should make the game much better in terms of playability as well as fixing a number of player reported issues. Please find the full patch notes below: Changes: More resolution options VSync option D-Pad works in the main menu
Greetings!
We're releasing our first patch today that should make the game much better in terms of playability as well as fixing a number of player reported issues. Please find the full patch notes below:
Changes: More resolution options VSync option D-Pad works in the main menu Button hints with improved readability Corrected over 35 collision issues/problems Other minor improvements
Bug fixes: - Several collision problems throughout the game - Camera transitions and positions - In some conditions the player couldn't enter the room where the tree is planted - Text corrections - Pause in the snow chapter - Player could get stuck on the branch in the windy chapter - Player would die too early if you fell from an edge (underwater) - In some conditions the player couldn't jump and/or attack anymore
Greetings! We're releasing our first patch today that should make the game much better in terms of playability as well as fixing a number of player reported issues. Please find the full patch notes below: Changes: More resolution options VSync option D-Pad works in the main menu
Greetings!
We're releasing our first patch today that should make the game much better in terms of playability as well as fixing a number of player reported issues. Please find the full patch notes below:
Changes: More resolution options VSync option D-Pad works in the main menu Button hints with improved readability Corrected over 35 collision issues/problems Other minor improvements
Bug fixes: - Several collision problems throughout the game - Camera transitions and positions - In some conditions the player couldn't enter the room where the tree is planted - Text corrections - Pause in the snow chapter - Player could get stuck on the branch in the windy chapter - Player would die too early if you fell from an edge (underwater) - In some conditions the player couldn't jump and/or attack anymore
It s been quite a while since we last posted anything about Toren , but in the time the game seems to have become more beautiful. And also more released. You can get your grubby paws on the puzzle adventure right now for just 6.99 on Steam, GOG, and other places and begin your qu
It s been quite a while since we last posted anything about Toren [official site], but in the time the game seems to have become more beautiful. And also more released.
You can get your grubby paws on the puzzle adventure right now for just 6.99 on Steam, GOG, and other places and begin your quest to the top of the tower. It’s not just climbing steps, though. We’re promised plenty of tricksy puzzles, along with more than a few skuffles with a certain black dragon guardian.
Howdy Folks! It's launch day and we're proud to be able to give you Toren. Please bear in mind that this is Day 1 and if there are issues or problems we'll certainly address them as fast as we can. That being said - we hope you enjoy the world and we encourage you to explore the
Howdy Folks!
It's launch day and we're proud to be able to give you Toren. Please bear in mind that this is Day 1 and if there are issues or problems we'll certainly address them as fast as we can.
That being said - we hope you enjoy the world and we encourage you to explore the world of Moonchild and enter all the dreams to learn more about the mythology.
Howdy Folks! It's launch day and we're proud to be able to give you Toren. Please bear in mind that this is Day 1 and if there are issues or problems we'll certainly address them as fast as we can. That being said - we hope you enjoy the world and we encourage you to explore the
Howdy Folks!
It's launch day and we're proud to be able to give you Toren. Please bear in mind that this is Day 1 and if there are issues or problems we'll certainly address them as fast as we can.
That being said - we hope you enjoy the world and we encourage you to explore the world of Moonchild and enter all the dreams to learn more about the mythology.
Toren is Now Available on Steam! Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a hauntingly solitary journey to find your purpose. You must
Toren is Now Available on Steam!
Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie
developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a
hauntingly solitary journey to find your purpose. You must solve puzzles and face monsters as you
struggle to climb to the top of this beautiful, yet treacherous environment, driven by the will to find
your freedom.
Product Release
Pre-Purchase Now - Toren
Toren is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off!* Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a hauntingly solitary journ
Toren is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and is 10% off!*
Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a hauntingly solitary journey to find your purpose. You must solve puzzles and face monsters as you struggle to climb to the top of this beautiful, yet treacherous environment, driven by the will to find your freedom.
