Crimson Tale

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About Thruster Games

Indie game development studio in Barcelona. Thruster Games was formed by ENTI ex-students after their academic success "Blood Reminds" and their consequent incorporation to the pre-incubator Level-Up

At Thruster Games we aim to create interesting and entertaining gaming experiences built by an open, transparent team passionate about development and videogames.

Crimson Tale

Coming soon to Steam - free demo available now

Crimson Tale is a short first-person narrative puzzle game where Elizabeth uses blood magic and vampire powers to defy the oppressive nobility. Avoid sunlight, travel through time, and hunt the Golden Guard to end their reign.

Crimson Tale — Demo out now

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Story

Become a vampire

Crimson Tale — Play as a vampire that travels to the past of the dead to alter the present

Crimson Tale is a short first-person narrative puzzle game where Elizabeth takes one last action against the oppressing forces of the nobility. Avoid the sun, go back in time with blood magic and use your vampire abilities to find the golden guard, ending this oppression once and for all.

- You are Elizabeth -

A vampire who returns to a decaying village where the nobility has fled and the guards control the people. With Christie’s death still fresh, Elizabeth uses her powers to travel to the past, discovering the hidden fates of those connected to the village’s downfall. While she uncovers the other's past lives to change the future, her determination sets out to avenge her love and bring an end to the last of the oppression responsible for the remaining chaos.

Features

- Between past & present -

Find a body and use your blood magic abilities to go back in time. Anything you do here affects your current present, with some tinkering you could forge a new path and advance towards your goal.

- Avoid the sun -

Avoid the sunlight and move throughout many areas by using the shade you find around you, or think and forge your own. Some of the paths you encounter will take you on another direction depending on your actions.

- Use your abilities -

As a vampire, you have a few different abilities at your disposal. Use telekinesis to grab distant objects or carry heavy ones, use your blood time powers to return objects to a previous state or enhance your vision to see marks that no ordinary human can see.

Awards & Festivals

  • Finalist — Big Impact — gamescom latam BIG Festival 2026
  • GTR — Top 20 Best Videogame 2022 Finalist
  • V Premios Indie Games Málaga

Game Details

Developer
Thruster Games
Publisher
JanduSoft
Release
Coming soon · Free demo available
Platform
Windows (Steam)
Genre
Adventure, Indie
Modes
Single-player · Steam Achievements · Controller support
Languages
English (full audio), Spanish (Spain & Latin America), Catalan, French, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal), Russian
Content
Themes of oppression, suicide and murder. Blood, corpses and acts of violence.
  • Exploration
  • Puzzle
  • Walking Simulator
  • Female Protagonist
  • First-Person
  • LGBTQ+
  • Story Rich
  • Stealth
  • Time Travel
  • Vampires
  • Atmospheric
  • Mystery
  • Narrative
System requirements

Minimum

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 8 GB available space

Recommended

  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 2060 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 8 GB available space