A Juggler's Tale
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer where puppet strings shape your escape
kaleidoscube · Published by Assemble Entertainment · Released Sep 29, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 2,336
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 55 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 3
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 4 years ago
- Oct 11, 2021
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)
What is A Juggler's Tale?
This side-scrolling puzzle platformer follows Abby, a puppet performer who escapes captivity at a circus into a war-torn medieval fairy-tale world. You guide her past rivers, bandit camps, and traps, using her strings to solve puzzles while a puppet master narrates her journey in rhyme.
For you if...
- +you enjoy story-led adventures in dark fairy-tale settings
- +you prefer approachable puzzles to difficult ones
Not for you if...
- −you prefer open-ended exploration to a linear puzzle adventure
What players say
92% of 2,336 reviews are positive · 92% of 55 in the last 30 days
Players praise the art, fairy-tale atmosphere, and story, and many enjoy the puzzles. Common complaints concern the short length and rhyming narration; some players find the puzzles unclear or repetitive and the controls clunky.
Screenshots and trailer
A Juggler's Tale system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7+ (64-bit OS required)
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Graphics
- NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660 / Radeon HD7870
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7+ (64-bit OS required)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-6600K
- Graphics
- NVIDIA Geforce GTX 980 / Radeon 5300
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 18
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, German. Text only: French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Atmospheric
- Fantasy
- Story Rich
- Puzzle Platformer
- Platformer
- Female Protagonist
- Medieval
- Physics
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- Indie
- Side Scroller
- 2.5D
- Short
- Exploration
- Cinematic
Recent updates
- Oct 11, 2021 · Patchnotes 1.16
- Oct 5, 2021 · Patchnotes 1.15
- Oct 5, 2021 · Patchnotes 1.15
- Oct 1, 2021 · Patchnotes 1.14
- Sep 30, 2021 · fixed minor bugs (v.1.13):
1 DLC available.
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