What is Prodigal?
This top-down, 2D action RPG follows your return to Vann's Point, your childhood home, to make amends for past wrongs. You explore caves, castles, and crypts, solve dungeon puzzles, fight monsters, and reconnect with old friends or form new relationships. Additional content follows the main story.
For you if...
- +you prefer puzzle dungeons to combat-heavy adventures
- +you enjoy exploring for secrets after the main story
- +you want character relationships alongside dungeon exploration
Not for you if...
- −you want frequent, challenging combat instead of block puzzles
- −you dislike searching for the next quest objective
- −you tire of repeated block-pushing puzzles
What players say
92% of 632 reviews are positive · 100% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the extensive postgame, dungeon puzzles, and retro pixel art and music. Others find the block puzzles repetitive, combat too simple, and postgame progression difficult to follow.
Screenshots and trailer
Prodigal system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (SP1+) and Windows 10
- Processor
- x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics
- DX10, DX11, DX12 capable
- Storage
- 324 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 40
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- The native resolution is not the default one
- 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
Tags
- Dungeon Crawler
- Puzzle
- Exploration
- Action RPG
- Action-Adventure
- RPG
- Multiple Endings
- Story Rich
- 2D
- Top-Down
- Dialogue Heavy
- Romance
- Casual
- Pixel Graphics
- Colorful
- Controller
Recent updates
- Jan 9, 2023 · ECONOMY PATCH
- Sep 8, 2022 · Cannon Ending
- Jan 16, 2022 · FIXES 1/16
- Dec 12, 2021 · 12/12 FIXES
- Dec 5, 2021 · Fixes 12/5
1 DLC available.
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