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Nepenthe

Yitz · yours truly · 2018-05-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 17, 2018 (Mac), May 17, 2018 (Linux), May 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You won't need a haircut where you're going... mostly because you're bald. Inspired by Earthbound, Undertale, and other alt-RPGs, Nepenthe is a hand-drawn game made of dad-jokes and existential dread. Also cookies. Lots of cookies.

0
playing now
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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