The Executioner

About this game

The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity.

Fusing elements of a traditional RPG with investigation, exploration and moral decision-making, it invites players take on the role of a man who must seek a signed confession from those he is about to put to death.

With a predominantly text-based interface unfolding engaging story, The Executioner promises a dark and unsettling atmosphere, and a world filled with moral ambiguity

With the threat of revolution on the cards will you fight for monarchy and tradition or revolt in the name of progress? Do you support emerging science or follow the mystical path? Will you desensitize yourself to the violence you have to inflict or try to preserve your humanity?

The decision is yours. So are the consequences.

Note: This is the first out of three episodes.

• The torture chamber: study your victims, find their weak spot, and use your extensive arsenal (or their loved ones) to break them
  
• An occult underground: a town filled with mysticism built around Medieval artefacts, such as the Hand of Glory and Mandrake Root
  
• A dark economy: a market in dead flesh with you as its main supplier
  
• Synesthesia: your character's unique perceptive abilities make him a walking lie detector
  
• Staying sane: as a professional torturer you'll need to constantly manage your sanity to survive

Latest news

• Announcements·16 Mar 2020Official

  Tired Scribe

  Hello. Although this is not the last update, it is really big one for us. By tradition, we bring here all fixes that have been made since version 1.3 and add a new ones. Main changes: We completed work on the all English texts (230k words), it was all re-read and edited with native speakers. It took a long time, but it was worth it. Naturally, no one is immune to errors, but the text has become way better. If you notice any problems - please write to us. If you see russian text or combination of English-Russian, then there is a problem of identification your keyboard language. To fix it, switch in menu language Russian-English-Russian-English, several time. We added collectible cards, emoticons, badges and backgrounds. And free soundtracks. Enjoy! Fixed: Fixed problem that stopped you from downloading free DLC Watchmaker's Son, you can find it in game folder now Fixed a series of errors that produced a white screen in the Diary on some machines Fixed a problem that displayed parameters (health and sanity) above the maximum Fixed a bug of overflowing sound stack, leading to the disappearance of sounds in the middle of the game The way to load localization has been changed, which should fix the problem with downloading wrong language interface Fixed a bug that did not allow to explore the Catacombs with the Hand of Glory (Master) Fixed a bug that did not allow finding a family secret at the funeral of your father Improved resolution at the intro Fixed fonts in conflicts and cutscenes The bug that cause an appearance of double background in the popup window in the Torture Chamber was fixed Fixed problems with Cannibalism, now it works as it should Fixed dead man's eyes function in the inventory Added reaction to switching the language in the inventory All achievements are working (congratulation to first "perfect executioner") Inability to bury father after the orphan’s funeral and vice versa is fixed Fixed problem that cause Conflicts freeze Removed the possibility of...
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• Announcements·2 Mar 2020Official

  Torn Strings

  Hello. This is not a very big update in which we want to tell you one good and one bad news. Let's start with the bad news. Unfortunately, the second part of The Executioner is delayed due to funding problems. We will keep you updated on the progress. Good news. Using the new functionality of Steam, we released a free DLC with soundtracks, now you can download and listen to them. Enjoy. And thank you very much for your support during these months after the release, it is very important for us and this motivates us to continue to work on the next part.
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• Announcements·18 Dec 2019Official

  Tired Scribe

  Hello. Although this is not the last update, it is really big one for us. By tradition, we bring here all fixes that have been made since version 1.3 and add a new ones. Main changes: We completed work on the all English texts (230k words), it was all re-read and edited with native speakers. It took a long time, but it was worth it. Naturally, no one is immune to errors (and we didn't have QA to extensively test it), but the text has become way better. If you notice any problems - please write to us. We added collectible cards, emoticons, badges and backgrounds. Enjoy. Fixed: Fixed problem that stopped you from downloading free DLC Watchmaker's Son, you can find it in game folder now Fixed a series of errors that produced a white screen in the Diary on some machines Fixed a problem that displayed parameters (health and sanity) above the maximum Fixed a bug of overflowing sound stack, leading to the disappearance of sounds in the middle of the game The way to load localization has been changed, which should fix the problem with downloading wrong language interface Fixed a bug that did not allow to explore the Catacombs with the Hand of Glory (Master) Fixed a bug that did not allow finding a family secret at the funeral of your father Improved resolution at the intro Fixed fonts in conflicts and cutscenes The bug that cause an appearance of double background in the popup window in the Torture Chamber was fixed Fixed problems with Cannibalism, now it works as it should Fixed dead man's eyes function in the inventory Added reaction to switching the language in the inventory All achievements are working (congratulation to first "perfect executioner") Inability to bury father after the orphan’s funeral and vice versa is fixed Fixed problem that cause Conflicts freeze Removed the possibility of the death of the Orphan, before she got into the executioner's house Removed the ability to maim the Orphan in the torture chamber (the Priest does not approve such methods) Improve...
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• Patch Notes·9 Dec 2019Official

  Patch 1.3.4

  Hello everyone, this is our "weekly" update :) So the list of fixes for today Fixed: 1) Fixed the but that stop you from burying the father after the orphan’s funeral and vice versa 2) During cannibalism, the "value" of the corpse is now reduced 3) Conflicts become less likely to crash 4) Removed the possibility of the death of the Orphan, even before she got into the Executioner's house Improvements: 1) The length of the main music track has been increased and it has become more diverse 2) Added city sounds on the city map 3) With cannibalism, a window has been added explaining in more detail what is happening
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• Patch Notes·25 Nov 2019Official

  Patch 1.3.3

  So we continue to fix and it takes more and more time, because of natural selection bugs are become really stealth and tricky. There were a couple of errors in the last build, so: 1) The color of the lies is returned back to violet 2) Fixed fonts in tooltips and cutscenes Fixed: 1) Fixed non-working localization keys in Cannibalism in the Inventory 2) Fixed non-working Dead Man's eyes option in the Inventory 3) Added reaction to switching the language in the Inventory 4) Fixed progressive achievements Improved: 1) Added section "Authors" with an option for you to express an opinion on each aspect of the game Editing: Edited second part of the text and fixed schedule of final editing. All english text will be updated in first week of December.
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