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Stegalosaurus Game Development · Published by Stegalosaurus Game Development
5 user reviews — 40% positive (5 reviews) · 33 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
What happens when stick figures based on Shakespeare fall in love? Let's find out! Loosely based on Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, play as some cool archeologists forsaking love to explore some awesome ruins!
DJCTQ 141 DLC available ↗
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3 Sept 2026Lowest: £2.65 · Highest: £2.6512 Oct 2026
Adventure, Indie · 2018 · More under £5 games
Embark on a whimsical adventure where archeologists based on Shakespeare's characters must balance love and exploration. Discover the antics of these cool stick figures in Stegalosaurus' indie game, released in 2018.
About this game
Hear ye, hear ye! The Royal Court is going on a three-year expedition to study ruins of ancient importance! The King and his fellow diggers have sworn off any romantic entanglements, lest you end up in the stocks! This is purely a scientific pursuit, devoid of the carnal excuses of the flesh! While the body pines, the mind shall banquet!
Yeah, let's see how long that lasts.
Play as Hero, one of the King's fellow Not Grave Robbers as you explore the lost city of Elsinore, all the while ignoring the six romantic love interests that have been placed in your way so particular-like. It seems that the Princess of France and her three court maidens have also journeyed to this lost city in order to learn its secrets.
Each character that you choose to interact with has their own story for you to explore, and may or may not have a direct impact on other stories. Will you forsake love in order to be the best student/archeologist ever? Or will you forsake the thing last said in order to be the best kisser ever?
Gain Reputation with every character! Lose Reputation with every character! Try to please everyone!
Part Adventure game, part Dating Sim. All Shakespeare. It's the world's most epic stick figure Shakespeare dating sim adventure game.
Yeah, let's see how long that lasts.
Play as Hero, one of the King's fellow Not Grave Robbers as you explore the lost city of Elsinore, all the while ignoring the six romantic love interests that have been placed in your way so particular-like. It seems that the Princess of France and her three court maidens have also journeyed to this lost city in order to learn its secrets.
Each character that you choose to interact with has their own story for you to explore, and may or may not have a direct impact on other stories. Will you forsake love in order to be the best student/archeologist ever? Or will you forsake the thing last said in order to be the best kisser ever?
Gain Reputation with every character! Lose Reputation with every character! Try to please everyone!
Part Adventure game, part Dating Sim. All Shakespeare. It's the world's most epic stick figure Shakespeare dating sim adventure game.
- Engage in witty banter over five acts as you pick and choose which of your fellow compatriots to learn about and totally not flirt with.
- SENPAI HAS NOTICED YOU! Try NOT to be noticed by the King, Princess of France, or the royal court advisor amid your going-ons.
- Learn about the history of the Elsinore Ruins or totally just try to make out with other stick figures.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows XP
- Storage: 750 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
- Storage: 750 MB available space
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
patch, 8.2026
Changed a bunch of main game pathing for easier traversal of our grand visual novel landscape. I'm trying to improve myself as a game programmer, and it is our 10th anniversary, so I'll be going over every single one of our games with a fine-toothed comb over the next few months.Read full article on Community Announcements (Duck Whitman)Patch NotesOfficial
Lizards, patch 2.23.2026
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/33017070/05f6db785e09cc00c052a009be7afe1a94df8635.jpg - FIXED: Broken variables related to UIRead full article on Community Announcements (Duck Whitman)AnnouncementsOfficial
Patches, 2.18.2026
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/33017070/93518e73b48c278ed0c7890317127fef60e98c81.png Made it so infinite hunts can't happen after 12 Upped hunt limit to 12 Put/Moved the variable for hunts subtraction in the actual capture files https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/33017070/34e9796c0ffcd5de62411dfa634381e59b7a7ebb.jpg Fixed: TyposRead full article on Community Announcements (Duck Whitman)AnnouncementsOfficial
The 10-Year Sale!!!!!
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/33017070/b1dbe8ffafdf07f071199c05ac49abe237f27b0e.jpg Ten years, ten games.Read full article on Community Announcements (Duck Whitman)AnnouncementsOfficial
2026: Sales, Games, etc.
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/33017070/4cdf4cc9e1a147d4110ef4c3a1c70bed0f131919.png 2025 was a year of change for us. We tried new sales strategies, especially in Summer Sale and Retail Halloween, that failed spectacularly while also giving us the data that we needed to move forward. We also noticed that our player base was not exactly growing in the ways it had even during the COVID lockdowns. We also got hit ridiculously hard by refund scams. 2026 - 2027 will focus on less sales, less games on sale per sale, and less games being produced (which partially is due to the Shakespeare Saga closing). 2019-2021's production level was a direct reaction to external factors, 2023-2024 was a reaction to external factors, and now we finally have time to slow down.... and financially react to 2025. Dino Shakespeare 3 was meant to be a fun cool-down project that is now swept up in the dual currents of Paper Shakespeare 3 and Army of Tentacles' 10th Anniversary Edition. The latter game we will be officially announcing after PS3 launches sometime before Summer Sale. Can you believe we're legit almost done with January?Read full article on Community Announcements (Duck Whitman)
