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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Well-written narrative with meaningful choices” (56 of 102 reviews) and “Choices matter with clear outcomes” (29); the most common complaint is “Stat system forces min-max meta gaming” (16). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
56 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I originally pirated this game and played through it multiple times then went back and bought a copy. It's that good. If you're searching for a game with choices and consequences, but don't have 100 hours to dump into…”
“I just want to give a warning to anyone who likes knights and is looking to play a game about knights: don't be fooled. Despite the title and the picture of the guy in armour, this game is not about knights at all,…”
“What a fantastic game this turned out to be. This game has absolutely outstanding writing, world building, choices, branching paths etc. What a gem!”
29 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Of all game genres, interactive novels are the most important to me. They’re basically the only games I still have the energy for when I’m sick. They distract just enough from pain and fever, run on a cheap laptop you…”
“I originally pirated this game and played through it multiple times then went back and bought a copy. It's that good. If you're searching for a game with choices and consequences, but don't have 100 hours to dump into…”
“This game is neat for sure, my only complaint is that no matter how hard I trued (Valor, maxed out), your character loses pretty much every fight he ever has. After multiple tries I couldn't even make it to the last…”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game is neat for sure, my only complaint is that no matter how hard I trued (Valor, maxed out), your character loses pretty much every fight he ever has. After multiple tries I couldn't even make it to the last…”
“Honestly one of the better RPGs i've ever played. I've had this game since release. And i come back to it every now and then. It is brutal and unforgiving. And in all the best ways”
“I really enjoyed this one, but my goodness my first playthrough got so depressingly dark that I'm almost afraid of going for another round. They were not kidding about the suffering. Great writing, excellent artstyle,…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Honestly one of the better RPGs i've ever played. I've had this game since release. And i come back to it every now and then. It is brutal and unforgiving. And in all the best ways”
“Visual novel in which your choices really matter and result in vastly different outcomes in the life of one man. The story is well crafted and will make you come back to try to live a different life, maybe be a noble,…”
“This is a good VN, worth your time. Divided into several phases of your life, you start at birth, working your way to adulthood, going through various trials and experiences. The narrative flows strongly, with good…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Everything in this game is amazing, story, music, consequences of your choices, characters, it all feels personal as if YOU are Brante. Everything is great, except one thing - point system where you often 'tired'. This…”
16 of the 102 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a choices matter visual novel, the choices and writing in a game like this is critical. I'm 8 years old and I'm assaulted by a schoolboy thug named Thommas, he nearly knocks me out and bloodies my face. Instead…”
“This game is a gift from my friend, but the plot is too bad that I can't even give a positive review on behalf of our friendship. The story is such a cliche. The author endeavored to create a harsh world, aiming to give…”
“While I had heard complaints about this title from others that, upon playing, I easily brushed off, the reason I have to downvote this title is because after getting a fair ways into a run (The peacetime section), the…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Of all game genres, interactive novels are the most important to me. They’re basically the only games I still have the energy for when I’m sick. They distract just enough from pain and fever, run on a cheap laptop you…”
“A "choose your own adventure" story where you aren't allowed to actually choose your own adventure, and a story about surviving under authoritarianism written by men who have never experienced authoritarianism or…”
“This is a choices matter visual novel, the choices and writing in a game like this is critical. I'm 8 years old and I'm assaulted by a schoolboy thug named Thommas, he nearly knocks me out and bloodies my face. Instead…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“TLDR: I got beaten to death by my grandpa. I love choice games. And choices do you have. On one hand, the game is 'difficult' in that you can't half-ass everything. Nothing is ideal. Something has to give, for you to gain something. No perfect runs where you get the girl, save…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“pretty chill game if you like narrative text based decision games, please add a dark mode though it's a real eye killer.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“This game feels like a purely stat-driven system disguised as an interactive narrative. Your choices don’t meaningfully shape the story , only the underlying stats do. As a result, you can act in completely contradictory ways without consequences, almost like having split…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Choices Matter · Story Rich · RPG · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Text-Based · Indie · Medieval · Adventure · Singleplayer · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America |
| Achievements | 89 |
| Official site | https://store.101xp.com/brante/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Processor: Pentium® 4 1.5 GHz / Athlon® XP Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX® 9.0c compatible DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible