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The Secret of Varonis

The Secret of Varonis

An indie Gameboy-style RPG. Build a party from four unique races and unravel the mystery of Varonis through challenging old-school turn-based combat.

Released Mar 1, 2024 Developer Wombat Logic Platforms Windows · Mac RPGRetroPixel GraphicsParty-Based RPGTurn-Based Strategy
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

98.8%positive81 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“If you enjoyed Final Fantasy legend 2 you will likely enjoy this. Highly recommend!”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Super good jrpg. Sometimes, it turns out all you need to make a great game is to just eat another game's homework (in this case, Final Fantasy Legend), throw in a healthy dash of QoL, minor refinements to the mechanics of that game, and there you go. Really enjoyed having a…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Enjoyed the game.”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-04 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

13all-time peak
0 2 5 4 avg · Mar 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

32achievements
23.5%median completion
2.2%rarest: Grinding is so 1989
78.8% of players 64.4% of players 61.1% of players 55.2% of players 52.4% of players 49.2% of players 48.6% of players 44.6% of players 39.0% of players 38.1% of players 36.6% of players 34.5% of players 33.8% of players 29.4% of players 26.4% of players 25.4% of players 23.5% of players 22.1% of players 21.1% of players 20.7% of players 19.0% of players 17.7% of players 17.0% of players 16.5% of players 16.0% of players 15.8% of players 9.5% of players 8.4% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 2.6% of players 2.2% of players 78.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.8%The Town on the Prairie — Journey across the river and arrive at Plainstown
64.4%A Critical Hit!! — Score a lethal blow by targeting an elemental weakness
61.1%The Ancient Artifact — Find an "ancient" artifact needed to unlock Varonis
Rarest badges of honor
2.2%Grinding is so 1989 — Beat the game on Fixed Encounter mode
2.6%Four of a Kind — Beat the game with a party of four characters of the same race
5.9%Seeker of Secrets — Recover all 28 black, white, and elemental stones

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 20, 2023
Release date announcement

Hey all, programmer psy_wombats here with more news. The good news is that we have an official release date! The slightly less great news is that date is March 1st 2024, a bit later than our planned r

Oct 31, 2023
Progress update!

Hi all! This is programmer psy_wombats here with a brief update on where we're at. First of all, apologies for the radio silence the past couple months -- we've been concentrating on responding to fee

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Retro · Pixel Graphics · Party-Based RPG · Turn-Based Strategy · JRPG · 2D · Top-Down · Turn-Based Combat · 1980s · Indie · 1990's (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Input API Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements32
Official sitehttps://varonis-rpg.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1