Lies of P 2023

About

Lies of P came out on September 18, 2023 for Mac, PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, then for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on September 19, 2023 and for Nintendo Switch 2 on August 6, 2026. On Steam, 92% of 59,507 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 1,353 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 2,129 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 9 hours, doing everything about 52 hours. It won 5 awards, including Mac Game of the Year and Apple Design Award for Visuals and Graphics.

Lies of P is an action role-playing game set in a dark, Belle Époque-inspired city overrun by deadly puppets. Players control Pinocchio, reimagined as a mechanical warrior, navigating a decaying world while making choices that affect the unfolding narrative. The game features challenging melee combat, weapon customization, and a mechanical arm with various abilities.

Story

Lies of P is set in the late 19th Century to the early 20th Century of the Belle Époque Era in Europe within a city called Krat. The city of Krat was once a beautiful place but has now become lost and turned into a living hell that is filled with unspeakable horrors due to a deadly plague. Krat is featured as a grim city where multiple automatons now roam almost every part of the center, from the streets, rooftops, alleyways, and within buildings. As you start your adventure in Lies of P, you play as the puppet mechanoid Pinocchio who awakens in an abandoned train station not knowing where he has come from and what his purpose is. As we all know the famous fable of Pinocchio, Mr. Geppetto carved a wooden puppet named Pinocchio and was visited by the Blue Fairy who granted Mr. Geppetto's wish by transforming the puppet into a living being, that being said, Pinocchio sets forth into reaching his goal of becoming a real boy.

What is happening now

Lies of P is a Soulslike action RPG released in September 2023, available across major platforms. The game has recently expanded to Nintendo Switch 2 with the Complete Edition, which includes a day-one patch addressing performance concerns. Early previews suggest the port holds up reasonably well despite some technical roughness, with the Switch 2 version proving a competent way to experience what many consider one of the genre's strongest entries. Beyond the port news, developer NEOWIZ has rebranded to NOUGH Studio and released a documentary series examining the team's creative process. The studio has also hinted at sequel ambitions, with leadership expressing intent to develop what they describe as the world's greatest action game. Additionally, the developers revealed that an Easy mode was implemented during development because the team itself struggled to complete the game at its original difficulty.