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Softest Sword

A surreal adventure about a newborn beetle emerging from a potato into a messy world.

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$20.00

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DRM: None
Made: By hand in America
Plays on: Windows
Text languages: English
Audio languages: English
Subtitles: English

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System requirements⌄

Recommended

OS: Windows 10
Processor: 2.0GHz Dual-Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Integrated Graphics
Storage: 1 GB available

Credits⌄

Developer: HORNsoft

About Softest Sword

Welcome to the world of SOFTEST SWORD! Will you survive?

As a newborn bug with a birth defect, you must explore a messy apartment in hopes of retrieving your horns. Find secrets, use your insect intuition, uncover the lore of the bug world, and escape a deadly fire!

A retro-portable inspired surreal adventure with an ending you will not soon forget.

Just remember, keep your body safe.

Features:

Crisp and short experience with hand placed tiles

One overarching puzzle with multiple endings

Bump-action combat with no inputs! Play with one hand!

Controller support

Amazing 13-track soundtrack included on disc!

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