This Way Madness Lies

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Let us begin our tale, in the quiet city of Verona, Italy. A town for lovers...

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Developer:
Zeboyd Games
Release date:
10 November 2022
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All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (152)

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Description

Let us begin our tale, in the quiet city of Verona, Italy. A town for lovers... and giant, mutant flower attacks.

As the leader of the Stratford-Upon-Avon High Drama Society, Imogen is no ordinary girl! Sure, she goes to school every day and helps produce plays for the community, but beyond that, she's a magical girl! With her powers, she can teleport to alternate dimensions based on Shakespeare plays, fight back the forces of Nightmare, and still get back in time for dinner!

Join Imogen, Paulina, Viola, Rosalind, Miranda, Beatrice, and Kate on an epic adventure throughout the Shakespearean metaverse in this comedy JRPG!

• Unique, turn-based combat!
• Hang out with your friends!
• Put on plays!
• Shakespearean dialogue too difficult to parse? No problem with our unique Ye Olde English to New English translator! 110% accurate!
• Multi-character unite abilities!
• Teaches you while you learn!
• Get a pet!
• Pacing that doesn't waste your time!
• Fun for the whole family!

We believe that world needs more bite-size turn-based JRPGs - short, self-contained games that you can enjoy over a weekend or a few play sessions when you want a change of pace from big epics. Something that's all killer, no filler. We estimate that a single playthrough of This Way Madness Lies will take around 5-10 hours, depending on difficulty & playstyle, and we hope that you will enjoy every minute!

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7 32-bit
Processor:
Intel Atom X7-Z8750
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
Intel HD 405 Graphics 600 MHz
Storage:
2 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Best viewed in 1080p

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7 64-bit
Processor:
Core i3 4130, FX-4170
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
2GB of VRAM: GTX 750ti, Radeon HD 7850
Storage:
2 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Best viewed in 1080p

User reviews

FourthLegacy
Not recommended | 01 Mar 2025
9.8h played

FYI : still has a gamebreaking bug. Saving in the backstage area will permanently brick your save, sending you back to the first post-tutorial area. This will be unsalvageable, and you'll have to delete and start over

Helpful: 15
Chula Ephemeris
Not recommended | 21 Jun 2025
13.4h played

Theatre AND magical girls? This sounded like a game tailored specifically to me! Unfortunately, this game is written like the filler episodes from Sailor Moon, with less explanation or foundation to establish anything

Helpful: 9
Erasculio
Not recommended | 27 Dec 2024
3.1h played

Enderaring, but shallow. The “story” is a flow of barely connected non sequiturs. Combat is hampered by how we can’t pick our own party (and, at least in the beginning of the game, the worst and most annoying character

Helpful: 10
Woody Alien
Recommended | 26 Nov 2025
8.4h played

It's a Zeboyd game, for better and for worse. The concept of Shakespearean magical girls is funny, but the formula is always the same ever since Cosmic Space Heroine . This game is more episodic as opposed to a

Helpful: 8
Cae
Not recommended | 23 Apr 2025
3.8h played

Man, what happened?! After the dynamic combat systems and party building of the Penny Arcade games and Cosmic Star Heroine, we get this: a slapdash series of vignettes full of vanilla-ass battles. Party members come and

Helpful: 9
-serotonina
Recommended | 04 Dec 2025
10.5h played

Amazing linear JPRG with charming storytelling and unexpectedly deep combat system. Mixing up Magical Girls with Shakespeare is a genius idea: the cast is amazing, dialogues are fun and witty, and the story flows

Helpful: 4