Torment: Tides of Numenera

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About the Game You are born falling from orbit, a new mind in a body once occupied by the Changing God, a being who has cheated death for millennia. If you survive, your journey through the Ninth World will only get stranger… and deadlier.

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Developer:
inXile Entertainment
Publisher:
Techland
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
27 February 2017
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (1479)

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About the Game

You are born falling from orbit, a new mind in a body once occupied by the Changing God, a being who has cheated death for millennia. If you survive, your journey through the Ninth World will only get stranger… and deadlier.

With a host of strange companions – whose motives and goals may help or harm you – you must escape an ancient, unstoppable creature called the Sorrow and answer the question that defines your existence: What does one life matter?

Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved role-playing games of all time. Torment: Tides of Numenera is a single-player, isometric, narrative-driven role-playing game set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe, and brought to you by the creative team behind Planescape: Torment and the award-winning Wasteland 2.

Features:
  • A Deep, Thematically Satisfying Story. The philosophical underpinnings of Torment drive the game, both mechanically and narratively. Your words, choices, and actions are your primary weapons.
  • A World Unlike Any Other. Journey across the Ninth World, a fantastic, original setting, with awe-inspiring visuals, offbeat and unpredictable items to use in and out of battle, and stunning feats of magic. Powered by technology used in the award-winning Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment, the Numenera setting by Monte Cook provides endless wonders and impossibly imaginative locations for you to explore.
  • A Rich, Personal Narrative. Thoughtful and character-driven, the story is epic in feel but deeply personal in substance, with nontraditional characters and companions whose motivations and desires shape their actions throughout the game.
  • Reactivity, Replayability, and the Tides. Your choices matter, and morality in the Ninth World is not a simple matter of “right” and “wrong”. You will decide the fates of those around you, and characters will react to your decisions and reputation. The result is a deeply replayable experience that arises naturally from your actions throughout the game.
  • A New Take on Combat. With the Crisis system, combat is more than just bashing your enemies. Plan your way through hand-crafted set-pieces which combine battles with environmental puzzles, social interaction, stealth, and more.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Processor:
Intel Core i3 or equivalent
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or equivalent
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
20 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible sound card

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Processor:
Intel i5 series or AMD equivalent
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or equivalent
DirectX:
Version 10
Storage:
20 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible sound card

User reviews

the dirty cowboy
Not recommended | 27 Dec 2025
20.5h played

I liked Torment, a lot, but I have a hard time recommending it. The game relies a lot on a story themes uplifted from it's inspiration Planescape: Torment, but they never really fully come together into something

Helpful: 18
Esoterica
Not recommended | 23 Feb 2026
50.0h played

A painful slog of a game full of pointless ideas, and a sad imitation of Planescape: Torment that took almost 4 million dollars of Kickstarter money and couldn't even deliver on all its backer goals. Every NPC you speak

Helpful: 30
cz
Recommended | 19 Jan 2026
44.7h played

I'm leaving a positive review because ultimately it is a Good Game. Not a great one, however. And I'm going to use this text box to complain about some of the things that bug me about it. The writing is... "good".

Helpful: 43
Betokid
Not recommended | 14 Nov 2025
25.5h played

I'm disappointed (half in myself, but half in the game) that I remember so little of Tides of Numenera, and I can't help but hold it against the title. Here's what I do remember: it lived up to its predecessors

Helpful: 18
Athenodorus
Not recommended | 07 Dec 2025
27.0h played

I really wanted to like this game. The first chapter was OK: an interesting new world that was sometimes difficult. The core conflict didn't really move me, some of the characters were flat, and it often felt like I

Helpful: 16
Verissimus
Recommended | 06 Mar 2026
41.2h played

I really wanted to enjoy the game. And I did when I played for the first time some years ago. Now I wanted to replay, but couldn't finish it for some reason. I started falling asleep trying to read all the dialogues.

Helpful: 10