Thymesia
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Thymesia is a 2022 action RPG developed by Taiwanese studio OverBorder Studio and published by Team17, released August 18, 2022 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a cloud Switch version. It holds Metacritic scores around 70, runs a lean 10–15 hours, and has settled into a specific niche reputation: the budget Bloodborne-adjacent pick — fast, aggressive, plague-soaked — whose dedicated fans (the “100% completion” deep-dive threads that rank for it) rate it well above its aggregate.
You are Corvus, a plague doctor with shattered memories in the kingdom of Hermes, where alchemical medicine turned the population into monsters — and where disease itself is your arsenal.
Technical Specifications
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Developer | OverBorder Studio (Taiwan) |
| Publisher | Team17 |
| Release | August 18, 2022 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S; Switch cloud) |
| Metacritic | ~70 (by platform) |
| Genre | Action RPG, Soulslike |
| Mode(s) | Single-player (~10–15 hours) |
Wounds and Plague Weapons
Combat runs a two-layer health system in the Bloodborne rally tradition, sharpened: saber strikes deal recoverable “white” damage that enemies regenerate unless Corvus follows up with his claw to make wounds permanent — a rhythm of slash-then-seize that defines every fight. On top sit plague weapons: energy copies of enemy armaments stolen mid-fight and unleashed as abilities, plus feather-throw interrupts and a deflect-centric defense. Reviewers consistently called the system genuinely clever; the criticisms were equally consistent — reused arenas, thin enemy variety, a story told almost entirely through fragments, and bosses that funnel players toward one intended answer each.
Reception
The aggregate ~70 reflects a fair split: a mechanically sharp core in a visibly budget frame. The long-tail community verdict is friendlier than launch reviews — at its perennial $5–10 sale price, with a runtime that respects a weekend, Thymesia’s standing recommendation is “short, fast, and better than its score” for genre veterans between bigger releases; newcomers are usually pointed to Lies of P first.
Where to Play It Today
Thymesia is on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S (plus Switch via cloud), and spends most of the year deeply discounted — one of the cheapest competent Soulslikes on any storefront.
