Torment: Tides of Numenera
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Game
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Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Developer Beamdog
Planescape: Torment is a 1999 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment for Windows. The game takes place in locations from the multiverse of Planescape, a Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy campaign setting. The game's engine is a modified version of the Infinity Engine, which was used previously for BioWare's Baldur's Gate, an earlier D&D game set in the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
370 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
90
LovedLoved
197 positive · 23 negative
95% range 85–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 197 | 23 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 34 | 6 | 80 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
3,150 of 3,339 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
90% recommend · 190 yes, 21 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 211 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (5,407 of 5,716 positive).
Players praise the game's deep, philosophical story and exceptional writing. [1][2][3] Many note that combat is weak and the game shows its age. [1][4][5] Some reviewers criticize the game's treatment of women. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [6]
I was very disappointed when I finally got around to playing one of the 'greatest crpgs ever made' with 'some of the deepest and most philosophical writing in games' only to find that it's a game with a few really nice gems amid a swamp of mediocrity and misogyny. Not misogyny as in boob armor (there is) or exclusively female prostitutes littering the streets (there also are) but rather misogyny that grossly …
- [1]
Does this game have good combat? No. Does this game have build variety? No again. Is it for everyone and should every single person play this? Big no. Does this game have one of the deepest stories ever told in the gaming medium with fancy literature levels of writing, while inspiring many, many games that came after? Yes.
- [2]
I just finished Planescape: Torment and I honestly don't know what to do with myself now. This game is more than a game. It feels like a book, a philosophical journey, and a deeply personal story all wrapped into one. I have been playing games since the 90s and I am genuinely shocked that in 2026 I could still find a game that feels this fresh, unique, and unlike anything else I have ever played. The story of the …
- [3]
An interactive book about philosophy, meaning of life, morality and solving mystery disguised as an RPG. I love how weird and bizarre the setting is and how unique those characters are. I wish one day it got a remake with nice graphics/sounds and all the combat removed.
- [5]
Planescape Torment is a strange beast. To approach it now as I am, after having only dipped my pinkies into the more literary side of gaming, was a real challenge that I had to push through. Claiming that it's "rough around the edges" would be putting it mildly: Planescape Torment is barely functional at times and the more you delve into its story, the more you're likely to have it ruined by some monumental idiocy …
Summarised from 34 of the 347 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition talk about deep, philosophical story with exceptional writing; those who didn't talk about combat is clunky and not the focus. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Planescape: Torment received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. GameSpot's reviewer said that "It's clearly the best traditional computer role-playing game of the year", a comment which the website would later expand to "one of the greatest ever". Allen Rausch, writing for GameSpy's 2004 retrospective "A History of D&D Video Games", commented that Black Isle Studios "went way over the top for this one, crafting an utterly unique experience that has yet to be equaled by any RPG since". The gameplay was often compared to Baldur's Gate, another Interplay game that used the same engine as Planescape: Torment. Robert Mayer of Computer Games Magazine commented that it was "one dark and…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 370 · most liked firstNew article time! This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women. docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
negative · AI labelView post →The difference between DnD games back then and now is that Baldurs Gate 3 is the best video game I have ever played while Planescape Torment is the best video game I have ever read
positive · AI labelView post →Not the sort of torment I was expecting, really. "I’m convinced there must be some other game called Planescape: Torment out there, because the game I cleared was one of the most misogynistic wastes of time I’ve ever experienced." kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/10/08/p...
negative · AI labelView post →RPGs that are optionally pacifist?. I’ve beat Fallout NV as a true pacifist - no companions, no death caused by me. It is funny, because it really doesn’t seem to fit the themes of the game to be a pacifist. You end up doing things that would (IMHO) be more fucked up ethically. It’s also hard for me to leave Vulpes alive - killing him is an every play through thing. I’ve tried playing Morrowind and Oblivion as a pacifist. Morrowind you can get pretty far, but the Sixth House Base quest…
neutral · AI labelView post →Dev making "Planescape Torment + Disco Elysium" says spending 8 years struggling to pay rent and writing over 1 million words for his D&D-inspired RPG was "a ridiculously stupid path". Esoteric Ebb is, against all odds, about to launch on Steam
neutral · AI labelView post →could not co-sign this more Planescape Torment gameplay is… difficult but IMO the only game that has ever reached its level of writing is Disco Elysium BG1, BG2 and Throne of Bhaal (the expansion to 2) make one of the greatest epics in video game history and will make you appreciate BG3 even more
positive · AI labelView post →the players' lawyer in my Planescape game is a Chain Devil who betrayed an archduke of Hell to Heaven in order to stop a layer of Acheron from falling into the Nine Hells and, as a result, was geased to be incapable of direct evil. as a result he mostly did good as sadistically as possible.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today we’re playing Planescape: Torment. It only has one plot twist, which it repeats 50 times. I love this game. youtu.be/dtwx6nMB7fA
positive · AI labelView post →if you like Beneath a Steel Sky, you'll like our game! if you like Machinarium, you'll like our game! if you like Planescape: Torment, you'll like our game!
neutral · AI labelView post →What are your gaming highlights of 2025?. I was just reflecting on games I've played in the last year, and wondering when Steam's year-in-review thing would be happening (probably within the next week). However, I thought it might be interesting to ask this question before that drops, because I'd expect that people will respond differently before they've seen the data, and I think that subjective aspect of the reflection is interesting. So tell me what games you've played in the past year that…
neutral · AI labelView post →Planescape: Torment had been my no 1 game of all time, until finally it was dethroned by Mass Effect as a series (yes, it took 3 games to defeat it). ME games were also the first games where I felt safe to play a character, instead of just trying to guess the most optimal dialogue option possible.
positive · AI labelView post →Every RPG subgenre acronym, decoded. For people unaware of all the role-playing game (RPG) subgenres, here’s a brief explainer: **TTRPG** – Tabletop RPG. The original RPG. Played on a literal table. Dice, paper, friends, arguments. Everything else evolved from here. Examples: * Dungeons & Dragons * Pathfinder * Shadowrun **LARP / LARPG** – Live Action Role-Playing Game. The version where people physically dress as their characters and act things out in person. Foam weapons, costumes, fake…
neutral · AI labelView post →Planescape Torment is the best DnD game I have ever read
positive · AI labelView post →Planescape and Disco Elysium are easily my top two RPGs writing-wise, absolutely incredible game wish the gameplay wasn’t quite so… well, but still worth it
positive · AI labelView post →I was proud of this one, let me tell you. It was sharp, it had great NPC's, WotC was so excited about it they were willing to move up their plans for 3rd edition Planescape and include some of the characters and seismic events from the game in the setting reboot. We were ready to start writing!
neutral · AI labelView post →Years ago an RPGnet poster got mad that I told him his game wasn't completely original because Planescape did something he was doing first, so I made a game that obviously ripped off Planescape and he started posting "this SJW stole my idea!!!". It ruled
neutral · AI labelView post →Sigil Game: Planescape: Torment Dev: Black Isle Studios 🇺🇸 Release: December 10, 1999
neutral · AI labelView post →I interviewed a guy for a writing internship who spent the whole time talking about how he hadn’t played any video games since Planescape Torment, no other games matched its writing, and all other game writers were lazy hacks. We uh… didn’t hire him
neutral · AI labelView post →I followed Kimimi's playthrough a few months back and it surprised me, the kind of stuff she was sharing. I hadn't played it through for a long time but held it in high regard as a Planescape fan. So I went digging and came across the design document that changed my perception forever too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello! I'm Jessica Redekop, a freelance writer and game designer for TTRPGs. I love cats, movies, collaborative storytelling, and the Planescape D&D setting. Most of my work is for Paizo, on the Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs, and you can find a list of my publication credits on my website:
neutral · AI labelView post →The game Disco Elysium wishes it was. The best Bioware game Bioware didn't make, arguably better than the ones they did, and that is an extremely high bar to clear. Planescape: Torment was a high water mark for what was possible during PC gaming's legendary golden age at the end of the 90s and into the 2000s. With everything nowadays having a bland, conformist, anodyne, slickly well-produced but shallowly underthought quality, Torment is a hearkening back to a wild era when things could get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Does this game have good combat? No. Does this game have build variety? No again. Is it for everyone and should every single person play this? Big no. Does this game have one of the deepest stories ever told in the gaming medium with fancy literature levels of writing, while inspiring many, many games that came after? Yes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →His influence can best be seen in my early work, especially for the Planescape roleplaying game. Left: "Armanite" from the AD&D Planescape boxed set Planes of Chaos, 1994. Right: "Antique tramway", Heinrich Kley, 1909. The acting and movement here is top notch.
neutral · AI labelView post →WAIT DAK'KON FROM PLANESCAPE IS A GITHZERAI??? I thought BG3 was the Gith's first appearance in a video game lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing some large Lady of Pain on my TL reminded me of an excellent comm I got from @theroundartist.bsky.social as a gift to the players in my Planescape game. She was not this big in-game (unlike Shemeshka) but I thought it would be fun to get some Planescape fats.
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone should play Pentiment. If you're a European history buff, even more so. Even futher so if you're a narrative cRPG enthusiast ala Planescape Torment and/or Disco Elysium. It's only $10 right now, and the entire game takes about 10-12 hours. store.steampowered.com/app/1205520/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I just finished Planescape: Torment and I honestly don't know what to do with myself now. This game is more than a game. It feels like a book, a philosophical journey, and a deeply personal story all wrapped into one. I have been playing games since the 90s and I am genuinely shocked that in 2026 I could still find a game that feels this fresh, unique, and unlike anything else I have ever played. The story of the Nameless One is tragic, fascinating, and surprisingly human. The writing is on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stop removing Creative EAX support from the games. I don't care if there's some legal obstacle or if your programmers are so incompetent they can't even steal the implementation for OpenAL DirectSound emulators, EAX was a vital part of the original games and their sound design immersion and you simply butchered them for no reason whatsoever. From Planescape mortuary, Irenicus' Dungeon to Underdark in Icewind Dale 2, those effects were a part of the original games and you had no right to remove…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks to someone on BlueSky (I forget who) for recommending Disco Elysium, I played it obsessively this month. An absolutely delightful game, and the closest thing to recapturing the magic of Planescape: Torment I've ever seen. Next maybe Rogue Trader or Pathfinder.
positive · AI labelView post →Hail... traveler. Your eyes have the weight of one who as traveled far to be in this place. By your actions, I know your heart. Time is precious, do not squander it and spend it here... wisely.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TTRPG about me First game: Batman RPG I designed myself Last game: Mothership Longest game: D&D 3E Favorite game: Numenera Favorite mechanics: Technoir Favorite art: Ghislaine Barbe (Heavy Gear/Jovian Chronicles) (DiTerlizzi's Planescape also excellent.)
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best RPGs of all time, [Planescape: Torment], is getting its 'first ever unofficial DLC' that adds a whole new region and restores cut content.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game 32 of 2026: Planescape Torment "What can change the nature of a man?" This is hands down one of the most philosophical games ever made. The combat on Normal difficulty is a joke and often tedious. But we don't play Planescape for the combat, we play it for its narrative lore. (1/n)
positive · AI labelView post →Disco Elysium is one of my favorite games of all time, and a work of art that transcends the gaming medium itself. It's time I finally played the narrative RPG that inspired it. A game heavily philosophical and extremely esoteric, which is totally me coded. My next game: Planescape Torment
positive · AI labelView post →Check out the still-amazing 2019 teaching volume HOW TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES by Matt Payne and Nina Huntemann to find my own overview essay on immersion and Planescape: Torment (1999). (Or DM me for a copy!) This literary D&D game laid the foundation for many others. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Treat it more like reading a book than playing a game and it is well worth it. I recommend turning the difficulty all the way down, combat is not important. The real challenge of this game is to finish it. Luckily it is quite easy to pick up again where you left off even if you didn't play it for a month. The story is genuinely amazing and I will be ranting about this game till the end of time. New favorite of mine for sure. 100% recommend it if you have the patience for it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one knows the game is fun — and this one *knows* the developers were not lazy with the writing. A gigantic amount of lore exists in this world, and the creativity is real. Yet the game does not take itself fully serious, which gives it a strange, memorable charm. This one must *warn* you: the game is not for everybody. You must be okay with a simpler HUD. Not every weapon has its own shiny design, and there are no constant lights blinking in your face. This is a more story-driven,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slightly diminish a game! Planescape: Annoyance Average Meat Boy Streets of Mild Irritation
neutral · AI labelView post →Crooked Moon is incredible. My wife got me the big red/black box for my birthday with all of the goodies and I love it so much. My son is playing a castigation paladin in our Planescape game, and I am prepping to run it for either my home game or at a game store.
neutral · AI labelView post →While not all components of Planescape: Torment have aged well in the 25+ years since its original release, it remains a great game for players who prefer role-playing games with a focus on dialogue instead of combat, offering an delightfully strange and atmospheric tale set in one of D&D’s most famous cities Among the games that are based on the Infinity Engine, which mostly brought the Dungeons & Dragons 2e ruleset to life, Baldur’s Gate I & II (1998, 2000) remain the most popular to this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just recovered from an autopsy. Truly, this game is an inheritor of Planescape Torment.
neutral · AI labelView post →An interactive book about philosophy, meaning of life, morality and solving mystery disguised as an RPG. I love how weird and bizarre the setting is and how unique those characters are. I wish one day it got a remake with nice graphics/sounds and all the combat removed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Esoteric Ebb is such a good game- the setting really stuck with me and the writing was very much to the standard that I'd expect a game inspired by Disco Elysium/Planescape to be. So, I decided to draw up an OC for it- been a while since I've had that itch! Eavine, a wistful Lamplighter...
neutral · AI labelView post →Blizzard in Baator is coming soon 👏 www.pcgamer.com/game... #pcgamer #pcgaming #planescape
neutral · AI labelView post →Side convo about Birthright bubbled up something interesting about the old setting boxes and their interaction with the default D&D experience. Planescape & Birthright took game elements restricted to a narrow wedge of play (planes & rulership) and opened them up for the whole game.
neutral · AI labelView post →You can download Planescape: Torment's unofficial DLC mod, [Blizzard in Baator], right now. [Blizzard in Baator on GitHub](https://github.com/BallDamage312/blizzard-in-baator/tree/main)
neutral · AI labelView post →Sort of melancholy about ending the Planescape Torment season of Real Lich Hours. Special game, hit me for quad damage at the exact right time in my life.
positive · AI labelView post →TTRPG about me First game: Star Frontiers Latest game: RQG Longest game: Shadowrun Favorite game: FATE Favorite mechanics: FATE Favorite setting: RQG/Mage the Ascension Favorite art: Planescape/RQG
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, and Eye of the Beholder are great and all, but the BEST videogame adaptation of D&D ever made wasn't even a roleplaying game:
neutral · AI labelView post →I was very disappointed when I finally got around to playing one of the 'greatest crpgs ever made' with 'some of the deepest and most philosophical writing in games' only to find that it's a game with a few really nice gems amid a swamp of mediocrity and misogyny. Not misogyny as in boob armor (there is) or exclusively female prostitutes littering the streets (there also are) but rather misogyny that grossly pollutes almost every conversation with, about, mentioning, or in the presence of a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Coming straight from Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, this was completely different from what I expected. It was confusing at first because the focus shifts from traditional fantasy combat to deep, heavy philosophy. However, as I progressed, the lore became incredibly rewarding. It is amazing to see how much your dialogues with the many, many NPCs actually matter - everything in this world is connected and eventually makes sense. If you are looking for a game where your words have more power than your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was this game just PLANESCAPE: TORMENT for people who couldn’t read books because they’d spent too much time on Twitter?
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like this is a timely question: what is your all-time comfort game to replay? The handful that come to mind for me are Witcher 3, Skyrim, Planescape: Torment, Grim Fandango and Curse of Monkey Island.
positive · AI labelView post →Henry Cavill bares rippling chest, powerful triceps, and deep-cut Planescape: Torment knowledge in new photo that inspires one PC Gamer editor to declare, 'He just like me...'.
neutral · AI labelView post →Disco is the only game I’ve ever played that reached Planescape levels of writing
neutral · AI labelView post →**Outer Wilds** (not Outer Worlds!) is a brilliant game that is hard to advertise without spoiling stuff. It is from the genre sometimes called *metroidbrainia*, where finding the puzzle solution through in game hints to progress is the game mechanic. So its possible to finish the game in 20 minutes, if you know what to do. But getting there usually takes you 20 hours. Now to why its great: * the story is at its core a mixture of enlightenment thinking and celebration of curiosity and the…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is only one of the greatest games of all time! I highly recommend this to people who love complex narrative games and love a good story. Just *know* that the game will take 8 hours to finally click for you. This is a very rewarding game but takes patience and dedication! This is also vastly re-playable and I have done 2 runs in about 70ish hours. ----- I'm back and I did my 3rd run as a speed-run. It was very rewarding and just shows how quick this game can go if you know what you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GURPS --> Fallout --> Planescape Torment --> Disco Elysium --> Zero Parades ....buuuut ppl can just play a session of GURPS and enjoy it for its own sake, consider that activity worthwhile, etc. It doesn't need video-game justification!
neutral · AI labelView post →Undoubtedly this is a fundamental video game in history. As a lover of the RPG genre I had a great time with this game, although it certainly shows its age, kinda rough around the edges. Honestly the RPG mechanics are masterful. The skill system works really well if you can figure out what are the more useful skills. The companions are well written, the choices are consistent, and the side quests add a lot to the overall lore and story. What suprised me the most is that its not your ordinary…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think I need to share this Planescape chasme meme beyond my game group.
neutral · AI labelView post →
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