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The Executioner
Developer Lesser Evil Games
The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one. From the Steam store page
162 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
71 positive · 63 negative
95% range 45–61%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 71 | 63 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 2 | 23 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
73 of 143 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
51% recommend · 71 yes, 67 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 138 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (243 of 372 positive).
Many players praise the game's story, atmosphere, and moral choices. [1][2][3] Several reviewers report that the English translation is poor, with missing or Russian text. [4][5][6] Some players note the game feels unfinished or has bugs. [7][8][9]
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The English translation for this game is absolutely abhorrent. It's painful to read; every scene has multiple spelling and grammar errors. I can say for certain that it was not translated by a fluent speaker. And while the game itself seems good, the childish and poorly articulated text (and there is a LOT of text you have to read in order to play the game properly) ruined the experience for me to the point that I …
- [9]
This game is difficult to recommend. The visuals are great, sound and voice acting good, and the overall concept is unique and grim. However, the game has some fatal flaws that stop me from finishing or recommending it. First, the game prevents you from manually saving and forces you to wait till a 'scene' ends. It will *force* you, as in you are unable to leave the game, which can take up to 30 mins for a scene to …
- [4]
This Is one of those moments where a "Wait" Option for recommendation would be great. To put it simply, this game is unfinished, Much Much more so if you are playing in english, Russian It probably wouldn't be TOO bad. For starters a good portion of the text in the game when playing in english is either missing or in russian, it took away from the great atmosphere and story this game has, and beyond that made …
- [2]
Executioner. Interrogator. Tool of the state. Mindless or not... that's up to you. But the burden of independence makes you a threat in your own right... and makes allies see enemies. Will you be the loyal. pathetic dog, or embrace the inner-wolf willing to bite the hand that feeds... and maybe be put down for it. Maybe you'll forge your own path. No easy answers. Just brutal choices. The Executioner is a text-heavy …
- [1]
The game I have been waiting for 2 years. participated in tests, and waited, waited, waited. A lot of things changed in it, it got better harder and I can’t believe that today it has already loaded and you can play it in its entirety. It is filled with difficult moral choices, difficult characters and opportunities to ask yourself questions that in real life will be scary to ask. I look forward to a complete …
Summarised from 34 of the 163 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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The Executioner sits at 53% positive across 134 opinionated reactions from 2 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 162 · most liked firstXML tags in tutorial dialogues, untranslated russian text in English version... That would be acceptable in early access, but it's a full release. They really should hire some QAs. If they didn't bother to even proofread the tutorial , it doesn't leave a good first impression. I may change the review if it gets fixed
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The English translation for this game is absolutely abhorrent. It's painful to read; every scene has multiple spelling and grammar errors. I can say for certain that it was not translated by a fluent speaker. And while the game itself seems good, the childish and poorly articulated text (and there is a LOT of text you have to read in order to play the game properly) ruined the experience for me to the point that I couldn't keep playing it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Choose 20 of your favorite video game characters. One character per day, for 20 days. No particular order. Day 17: Ornstein and Smough One of the greatest boss duos of all time, the Dragon Slayer and the Executioner from Dark Souls. Their deadly synergy is legendary. #Games 🎮 #CharacterChallenge
neutral · AI labelView post →This Is one of those moments where a "Wait" Option for recommendation would be great. To put it simply, this game is unfinished, Much Much more so if you are playing in english, Russian It probably wouldn't be TOO bad. For starters a good portion of the text in the game when playing in english is either missing or in russian, it took away from the great atmosphere and story this game has, and beyond that made certain choices impossible to comprehend making it feel terrible when an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game I have been waiting for 2 years. participated in tests, and waited, waited, waited. A lot of things changed in it, it got better harder and I can’t believe that today it has already loaded and you can play it in its entirety. It is filled with difficult moral choices, difficult characters and opportunities to ask yourself questions that in real life will be scary to ask. I look forward to a complete immersion in a dark, scary, mysterious world. buy play, and join discussions
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]Follow our curator page: IndieGems if you like and want to see more reviews like this one. The Executioner is a story-driven text-based RPG with decision-based consequences and character progression along some interesting paths. What negates the enjoyment of this game along with its seemingly interesting concept and story, for the English-speaking player, is the poor localization of the game. A cleaner execution would certainly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Good the Bad and the Ugly The Executioner is a choice-based text game about the hereditary executioner who had to replace his father in this post. There're a lot of "pick your poison" choices and a bunch of interesting characters + tortures as one of the core mechanics. The story is engaging and I like the variety of choices. The game looks great, drawings, interface, colors - all at a high level. The tortures are okay (nice quote, huh) - nothing spectacular but they fit well into the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm still working on the Executioner, but the League is now under way. I have my first game on the weekend, and I still have 9 Intercessors to paint too 😂 #WarhammerCommunity #warmongers #nerdlings #wip
neutral · AI labelView post →The Last Sentence. ☠️ The Executioner offers two deals: Merciful Edge or Headsman's Presence. NPC choices in my deckbuilder roguelite. Free demo on Steam! Day 44 of posting every day until my game is released! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #deckbuilder #roguelite
neutral · AI labelView post →Executioner. Interrogator. Tool of the state. Mindless or not... that's up to you. But the burden of independence makes you a threat in your own right... and makes allies see enemies. Will you be the loyal. pathetic dog, or embrace the inner-wolf willing to bite the hand that feeds... and maybe be put down for it. Maybe you'll forge your own path. No easy answers. Just brutal choices. The Executioner is a text-heavy game with RPG elements (item-equips, potions, stats, skills to level) that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →kinda weird game to be honest. even though I chose english it mixes sentences with russian. as a non-russian speaker this fact makes the game pretty hard to play because you dont get all the dialogues (meaning you cant do the right choices which is pretty much the main goal of the game) i hope this gets fixed soon so i can actually finish the game :/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is difficult to recommend. The visuals are great, sound and voice acting good, and the overall concept is unique and grim. However, the game has some fatal flaws that stop me from finishing or recommending it. First, the game prevents you from manually saving and forces you to wait till a 'scene' ends. It will *force* you, as in you are unable to leave the game, which can take up to 30 mins for a scene to come to an end. If you force an exit than all your progress is lost and you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really, really wanted to recommend this game even if only Chapter 1 is currently available. The setting is utterly unique (and severly depressing), the writing is gripping, the mood set thanks to sound, music and graphics is excellent (and again: very depressing) and the choices you have to make are hard and really matter in terms of what comes next driving the replayability through the roof. But the english version is a jumbled mess to put it lightly: - Savegames disappear until you start a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are not familiar with Russian language, do NOT buy the game. Not because of unworthy price, but ... All the story and 'choices' are in completely in Russian. No matter what default language is chosen. If you proceeded anyways, because of the unique game idea, sadly, you were wrong again. Poor tutorial, crashes, no guides or anything. Leaving this review as negative until further translation updates will reach the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I dont review many games and as much as i want to give this game a good rating i cant, within the first 30 minutes of this game, randomly the text would change to different languages from english. This is a big thing because its a full text game apart from cutscences and even then the subtitles are all over the place. I really want to like this game but half the time i dont know whats going on because the languages changes. If they can fix this bug then id say try this game out, it has a really…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🥉 3rd Place: Lilly the Executioner by Julien Lauret Just an awesome character design. When's her game coming out? Congratulations Julien 💪
neutral · AI labelView post →Start the game. Choose English as the language. Game says no! You must learn Russian to play the game, and understand the objectives. 9/10, would uninstall again. Now going to CS:GO, to see if someone can help me play this game, or rush B.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The well-written text-based game with intriguing story set in atmosperic grimdark world. The gameplay has elements of combat, resource and character management, but the most interesting part is what the game is about — your executioner job, where you have to interrogate prisoners and make tough choices about their fate, and yours. Some elements of the game are definetly brutal or even gore. And it has great art style and illustrations, that sets the mood.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3 hours into this game and am enjoying it! The story is engaging, and really makes you think about the consequences behind your decisions. The few bits of voice acting I've come across are decently done, and the gravity of the narration reminds me of Darkest Dungeon, which is a great thing to be reminded of. My qualms are few. I've seen more than a couple instances where some or all of the text is not in my default language (english). So there were a few bits of exposition that I missed out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting game concept. However, it is not ready for commercial release. Comments are based on less then two hours play before it was returned for refund. First, text needs to be edited in terms of story contintuity. Second, text needs to be edited by a native speaker, in my case English. In most cases the poor English could be decyphered, but in others I had no idea what was intended. Third, not all the text that was spoken made it to the screen, leaving broken fragments. An…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The content that is currently there is very good, the story and characters are great. However, the game isn't finished. It ends abrubtly after finishing the first chapter and I can't find any news if there is any more content coming anytime soon.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a terrible experience. I have beaten this game well over 25 times trying to get achievements. (Currently at 82% complete, more on that below) They might as well call this piss poor excuse of a game "The Head Lice" It has so many bugs it's almost unbelievable. But I assure you I'm not joking. You have to change the language settings every single game play to Russian, then to English, for it to display properly. Even then sometimes it will still display text in Russian. In 7 separate game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I couldn't get past the graphic descriptions of torture, the screams, and the need to engage in torture to progress. It was too disturbing. From the reviews I assumed this game would allow for more choice or some way to redeem the person, and perhaps it does later on... but the beginning was just too hard to continue. I felt gross and sad. Perhaps I'm just too empathetic for a game like this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far with the new update: I must say the game is very intriguing so far, the story has really kept me interested. It really paints a vivid story, and the music really fits in perfectly with the artwork to add even more flavor. The text is not bland in any way and feels like a very well written piece of literature. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves a good detailed story. Update: Finished the story and it has kept me interested and locked in all throughout, I'll absolutely be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please read this review if you are considering overlooking the "mixed" reviews. Don't. Do not. Lets say you're willing to put up with some poor translation, lets say you're willing to deal with entirely chance based conflicts that ultimately do not affect the story, lets say you're willing to tolerate under-developed mechanics... how about the fact this is "chapter 1"? OH yes. This is not a complete story, you're paying for an unfinished project. I thought I was just at the start and then the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- WataNare / There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... - Revolutionary Girl Utena - Yuki Yuna Is a Hero - Birdie Wing - New Game! - The Executioner and Her Way of Life - Adachi and Shimamura - Otherside Picnic - Flip Flappers - I'm in Love with the Villainess
neutral · AI labelView post →this game is in PRE-alpha state, and the released it as full.... . Bugs everywhere. Items from inventory not usable anywhere. Items from inventory only usable during torture in training mission. The fighting system is just unexplainable, i dont understand how it works, what prediction or higher escalation means or how it works. dialogues are not logical and not always follow the decision made during them: like while walking with dog my agression can scare the girl. Which girl? Just NO, till it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This could have been an interesting game. I actually looked forward to playing it for some time, and the first impression was good -- but then it sorta stumbled and never recovered. Game is plagued by bugs, from disappearing saves to being stuck on the map. Some of the options are unclear and not explained -- eg, I did not find a way to use half the powerups I've bought. And the worst of all, the promise of an expansive plot is cut short when you suddenly see the credits after a few in-game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very unpolished: - font size option seem not to work - at least some places with very small font are not affects - you get Russian mixed up with English in some spots... - English sometimes is a little broken - there is quotation and apostrophe mess - some plot holes (you made decision, but text later is like totally not acknowledging that) It also loads quite some time, for such simple game. There is no "save whenever you want". You are "forced" to play till next Day or to repeat…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Haven't had too much time to get into it - but so far, this game is good. Honestly good. Better than I anticipated it to be. It had me doubt my choice from choice number 1, which I did not expect at all until maybe choice 10. Art style is pretty funky and the music and overall tone are quite a gem. I don't play these kinds of games often, but I like it. It's a bit rough here and there in terms of polish, but still pretty good. Anyone that's interested in this genre of games or just wants to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The artwork and atmosphere of this game are amazing, if you like as grimdark as i do (and if you don't, you wouldn't pobably reading anything about this game). The music and the voiceacting are also of a high quality. I am not deep enough into it to judge about the gameplay mechanics and i probably wont be anytime soon (i have an eyecondition that makes it annoying to read dark types on white background), but it looks well thought out and i will give it short tries from time to time. I am…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In game I've got The Problem over his head but canonically, he'd be the Executioner Reaper 📸 by @kidicarusxiv.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →why is it partly in russian when i have in settings english. game is unplayable like this. realy sad tho. it looked intresting
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Executioner is what feels like an abandoned early access visual novel/job simulator that might as well have been a browser game. Presented with a series of still images, you'll very quickly encounter the first, somewhat game destroying bug... the text can't be read. While you may well choose "English" in the options, the game displays all the narrative text in Russian. I checked it twice to make sure I really did select "English" in the language options. Ouch. I'm one of those…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game with a very interesting story, that sets up a lot of roadblocks to get into said story. It feels very complex and fleshed out, but it's hindered by many, many translation related bugs. Hell, when you first open the game, to read the first page of your dairy in English you need to swap the language to Russian, and then swap it back. Otherwise that one section is in Russian and nothing else is. Other roadblocks include an INTENSELY dark structure. It's basically a game about…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GUI is ♥♥♥♥, game is just text and jpgs, but still slow to load? Interface sometimes shows wrong points of interest in the map after a load, also you could get the wrong descriptions of an area. You can save at certain points and only then are you allowed to access the menu or quit the game, even in the map! Keeps going back to russian everytime I go back to it. Finish your games before release, please...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →***Turns out it doesn't eat your saves. You just have to start an entirely new game and then load from within that new game to access your old games save files. As much as I hate to leave the game a negative review as it has some great descriptive language with a brutally gritty and somber atmosphere, in the end I can't leave a positive review of a game that has ***eaten my saves twice now, has had a habit of double posting text, has some pretty glaring English grammar/typo problems, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Weird bugs, unclear choises to make, bad english translation. Also very short. It has potential but currently not recommendable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DONT BUY THIS GAME! (beside you are russian) English language support my as$! This game has partically english text blocks, the most and the whole story is in fkin russian...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a scholar working on medieval society I am very pleased with the concept and moral conundrums that this game presents. It does need a better English translation. Already in the first few paragraphs there are obvious translation errors and odd word choices. Maybe it is a good idea to have a team of volunteers go through the English text? I would be happy to do a couple of dozen of pages.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a piece of ♥♥♥♥, there is barely a gameplay in it, text is boring and detailed in a wrong way, and of course there is this bug that didn't let me continue game after I left. No way I'm starting over. Stay away from this crap.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This a great game, that asks difficult questions. The main plot more or less fixed, but your actions are not. So there are a lot of nonlinearity in your positioning. Texts are very deep and full of details. For me the game resembles Planescape: Torment a lot - dark deep narrative with a lot of alignment choices. (Though Executioneer is not that big and existential). What it have: book-like text, plot, style, dark atmosphere, characters, hard choices for you to make, slow pace but with elements…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's a good game text-based game in here, but half the time the English localisation is unreadable, and sometimes it's literally just in Russian instead, which severely hinders most people's ability to enjoy the story. Once the localisation is fixed, along with some bugs, I'm sure this will be a worthwhile game. The setting is unique, the game's systems are interesting, and the grimdark vibe is very well delivered through some great art. The music is a bit on the generic side, although it is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Intresting game. It allows you to do what you want and suuports any kind of choice (good or bad alike). It's not about combat (you can loose one and still continue). I liked it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is unique game that has exciting torture mechanics combined with a great narrative. Must buy if you like narrative games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd love to give the Executioner VIP of the match, as it survived the whole game undamaged. I do, however, have to give it to the Scout Sergeant. I moved my Assault Intercessors into enemy deployment & got overwatched off. Sarge, 1 wound left, deployed from reserves, and scored Establish Locus 😁
neutral · AI labelView post →5/10 It´s more of a story than a game. The story itself isn´t bad but the game is very short and you will spend most of your time reading it like a book. There are lots of bugs, e.g. you have to set up russian language and then switch back to english again or you will end up with a weird mix of russian/english. There are also many bugs that cause crashes, which is bad because you cannot save and if it happens at the end of the day you will have to pass all the dice rolls of that day again. In…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is decent and many options offered in the game do have proof. The problem with the game is mainly basic function,saving seems to be broken and the game can't detect system language for some reason. Other than that,the RNG also seems to have too much influence toward the outcome of the action. It is very good game for those history buff but until they patched it,I will prefer to wait.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[NEW: EDITED] As by my mistake I didn't know having English and Russian at the same time is a bug, An is fixed by: [Simply go to Settings and change localisation to Russian and then back to English, Under options within the game] The main missions "Dairy" are in russian, everything else is in English just the missions are in russian so I haven't been able to proceed at all..? It's an interesting game I think dunno haven't been able to actually play it..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: - interesting story - many various storylines based on players decisions - an interesting idea to play for the executioner Contras: - Errors in the texts (in Russian less than in English) - Game craches (e.g., when deciding to let go the hunters brother, not hang him up) Anyway, the game is interesting, but raw. At this stage it should be available at an Early Access. Sorry, but at the current moment it isn't a release stage.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of right now I cannot recommend the game. While the concept is interesting the English is atrocious and the there are plenty of bugs which make the game very difficult. The game often doesn't finish loading so you end up having to back out of the game and restart the day to move forward. I was really looking forward to this but was disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is great. Player is put in the shoes of an executioner, where he has to make some very hard choices, which makes this little RPG gem very enjoyable. Game is a bit unpolished, but nothing game-breaking. Story of the game is deep, engaging and original. If you like text-based RPGs, this is a must have for your collection. Pros: - Stunning art - Amazing ambient sounds and soundtrack - Voice over is very good as well - Interesting and unusual story where player's choice of actions matters…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"To be continued" It's a little short, but it's a really good "Choices matter game". I'd like the price to be lowered to like $5 or so I think that would be worth it but one play through will get you almost 2 hours of game play, It is however very well done within that time frame.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As many other people are saying. This is a no. I want it to be a yes, I really really do. But ... I've encountered at least 17 or so screens with XML tags, and untranslated Russian in it. Or my favorite page, that literally just says "NO TRANSLATION." It's not early access. It's a full reason. I will be returning this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story isn't terrible, but feels disjointed. It sometimes feels like you wonder how you got to a certain point. The multiple issues with typos and random Russian certainly don't help with this and might very well be the cause of why a lot of things don't make much sense. I say wait until it gets patched. That's when Ill come back to the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would love to recommend this game for its atmosphere and concept, unfortunately the game is riddled with game breaking bugs, typos and even untranslated sections at progression points. Its a shame because the mechanics are interesting for a text based game such as the ability to tell the difference between lies and the truth through hovering over highlighted text, along with the RPG like skill specialisations being things I've yet to see in a text adventure. Even these ideas don't function…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sentry: The Executioner because that was his serial killer title in game. He would plan to do a series of in depth assassinations leaving artistic Tableaus behind each themed after why he killed the person. There is no logical reason this would lead to world domination. In fact he would probably
neutral · AI labelView post →After some struggles I can happily say my husband, friends and I were able to play Path of Exile 2 together. Despite the obvious issues I'm enjoying the game so far. The Executioner is brutal. 🥲
positive · AI labelView post →The Executioner is uniquely atmospheric and uniquely unfinished. The Executioner wears its mission on its sleeve: It’s a visual novel that seems grimly determined to immerse the player into the stark realities of the Dark Ages. These are not the Dark Ages from the King Arthur novels, oh no. These are the Dark Ages where even the king led a miserable life and everybody else basically drowns in misery, ♥♥♥♥ and disease. Lives are cheap, death comes quick and the poor semblance of justice that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dead game. Don't waste your money.
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