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Sunless Sea studio Failbetter's Mandrake is a rural life sim with a folklore twist

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Matt Wales Eurogamer
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Genres · rpg
Developer · Failbetter Games
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Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2009–2023
Latest · Mask of the Rose
Top genres · rpg, strategy, adventure
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