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Nefarious
- Release Date
2017-01-23 - License
Closed Source - External Links
Official Site, Steam, SteamDB, PCGamingWiki
- Platform
Native Linux
About this game:
Unleash a little anarchy! Tired of playing the hero? Experience the adventure from the other side of the coin with Nefarious! Play as the villain for a change and wreak chaos as you kidnap princesses from five different kingdoms who alter game play in unique ways. Stomp on heroes through several iconic battles recreated with you as the boss! Nefarious is a 2d-animated action platformer, where your objective on each stage is to kidnap a princess and then escape with them! Heroes will attempt to thwart you, and many things may not go quite as expected.
Unleash a little anarchy! Tired of playing the hero? Experience the adventure from the other side of the coin with Nefarious! Play as the villain for a change and wreak chaos as you kidnap princesses from five different kingdoms who alter game play in unique ways. Stomp on heroes through several iconic battles recreated with you as the boss! Nefarious is a 2d-animated action platformer, where your objective on each stage is to kidnap a princess and then escape with them! Heroes will attempt to thwart you, and many things may not go quite as expected.
Be the villain in Nefarious, an action platformer about kidnapping princesses
by Liam Dawe
4 May 2017 at 11:18 am UTC
by Liam Dawe
4 May 2017 at 11:18 am UTC
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