A rogue-lite of deception and stealth in a Machiavellian renaissance setting.

Take on multiple false identities. Fabricate shams. Pull scams. Misrepresent. Sneak. Steal. And make sure to pay off your debt to the local crime lord before your time is out.

What is the Web of Deceit?

In this rogue-lite you play as Nereza Blake, a con artist and burglar, in a procedurally generated renaissance city. You complete scams in order to make money to pay off your debt to the local crime lord Capa Boccini, before he comes for your hide. To achieve your goals, use social deception or stealthy burglary.

In social deception you can craft new false identities for yourself and dupe your mark by lying about the properties of items and citizens. NPCs communicate with each other and propagate their knowledge (as well as false information that they have been fed). Avoid getting caught with a lie before you are done with the mark.

Alternatively, sneak into your victim's house and take what you want. Fighting the guards is not an option for Nereza - you have to rely on careful hiding and nimble stealth.

Eventually each con will inevitably start to crumble and angry citizens will be out for your blood. Be ready to escape into a new identity before you are trapped in your web.

Main Features

Social deception
Crafting of Personas and other fabrications
Lie to influence NPCs
NPCs propagate information between each other
Top-down, third person stealth
Procedurally generated world
Permanent death

Nereza stealing the guard's customized crossbow right behind their back

Fabricating a new identity

Analytics & Privacy

We collect analytic data about the gameplay in order to further improve the game. The collection employs the Unity Analytics service. We don't collect any personally identifiable data. The data collected include device information and basic information about the players' interactions with the game such as starting a new game, completing the tutorial etc. For details about what is collected by Unity Analytics (device information in particular) see the Unity Technologies privacy policy: https://unity3d.com/legal/privacy-policy .

Web of Deceit screenshots