Lies of P

Lies of P is a single-player action-RPG in the Soulslike genre (hard combat games where dying is part of the learning process, pioneered by Dark Souls from From Software). It is set in Krat, a fictional city in the Belle Époque style (the Beautiful Era, the European turn of the 19th and 20th centuries), overrun by a revolt of puppets (Puppet: mechanical creations that went mad and attack people). The player is Pinocchio (P), a puppet with a human heart who awakens amid the chaos.

What it is like in the game: you find a letter from Geppetto and make your way to him through a city where every corridor is a trap and every boss is a distinctive test. The structure is a linear playthrough of 30-40 hours, with several endings depending on your choices.

Assembly System (weapon assembly system): the handle and blade of any weapon can be combined with each other, which gives several hundred variants with different movesets (sets of movements) and stats. This is the main gameplay difference from Elden Ring and Sekiro.

P-Organ is a skill upgrade tree (not a character level, but a separate upgrade system through slots). Wishstone are artifacts for Leone Arms (mechanical prosthetic arms with combat functions, similar to the prosthetic in Sekiro).

The "Lies" mechanic: during the game, characters ask "Are you human?" Your answers affect dialogues, NPC relationships, and the ending. There are three endings: "Puppet", "Human", "Eternal Life", and each is unlocked by different combinations of decisions.

Localization: official Russian text and subtitles are built into the game. Audio is the original English only. A fan-made full Russian dub by the "Piligrim Voice" team (a free mod, March 2025) is available separately for those who want Russian voice acting. Note: the release of the Overture DLC required a workaround for mod compatibility, so check the current instructions on Playground.ru.

DLC Lies of P: Overture (June 2025, $29.99) adds a new zone, bosses, weapons, and a Boss Rematch system. It is sold separately.

Dark Soulslike based on Pinocchio: the city of Krat, weapon assembly, moral choices. The first major Korean Souls-like. Russian subtitles.