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Serpent in the Staglands

Updated to v19

Serpent in the Staglands is an isometric RPG set in a dark fantasy realm inspired by Slavic mythology. Players explore a forested world, interact with enigmatic factions, and make choices that influence political alliances and story outcomes. Combat is real-time with pause, allowing tactical positioning and skill use. Character progression relies on skill-based development rather than traditional classes, emphasizing player-driven builds. The game features hand-drawn visuals, ambient sound design, and a focus on environmental storytelling through exploration and dialogue.

Adventure Point & Click Role-playing
Serpent in the Staglands
Release Date:
Platform:
Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Developer:
Whalenought Studios
Publisher:
Whalenought Studios
About this game

Serpent in the Staglands Overview

A campaign within the world of Vol, a fully realized setting inspired by the late bronze age in a Transylvanian landscape, with unique politics, races and gods steeped in history. Featuring a chosen party of five, you role-play Necholai, a minor god of a celestial body who descends to the Staglands for a moonlit festival only to find the way home blocked and immortality slipping away. Seeking answers and aid, you take on a mortal body and the guise of a traveling Spicer. This isn’t a story of good and evil, saving the world or being a hero, it’s about intrigue and your adventure of survival in a harsh land.

While the game rolls the dice for you, you’ll traverse the Staglands on a path narrated by your own wits and choices. A tabletop inspired experience with adventure-game like navigation, Serpent in the Staglands offers no auto-populating map markers, checklist quest grinding and rigid story exposition.

Examine hand-drawn maps in your inventory for secret locations, diagrams of foreign languages, note encounters of interest in your in-game journal and figure out on your own how best to smuggle Spices. Roleplay, investigate, and pray to the RNG god when combat begins.

  • Party-based, real time with pause combat focused on macro tactical decisions and creative party skill combinations
  • Classless role-playing system: create builds via any combination of magic, combat and aptitude skills available to create or find up to 5 unique characters
  • Non-linear storyline to uncover and explore through dialogue, clue and puzzles
Can Your PC Run It?

System Requirements

Minimum:
  • System: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
  • Processor: 2.4 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB+
  • DirectX: DirectX 9.0
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Mouse and keyboard
Easy Install and Play

Instructions

  1. Click the download button. You can also select a previous version if available.
  2. You’ll be redirected to Vidgazoo. Wait 5 seconds, then directly click the button or copy the link.
    • Make sure you have a supported download client installed (it’s free here) before downloading.
  3. Once the download process reaches 100%, locate the downloaded files.
    • Get ready for installation and make sure you have enough disk space for the game.
  4. To Install DRM-free Serpent in the Staglands:
    • Run or double-click setup_serpent_in_the_staglands_********.exe to launch the installer.
    • Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
    • If a DLC folder is included, run any .exe files inside it as well.
  5. Once the installation is complete, launch the game and start playing.

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