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New Canon: The Mane-Tailed Wolf and the Unspeakable Truth of the Universe playtest
by Marzipan
A turn-based RPG with minigame-based combat. Tells a layered story that strikes a careful balance between its serious and silly moments through its wit and colorful presentation.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Jul 17, 2026
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Marzipan
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the New Canon: The Mane-Tailed Wolf and the Unspeakable Truth of the Universe playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the New Canon: The Mane-Tailed Wolf and the Unspeakable Truth of the Universe playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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About New Canon: The Mane-Tailed Wolf and the Unspeakable Truth of the Universe
Lose friends, break guitars, and \[don't] be a hero!
Follow the story of Lupine, a guitar-playing wolf with a particularly fluffy tail, on his quest to fix his broken guitar and find reunite with his missing best friend: The Chosen Hero. But not everyone who seems to be a friend is a friend and not everyone who seems to be an enemy is an enemy. Can Lupine restring both his guitar and the Hero's destiny? Or will fate have other plans in store?
- Unfold a nuanced story about finding your own place \[in/out]side of your family, finding yourself, and finding a way to fulfill a destiny that is is not your own.
- Explore an outwardly cute world where not everything is as it seems
- Experience a playfully thoughtful deconstruction of the JRPG genre
- Snappy minigame based combat
- Lively and expressive character animation
- Light platforming segments
- A punishing amount of puns
From the game's Steam page.
