Holy Relic Shop Simulator

If you loved being left alone with the evidence in Return of the Obra Dinn, or felt the weight Papers, Please puts on every stamp, this game lives at that crossing: behind the counter of a medieval relic shop.

You are the relic appraiser of a pilgrim city. Examine each piece, find the lie, and decide what the truth is worth.

You turn it on the table and weigh what the bone says against the metal, the wood and the document that came with it. At some point, one layer stops fitting the rest. Nobody points at that moment. You find it.

By the time you press the seal you already know the truth. Your verdict is written down, and the world remembers it.

Sell honestly and earn less. Report the forger and make enemies who don't forget. Keep what you know to yourself and charge full price. The city doesn't judge you today: it bills you weeks later, when you can no longer tell which choice caught up with you.

No spreadsheets, no profit graphs. What a pilgrim sees walking through the door says who you are before you open your mouth.

The Inquisition isn't a monster. It's a man who asks polite questions and writes down the answers. Every decision leaves a trace, and traces pile up where you can't see them.

What you'll do

• Examine: cross-check bone, metal, wood and document until the contradiction shows itself.
  
• Judge: press the seal; your verdict goes on the record.
  
• Decide: sell the truth, sell the hope, report the forger, or keep the piece.
  
• Grow: reputation opens doors to pieces, customers and suppliers.
  
• Survive suspicion: someone is always taking notes.