{"id":679338,"date":"2025-08-23T22:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T22:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/thymesia-review-scores-pc-ps5-xbox-series-x-s"},"modified":"2025-08-23T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T22:49:21","slug":"thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"Thymesia reviews round-up – all the scores"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

OverBorder Studio’s first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia<\/strong> is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few hints of Sekiro thrown in for good measure. <\/p>\n

The indie game arrives this Thursday, August 18, but is it worth playing? Well, that’s what we hope this story will answer. As we like to do, we’ve rounded up all of the review scores from games media to help you make a decision.<\/p>\n

Thymesia is a challenging game of deflects, dodges and a Plague mechanic that wants you to keep up the pressure. Attacking enemies in Thymesia only wounds them, befitting the plague doctor theme. To truly kill an enemy, you must capitalise on the advantage, turning temporary wounds into permanent damage.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OverBorder Studio’s first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few hints of Sekiro thrown in for good measure. The indie game arrives this Thursday, August 18, but is it worth playing? Well, that’s what we hope this story will answer. As we like to do, we’ve rounded up all of the review scores from games media to help you make a decision. Thymesia is a challenging game of deflects, dodges and a Plague mechanic that wants you to keep up the pressure. Attacking enemies in Thymesia only wounds them, befitting the plague doctor theme. To truly kill an enemy, you must capitalise on the advantage, turning temporary wounds…<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":679339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[259,79,75,21,3451,59,45,465,34,1362,3452,4616],"class_list":["post-679338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-action-adventure","tag-fantasy","tag-indie","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-overborder-studio","tag-pc","tag-ps5","tag-reviews","tag-rpg","tag-team17","tag-thymesia","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"\nThymesia reviews round-up - all the scores | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OverBorder Studio's first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thymesia reviews round-up - all the scores | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OverBorder Studio's first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-23T22:49:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Thymesia reviews round-up – all the scores\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-23T22:49:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Action-Adventure\",\"fantasy\",\"indie\",\"Nintendo Switch\",\"overborder-studio\",\"PC\",\"PS5\",\"reviews\",\"RPG\",\"Team17\",\"thymesia\",\"Xbox Series X\\\/S\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thymesia reviews round-up - all the scores | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-23T22:49:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"OverBorder Studio's first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Thymesia reviews round-up \u2013 all the scores\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thymesia reviews round-up – all the scores\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thymesia reviews round-up - all the scores | Arcader News","description":"OverBorder Studio's first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thymesia reviews round-up - all the scores | Arcader News","og_description":"OverBorder Studio's first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-08-23T22:49:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Thymesia reviews round-up – all the scores","datePublished":"2025-08-23T22:49:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/"},"wordCount":140,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg","keywords":["Action-Adventure","fantasy","indie","Nintendo Switch","overborder-studio","PC","PS5","reviews","RPG","Team17","thymesia","Xbox Series X\/S"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/","name":"Thymesia reviews round-up - all the scores | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-23T22:49:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"OverBorder Studio's first project is one that may be biting off more than it can chew. Thymesia is a Souls-like inspired mainly by Bloodborne, with a few","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Thymesia reviews round-up \u2013 all the scores"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thymesia-reviews-round-up-all-the-scores\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thymesia reviews round-up – all the scores"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297987,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679338\/revisions\/1297987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}