Book Smugglers

Not long ago on February 16 the game Booksmugglers – Knygnešiai was released, and it tells the story of the press ban years. After the 1863 uprising the Tsarist authorities tried to wipe out Lithuanian culture for 40 years, from 1864 to 1904. They failed thanks to the brave book smugglers, whose work was illegal and dangerous. Fluxo Games turned that history into a game about freedom of speech and resistance. The Steam review key was provided by the developers. Sure, a big Lithuanian first person survival horror on this topic would be swell, sneaking from gendarmes and their dogs and later fighting back with muskets or the Lithuanian word itself. But we do not have that kind of budget. Booksmugglers is an adventure game. Main missions are carrying books from point A to B while events and choices shape your reputation. You can sneak through forests, avoid patrols, and use cover. If you buy a gun from a bandit you can fight gendarmes or defend against wild animals. There are random events too, maybe moonshiners help you or maybe they punch you, and you can lose books to weather or robbers. Side missions are visual novel style and let you learn about real figures like Jurgis Bieli…

Historical click adventure game where books are illegal, and you make choices to manage resources and progress in your effort to preserve literature.

Fairly fun and interesting game. Always a pleasure seeing more obscure pieces of history being explored and developed into games. Though, I am biased as I am lithuanian

Neat game about Lithuanian book smugglers. Mainly story focused, choose your own adventure type.

it was very historicaly accurate

Explore a part of Lithuanian history, where you need to make tough decisions. Ethics and morals vie with personal safety as you need to make the right choice to ensure your survival and the books you are smuggling. A fun little game with some simple mechanics where you can enjoy the storyline and narrative of the game.