- Team insights & gameplay - Curious Odyssey Sale 2026 - 14 March 2026
Hello, adventurers!Revolution Software and ASH Games have gathered a bunch of amazing story and puzzle games into one big event! Check out Curious Odyssey for your next adventure!During the event enjoy a broadcast of The Tale of Bistun gameplay or enjoy the game itself with 70% off!Have a great adventure!Black Cube Games :)PS. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements.
- Team insights & gameplay - Curious Odyssey Sale 2026 - 13 March 2026
Hello, adventurers!Revolution Software and ASH Games have gathered a bunch of amazing story and puzzle games into one big event! Check out Curious Odyssey for your next adventure!During the event enjoy a broadcast of The Tale of Bistun gameplay or enjoy the game itself with 70% off!Have a great adventure!Black Cube Games :)PS. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements.
- Something New is Entering the Ring… 👀 - 17 September 2025
Hey everyone! While we continue to support and love this game, we’ve also been hard at work on something brand new… and a little strange.Our next project is called Realm of Fame, a wrestling roguelike full of over-the-top action, chaotic moves, and endless runs where no two fights are ever the same.We’ll be sharing more updates very soon, but for now, you can already check out the game’s Steam page and add it to your Wishlist to catch every announcement from day one.🛒 Wishlist Realm of Fame on SteamThanks for being part of our journey, your support means the world and helps us push forward with every new project. 💙
- The Tale of Bistun takes part in the Isometric RPG Sale 2025 - 11 August 2025
Hey there, TToB Community!We're happy to announce that The Tale of Bistun is taking part in the Isometric RPG Sale 2025 which begins on August 11th! The event is a fantastic opportunity to dive into some of the best top-down RPGs on Steam, and we're happy and excited to be a part of it.We're also bundled up with an amazing RPG from Fool's Theory - Seven: Enhanced EditionThe Isometric RPG Sale 2025 starts on August 11 and ends on August 18.Happy gaming!
- 35% off at the The Isometric Games Sale! - 5 December 2022
We are happy to announce that The Tale of Bistun will be part of the The Isometric Games Sale. Grab the game with 35% discount from December 5th to 12th.
- 25% off at the Gradient Convergence 2022! - 15 September 2022
We are happy to announce that The Tale of Bistun will be part of the Gradient Convergence Steam festival. Grab the game with 25% discount only on Steam from September 15th to 21st. Gradient Convergence is one of the events of the Game Devs of Color Expo. ⏰ Kick-off: September 15th, 12 pm EDT | 9 am PDT | 6 pm CEST. Join us for the 7th annual celebration of game developers of color - creators of color will share their thoughts and experiences during their process, struggles & triumphs in the game-making industry. 😌 This is a great chance to support people of color, and learn their insights to continuously push games forward as an art form at the same time. For more info on the festival please visit: https://www.gamedevsofcolorexpo.com/ Our award-winning game, SAMUDRA, is featured with LIMITED-time sale for a 60% discount only on Steam from September 15th to 21st. Grab it fast! 🙌🏻
- Update note for July 19th patch - 19 July 2022
- 3 glitched achievements have been fixed - Some save and load bugs fixed - Other minor bug fixes
- Release stream: watch the developer play and talk - 13 July 2022
On July 13th, we invite all of you on a special journey: A stone carver on a quest to rescue his beloved while he got amnesia. An adaptation of #persian poetry & #mythology. A #love letter from IMGN.PRO & Black Cube Games to you all.
- The Tale of Bistun — Releasing for Windows PC and Xbox Consoles on July 13 - 22 June 2022
We’re honored to announce that story-rich action-adventure game The Tale of Bistun releases for Windows PC and Xbox consoles on July 13, 2022. Inspired by the 12th century tragic romance poem “Khosrow and Shirin”, The Tale of Bistun offers audiences a deep cut into culturally-significant Persian literature and folklore, with exciting gameplay and beautiful lands to explore.
- The Tale of Bistun at The MIX’s 10th Anniversary Showcase - 22 March 2022
W're thrilled to announce that The Tale of Bistun is a part of The MIX’s 10th Anniversary Showcase. Watch a brand new trailer during MIX Online Showcase on TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 10:00 am Pacific | 6:00 pm CET. Come and chat with our community manager at the MIX Onsite Showcase in San Francisco on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm Pacific.
- The World of Bistun part 2: Fighting - 15 March 2022
Hi Guys, today we’d like to tell you more about fighting mechanics in our game. In previous entry we’ve shown you enemies which you’ll encounter, now it’s time to present you weapons and offensive skills that Farhad can use to fight them off. Our hero can: Sprint: Roll under obstacles: Roll during combat to evade: Walk over the ledges: Slide on some special surfaces: Farhad can use three types of weapons, all inspired by tools that stone carvers utilize to form their crafts. Lets take a look at it: Hatchets: Farhad’s signature weapon, dual-wield, medium attack speed and damage. Pickaxe: a gift from the temple of a goddess. Pickaxe has fast attack speed and does medium damage. Sledgehammer: the mighty sledgehammer is a mythical weapon that requires spectacular wood for its handle and should be forged from a dying memory. It has slow attack speed, but deals devastating damage. Each weapon…
- Devs talk & walkthrough - 28 February 2022
We're happy to be part of the Steam Next Fest and hope you enjoy the updated demo of our game! To celebrate the event, we're going live to show you the demo and talk about Bistun's beautiful world, music and story.
- Devs talk & walkthrough - 25 February 2022
We're happy to be part of the Steam Next Fest and hope you enjoy the updated demo of our game! To celebrate the event, we're going live to show you the demo and talk about Bistun's beautiful world, music and story on Thursday February 25, 7pm CET / 10am PST
- Devs talk & walkthrough - 24 February 2022
We're happy to be part of the Steam Next Fest and hope you enjoy the updated demo of our game! To celebrate the event, we're going live to show you the demo and talk about Bistun's beautiful world, music and story on Thursday February 25, 7pm CET / 10am PST
- New demo available now! - 22 February 2022
We are really happy to announce that especially for you guys, we have prepared a new demo version of The Tale of Bistun! You can try it right now! So please: download it, play it, make some gameplay videos and show it on our community hub during Steam Next Fest. For 3 best videos we will have keys for full version of our game when it will be ready. Best regards BCG Team
- Welcome The World of Bistun! - 1 February 2022
Welcome to The World of Bistun – a short presentation of main pillars of our game. It will focus on three main groups: art, story and music. Let's start with the art, and its first topic: enemies. Taking into consideration that The Tale of Bistun is an action-adventure game, you can expect to face many diverse opponents on your way. To make your task a bit easier, we have decided to introduce different kinds of enemies that you may fight. There are 6 types of enemies: Ghoulche, Parry, Deevche, Gariban Var, Velgard, and Guardian Deev Ghoulches mostly attack in numbers, they try to surround the player and then perform an attack. They are inspired by Jinns and are in a way equivalent of Goblins in the western culture. Deevches are tough melee enemies. They assault with their sticks and follow the character faster than other enemies. In Persian mythology and folklore, there are a lot of Dee…
- We launched a Discord channel! - 26 January 2022
Can't get enough of The Tale of Bistun? You want to know more about the game? We are ready to speak with all of you. Let's talk about inspirations, Persian culture, monsters or just chitchat about other games. Maybe you are interested in exclusive updates or Q&A with us? Join our discord now: TToB Discord and remember to add our game to your wishlist! Have a great day gamers! BCG Team
- Love letter to Persian culture in our new trailer! - 30 November 2021
Hello Guys! We would like to share a brand new gameplay trailer for The Tale of Bistun, a story-driven action-adventure game inspired by Persian culture in which players take control of the mysterious stone carver, with no memory of who he is, and traverse blighted lands to discover his identity and the source of a pleading, strangely familiar whisper. This new action-packed trailer shows some of the amazing, magical locations players will be visiting in the game. Besides the passages hidden on the mountain slope, or temple ruins full of dangerous creatures, you can also see The Revelations Realm, a mystical place that allows you to discover, piece by piece, the story of The Tale of Bistun hero, and at the same time be a part of epic events in which light will face the darkness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJUqusYgC9Q The game plot is based on one of the most popular Persian poems,…
- IMGN.PRO to publish The Tale of Bistun - 14 October 2021
Hi, IMGN.PRO is pleased to announce cooperation with Black Cube Games on The Tale of Bistun. On this occasion we have prepared a new trailer: IMGN.PRO will publish The Tale of Bistun on PC and potentially other platforms. Release date is planned for Q1 2022. Also last week we have attended Pixel Heaven event in Poland where The Tale of Bistun was nominated fot the Pixel Award Europe 2021 in the BEST STORY category. It was refreshing to finally attend a live event! Cheers! Black Cube Games & IMGN.PRO
