# Runt of the Litter

Summer DB entity ID: 037dd845\-77d7\-4053\-96e4\-f913ce848d4d

Steam App ID: 594660

Steal and raise a baby war gryphon\! Will you fight dragons together to save the empire, or defy the empire and lead your people to freedom?   Runt of the Litter  is a 150,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Kelly Sandoval, where your choices control the story\. It's entirely text\-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination\.  The gryphon keepers hold all the power in the Empire of Vaengrea\. They make the laws, patrol the borders, and only give gryphon eggs to their chosen heirs\. As a poor stable hand, a "thrall," you know you'll never have a chance to prove yourself\.  But then, you find the egg\. Small, neglected, nudged out of the nest by a disapproving mother\. But you can feel warmth growing inside\.  Now your gryphon is in terrible danger, both from the other gryphon keepers and from a deadly plague that's wiping out the Empire's gryphons\. Can you keep your gryphon safe? Where will you hide your new hatchling? Are you skilled enough to hunt its food or clever enough to steal it? Which of the gryphon keepers can you trust? How will you shape the young gryphon's mind?  Wyrm riders invade from the north on their fire\-breathing dragons, the natural enemy of the gryphons\. Will you and your gryphon fight in the war, seizing your place among the elite? Or will you defy the empire and lead your fellow thralls to revolution?  Can you keep a runt gryphon safe with the whole world against you? The life of your gryphon, and the fate of an empire, is in your hands\.              Play as any gender and as gay, straight, or asexual    Choose from a variety of unusual gryphon breeds    Raise your gryphon with a gentle hand or demand obedience    Find romance among your fellow thralls or steal the heart of a gryphon keeper    Rise to the rank of gryphon keeper or lead your fellow thralls to freedom    Battle fire\-breathing wyrms to protect your empire    Find a cure for the devastating gryphon plague

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Choice of Games

- Publisher: Choice of Games

- Release date: Feb 23, 2017

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/594660/ss\_396f75fe938e769106c93c9a6c06c9f43b572194\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734113893, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/594660/ss\_1fda71f30cd3832e2dfc3006d47f28f9a7e9df2b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734113893, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/594660/ss\_09945d13a84d6650afd0ae7c0feb25f007a2f93b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734113893, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/594660/ss\_a9ee7713b6770b33f9845e93534bb320fb2ef657\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734113893, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/594660/ss\_0a94b5971a6e77122729cb8badf9e2c4baff5e04\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734113893

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 51

- Steam positive reviews: 41

- Steam negative reviews: 10

- Steam positive percentage: 80.3921568627451%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T19:18:49\.59986\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T19:18:51\.890031\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T19:18:51\.729948\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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