Revolution Diabolique

Revolution Diabolique is a 425,000-word, text-based interactive dark fantasy novel set in eighteenth-century France, with no graphics or sound effects. You play a demonologist whose study of forbidden magic draws them into the French Revolution. You decide whether to uphold the Republic, restore the monarchy, rule France yourself or risk losing your head.

Demons and politics

From your provincial estate, you summon demons that can confuse and distract your enemies, appear as terrifying monsters or guide you toward deeper secrets of the universe. As revolution spreads, monarchists, republicans, peasants, intellectuals and anarchists all seek to benefit from your power. You can send demons to aid or hinder the Revolution’s armies, march on Paris, lead a political faction or found a cult devoted to demons.

Rising to power comes at a cost: you may have to sacrifice your reputation, fortune, safety or life. You can change the course of history or target personal enemies, build a palace to rival Versailles, and bring demonology into France’s salons and universities. You can use demonic and military power to crush rebellious provinces or join their uprising against Paris. When the conflict ends, the question is whether you will rule France.

Choices and relationships

You can play as a male, female or nonbinary character, and choose to be gay, straight, bi, ace or poly. You can rise to lead a faction of monarchists, aristocrats, peasants or humanists, and pursue a romance with a Parisian professor, a decorated military veteran or a mystical philosopher. Your fate may be the guillotine, or you may use magic to transcend death.