Papabile

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Rome, 1492. The Holy Father is dead. The conclave has been convened. Can you seize the Throne of St. Peter for yourself?

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Overview

Rome, 1492. The Holy Father is dead. The conclave has been convened. Can you seize the Throne of St. Peter for yourself?

Build your cardinal

Choose their nationality, age, faction and traits. Will the Papacy be won by the Reformists or the Conservatives? A young pope? An English pope? The popebilities are endless. 

Bribe and blackmail your way to the Papacy

30 procedurally generated cardinals all with their own agendas. Bribe them, flatter them, or blackmail them.

Five enter, one leaves

There are four other papabili. Each round of voting, one will be eliminated. Make sure it's not you!

Navigate through nine unique events

Random events fire between rounds of voting. Lavish banquets, rumors of bribery, offers of cooperation from rival factions. Choose wisely.

Immerse yourself in the conclave

Period-accurate Gregorian chants provide the perfect background for scheming in the Sistine Chapel. 

The feel

TenseHistorical

Genres

IndieSimulationFree to Play

Ways to play

  • Single-player

Weak PC? It still plays

Play Papabile on a weak PC

Papabile needs at least 2 GB of RAM. Cloud PC is a Windows computer with a strong GPU in the cloud. You control it from your laptop, phone or desktop.

1

Turn on Cloud PC

Log in to Thinkmay and start your machine. You get a Windows desktop of your own.

2

Install the game

Install Papabile from Steam as you would at home.

3

Play on any device

Play on a laptop, phone or desktop. Controllers and microphones work.

Try 3 hours for $1.12Experience plan, one purchase per account.What is Cloud PC?