“Fallen London is an anomaly today. It’s a free-to-play, text-based browser game… it’s an open-world RPG that subsists mostly on the written word to spin bizarre tales… and it’s an adventure game that encourages imagination in its players rather than illustrate every scene on screen, as players fill in the blanks of their tales with spirited recreations of their journey in their heads.”
“The bestest best words in all of gaming.”
“Superlative… every bit as vividly drawn as the worlds built by Rockstar in Red Dead Redemption, or Irrational in Bioshock, or Supergiant in Bastion.”
“This is hands-down one of the best browser games we’ve ever played.”
Welcome to a dark and hilarious Victorian-Gothic underworld, where every choice has a consequence, from the style of your hat to the price of your soul.
Creep, coerce, brawl and swindle your way through the gaslit streets of Fallen London. Go mudlarking off Ladybones Road, eavesdrop in the ragged old market of Spite or arm-wrestle in Watchmaker’s Hill – wheresoever you roam, you’ll take your chances and shape your fate.
Collect whispered secrets and trade magnificent jewels to further your cause, whilst picking your way through the rats and filth of the fallen city (or embracing the putrid glory of it all). Choose your allies and your path carefully though – you never know who you might run into down that dark alley, or what poor soul might run into you…
Explore the immersive and darkly delightful world of Fallen London in a free, browser-based, literary RPG which first launched in 2009.
As much for those who love to read as those who love to play, experience a unique narrative that evolves with every choice you make. Follow the stories that interest you, and discover the city’s deepest secrets at your own pace.
Cultivate a reputation as you see fit. Are you a scintillating wit, a hardened tough, or a dabbler in the arts? Choose a profession, become a person of some importance, or even a Paramount Presence: known to all in the city.
Die. A few times, if you like. It’s not the impediment it once was.
Choose your Ambition. Revenge? A daring monster-hunt? Riches? Or your heart’s desire?
These stories are the closest thing to a main storyline in the massive world of Fallen London. Wide-ranging and full of secrets, they were completed in 2020 after ten years of episodic development.
Take part in the Neath’s various free festivities, peppered throughout the year.
Trade gifts of affection or scorn during the Feast of the Rose. Tamper with the giant eggs which arrive from nowhere every Whitsun. Vote for London’s next mayor – whose tenure will influence what happens in the coming year – during the Election. Sample the maritime fayre of Mutton Island during the Fruits of the Zee. Don a mask and seek secrets at exclusive Hallowmas revels. And await the dread beast of winter every Christmas, in the lumpen, hulking shape of Mr Sacks.
The Fallen London community is uncommonly kind and helpful. Seek advice and new friends in our Discord or community forums, or in the subreddit.
Update (10th June 2021): Players can now build Marigold station and complete the Railway storyline. “Marigold Station sits in the very shadow of Hell. The white walls of that city loom on the horizon, like stormclouds before the first crash of thunder.” It is now possible to lay tracks towards Marigold Station – the final […]
An Evasive Aristocrat has returned to London in search of his old family. Having fatally misplaced his bodyguard, he’s in need of a new escort through London’s underworld. But how much of his past does he really remember? Why does he seek it in Red Honey? Will he remember who he is before he returns […]
Whitsun has ended – I hope you all had an eggcellent time hatching perfectly adorable friend-shaped creatures. We are closing in on the end of the Railway storyline, and with it, a story that has taken over a year to play out, from conception to completion. This is an opportune time to talk about its […]
