Is South Park: The Stick of Truth Worth It in 2026?

Overview

About South Park: The Stick of Truth

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a role-playing game set in the town of South Park, developed in collaboration with series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Players control a new kid who joins a city-wide live-action role-playing game among the local children, which escalates into a conflict with larger stakes. Combat uses a turn-based system with timed button inputs, and the game features exploration, side quests, and the humor of the animated series.

Story setup

A child known only as the New Kid has just moved to the small mountain town of South Park, Colorado. Venturing outside for the first time, the New Kid is immediately drawn into an elaborate live-action fantasy war between the neighborhood children, who have split into rival factions of humans and elves battling for control of a relic they call the Stick of Truth. Led by the scheming wizard king Cartman on one side and the elven king Kyle on the other, the conflict escalates well beyond a simple children's game as genuine dangers emerge and threaten the entire town.

Reference

At a glance

Released: March 3, 2014
Platforms: Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4
Genres: RPG, Strategy, Adventure, Action
Play modes: Single Player
Age rating: ESRB M
Time to beat: ~13 hours

Media

Screenshots

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for South Park: The Stick of Truth.

Rushed: 9hoursMain story only
Typical: 13hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist: 21hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 8 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

South Park: The Stick of Truth offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified South Park: The Stick of Truth. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBR 18+

High impact crude humour, sex scenes and references to sexual violence

CEROZ

CLASS_IND18

Violência (Violence)
Conteúdo Sexual (Sexual Content)
Drogas (Drugs)

ESRBM

Violence
Mature Humor
Strong Sexual Content
Blood and Gore
Strong Language
Nudity
Drug Reference

GRAC19+

Violence
Sexuality
Language
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug

Role-playing games developed on the basis of the anime 'South Park' * Direct suggestive expressions - Expressions of direct exposure of male and female bodies in the course of the story * Excessive expressions of violence - Excessive expression of blood and mutilation due to firearm attacks * Excessive vulgarity, profanity and profanity expressions - Excessive profanity, profanity, etc. Excessive presence of profanity such as Fxxx, Shxx, Dxxn, etc. * Direct drug expression - The presence of direct expressions of drinking and smoking Therefore, it is classified as 'not available to youth' in accordance with Article 21 of the Act on the Promotion of the Game Industry and Article 7 (4) of the Classification Regulations.

PEGI18

Violence
Sex
Bad Language

The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 18 years and over only. It contains: Extreme violence - Graphic sexual activity showing genitalia - Sexual violence - Strong language.

USK16

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