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Roadwarden

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

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Developer
Moral Anxiety Studio
Publisher
Assemble Entertainment
Release
September 12, 2022
3 years and 324 days ago
Steam Reviews
Very Positive5,100 reviews94.2%

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About the Game

YOU ARE THE ROADWARDEN

A brave stranger putting your life on the line to make a difference in this grim fantasy world. While most people would never risk a solitary journey through the wilder parts of the land, you willingly accept the struggle. You guard travellers, connect isolated villages, support merchants, and repel attacking creatures, bandits, or even undead.

TAKE THE PLUNGE

A powerful merchant guild has called on your services, sending you on a journey into the unknown planes of a mysterious peninsula in the hopes to expand the guild’s influence even further. Explore this world and gather as much information as possible to reveal the secrets surrounding the area. It’s a dangerous task, but an equally respectable one.

READY YOUR ARMORY

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games, and interactive fiction, such as inventory puzzles, dialogue choices, character abilities and progression, hit points, simple survival mechanics or quests restricted by in-game time.

FEATURES

Face the vast challenges of a hostile fantasy world in the 30-hour story-campaign

Create your own background, abilities, beliefs, and personality

Embark either as a warrior, mage, or scholar and define your character‘s attitudes

Immerse yourself in profound dialogues and sidequests with dozens of NPCs

Collect hints and investigate the true nature of this world

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