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Roadwarden

94% positive of 4,513 Steam reviews

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To finish
21 h
Released
2022
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, GOG, itch.io

Made by Moral Anxiety Studio. Published by Assemble Entertainment.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

  • Text-Based
  • RPG
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Story Rich
  • Choices Matter
  • Adventure
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Multiple Endings
  • Visual Novel
  • Fantasy

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This isn't really a review. I mostly want to talk directly to the writer/developer, and to anyone interested in writing, about something very specific in Roadwarden's writing. I genuinely think it's one of the main things holding the game back from being something of a masterpiece. I'm not saying "write better." I'm trying to explain precisely where the writing loses its grip and what I think would make it stronger…

    33 h played when written. 58 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Despite being only a text based game (with some cool pictures to help with inmersion) it hooked me up right away. Some of the missions make you go up and down all around, but there's always a reason that makes you want to see more about a quest will develop. There's many interesting characters and the world makes sense despite being only separated nodes. And the ends feels really rewarding (but also you can choose…

    18 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    When you read all the posts about how this has world building and deep lore. They aren't joking, and that's basically all you get. You find yourself wondering when this is supposed to be a game. You come to expect a bit of agency or leeway in the way a game will play when it is a text game. But this is basically a novel you click through with a few stats thrown in to allow it to be a game. There are many of other…

    3.8 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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