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Broke Signal Badlands: A World of Desert Adventure

90% positive of 10 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Forward Instinct.

About the game

A simple choice-driven roguelike RPG, set in the desert. You're a line man that's stolen the company truck, in search of enlightenment. Roll your dice, and get into trouble.

Tagged by players

  • Narrative
  • Tabletop
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Point & Click
  • Hand-drawn
  • Surreal
  • Choices Matter
  • Nonlinear
  • RPG
  • Atmospheric
  • Western
  • Mystery

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Disclaimer: I played a pre-release/demo version of the game on itch.io before buying the game here, so I was already familiar with the dice/stat systems going in. First, what this game is not. Broke Signal Badlands is not a shooter or a driving sim. If you go into it expecting either, you'll be disappointed. It's a roguelike point & click text RPG in the same vein as World Of Horror, but you move from POI to POI…

    2.1 h played when written. 16 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I don't play many text-based games, but when I do, it's like Broke Signal Badlands. Broke Signal Badlands (BSB) neatly balances its encounters perfectly on a tripod of the (desert) gothic, the creepy, and the strange. Cryptids? Maybe. You could find a body or two. Crazy weather or just you're just crazy? You'll find out! It's not a shooter. It's also not what I would call a driving game -- think of it more as a…

    1.1 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    tl:dr, mid story, mid gameplay, the shootout are meh, the story are sometimes okay, sometimes bland, if you like story games with some management, go for it. Not for me though. The game is just bland? The story seems interesting, but I just can't seem to immerse myself to it. The dice system are interesting but a bit RNG-heavy, sometimes in my run I just get blasted with 9+ rolls which I backed out of, or…

    33 min played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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