Roadwarden
Text-based fantasy RPG about investigating a dangerous, isolated peninsula
Moral Anxiety Studio · Published by Assemble Entertainment · Released Sep 12, 2022
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 5,193
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 36 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 17
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Sep 12, 2024
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 83/100 (critic reviews)
What is Roadwarden?
An illustrated, text-based fantasy RPG presented in isometric pixel art. Sent by a merchant guild to gather information about a remote peninsula, you travel between settlements, question residents, collect clues and items, and make choices in quests and encounters. Some quests are limited by in-game time.
For you if...
- +you enjoy defining your character through dialogue choices
- +you like investigating a fantasy setting through conversations and clues
Not for you if...
- −you want frequent action instead of reading and dialogue
- −you dislike tracking names and clues across long conversations
What players say
94% of 5,193 reviews are positive · 88% of 36 in the last 30 days
Players praise the worldbuilding, character-defining dialogue, and music. Some find the prose long-winded, the travel repetitive, and quest progress hard to track.
Screenshots and trailer
Roadwarden system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10/7/8/8.1/XP/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
- Processor
- 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia 260 GTS or Radeon HD 4850 - 512 MB of VRAM or equivalent
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10/7/8/8.1 (64bit)
- Processor
- 2.66GHz Intel Core i7
- Graphics
- Nvidia 460 GTX / Radeon 5770 - 1 GB of VRAM or equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 43
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- RPG
- Text-Based
- Adventure
- Indie
- Pixel Graphics
- Interactive Fiction
- Story Rich
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Choices Matter
- Fantasy
- Multiple Endings
- Visual Novel
- Atmospheric
- Dark Fantasy
- Singleplayer
- Mystery
Recent updates
- Sep 12, 2024 · The Final Update
- Sep 18, 2023 · Roadwarden Patch 1.1.31
- Sep 12, 2023 · Happy Anniversary Update!
- Mar 30, 2023 · New Roadwarden Hotfix & demo update are available now!
- Mar 7, 2023 · New Roadwarden Hotfix is available now!
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