With near-perfect execution, Roadwarden is a must-play for any adventure fan.
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94%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (94% positive from 4.9K reviews)
Compelling narrative and story
Standout indie gem
Limited professional critic coverage
Roadwarden is a 2022 text-based role-playing and interactive fiction adventure video game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. Developed by Moral Anxiety Studio, the game is set on a peninsula with multiple independent human settlements and features typical role-playing video game themes such as monsters and travelling bandits. The game centers on the player character, the "roadwarden", who is tasked with establishing trade and helping to secure the remote, dangerous peninsula, as well as investigating the disappearance of the previous roadwarden. Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale, a game set in the same world, was released October 16, 2023.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 6d ago
Plays more like a good book than a game. It's so much fun, I can't stop thinking about it even when I'm not playing... how everything ties together, how I can help, etc. Highly recommend!
Awesome game, it has a rich engaging story with many branches you can discover over several playthroughs. I played it over long nights, overthinking how to reach a satifying conclusion and after quite some time i still go back to it in my mind sometimes. It feels equal to reading a very good book and living through it.
A masterpiece of the text-based adventure genre. A must play for anyone a fan of the genre or who like an immersive story, incredible writing and characters, and deceptively deep systems. It's a slow but very rewarding experience if you play it at its own pace and don't try to rush through it. Approach it more like a book than a game.
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