Adventure · September 12, 2022

Roadwarden (2022)

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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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Peer Adventure titles

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • RPG · 143
  • Text-Based · 122
  • Adventure · 105
  • Indie · 93
  • Pixel Graphics · 88
  • Interactive Fiction · 75
  • Story Rich · 69
  • Choose Your Own Adventure · 63
  • Fantasy · 50
  • Choices Matter · 48
  • Visual Novel · 45
  • Multiple Endings · 42
  • Dark Fantasy · 37
  • Atmospheric · 37
  • Mystery · 25

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.2k Steam reviewsTop 54% in Adventure
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 29%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 77 — top 25% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 52% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 4.2k reviews

4.0k positive · 211 negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

4.0k

Press Quotes

“Roadwarden Is More Witcher Than The Witcher” The Escapist “Roadwarden is, all told, one of the most absorbing, considered and rewarding fantasy games I’ve ever played.” Eurogamer “PC Game of the Year 2022” 90 – Edge Magazine

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

43

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 12, 2022
DeveloperMoral Anxiety Studio
PublisherAssemble Entertainment
Base price$2.74
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Roadwarden