
Lead the kings son on a journey along the river. You must fight enemies, improve your raft and gear, find allies and explore mysteries along the shores. All to find a cure to some strange sickness troubling the land - can you save the kingdom?
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An unknown sickness spreading throughout the realm, you set sail down the river to find a cure. When word about the existence of old and otherworldly stones reach your ear, collecting every last one of them becomes a great shimmer of hope.
Defend your party and survive against your adversaries who are prepared to ambush you at any moment to destroy all hopes of salvation. All sorts of creatures’ prey upon you in dark dungeons while wild animal or dreads hunt you in bright daylight. To face this many challenges the bravest soldiers your pouch has to offer stand by your side.
Improve your chance of survival by improving their abilities and gear, find powerful allies and explore mysteries along the shores. Gather important resources and trade with townsfolk.
Uncover the truth behind the legends surrounding the ‘Tales of the fallen Stars’. On the search for a cure, you maybe even find the course for the strange smell above the water. Utilize everything in your grasps and save your Kingdom.

Explore the vast winding river
Steer the raft along the river and its ever changing scenery. Watch your supplies and keep your guard while the weather and the cycle of day and night will affect your view. With each run of the game, the river will have a new course and lead you through different landscapes.

Fight enemies and protect the crown
Your raft will be attacked from the shores and on the water. Defend your vessel and its crew against archers, javelin throwers, spellcasters and many more threats. Choose the right tactics and decide if you want to charge enemies or quietly evade them by floating ahead while they‘re sleeping.

Acquire items and improve your equipment
Pick up flotsam, collect drops from defeated enemies or purchase items in settlements along the river. Merchants will have different selections, prices, trading choices and unique items.

Upgrade your vessel
Increase crew capacity and add siege engines to your raft.

Manage and hire new crew members
Manage your crew members and improve their strength. Stop your raft at settlements and mercenary camps. Hire crew members such as Archers, Mages, Spearman and more. Also discover new crew member classes on your journey.

Earn battle experience
By conquering forts, clearing dungeons and mines, sinking ships or fighting on land, you earn fight experience you can use to improve your crew abilities.
Stats
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
Das bis jetzt Gezeigte weiß zugefallen und dieses entspannte umhertuckern grandios ab und zu dann mal Wildtiere und anderes Gewürm kloppen nicht so stressig
Kurzweilig, macht Spaß, gut für zwischendurch mal kurz zu spielen.
有bug,恶性的,且从刚出就有了,一个月了,一直不修(上岸库存里点击物品会卡界面,无法通过esc或者q解决,只能按i返回,这不是什么很难修复的,但压根就没想过要修)。这种类似的卡界面导致键盘挨个按一遍都没法返回游戏的bug还有几个,关闭游戏重开解决。游戏是好游戏,更新频率也很快,但bug视而不见就很不舒服。
Jogo de rpg onde as skills e equipamentos devem ser elevados sempre para melhor e manter seus soldados vivos exige um micro gerenciamento, mas é bem divertido. Dica: pegue os loots ao máximo!
Rly funny game. sure it needs a lot of tweaking/polishing and bug-fixing, but the Gameplay loop is already adictiv and i enjoyed the game so far :). + the fixes comming nearly daylie.
unique, interesting little game, can easily get $20 of value out of it.
Bought to support the game. Quick play lets me know I will like this when its finished. Nice graphics, feels like a good gameplay loop. Look forward to watching it grow.
Super.
Per il momento sembra molto semplice e carino.
While it is in early access, Dreadful River is still a very fun game in its current state and has a lot of potential with future updates. The game looks great for the most part, with a nice art style and good visual effects. The fact that it includes both naval and land/dungeon based combat gives the gameplay an interesting duality where certain units are better on land but less effective on the water and vice versa. The development team is very active, constantly patching the game and adding new content, which is always nice to see, and it is easy to report bugs or give feedback from within the game. Overall, if you're willing to buy and play a game that is not yet finished but shows great promise, I would recommend Dreadful River.
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