
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
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Esoteric Ebb is an isometric, Disco-like, TTRPG-turned-CRPG set in a bizarre post-Arcanepunk fantasy setting. You are The Cleric, an expert in esoteric events, and a glorified government goon. Inspired by classic CRPG games, Esoteric Ebb features deep and branching dialogs with a staggering amount of choices.
Create the world’s worst cleric. Take on the city through tense TTRPG dice rolls. Struggle to maintain control with your Stats chiming in at every moment. Let the voices guide you into insane encounters and hit that natural 20 right when you need it. Become the most interesting player at the table and completely ruin your DM’s day.
Five days until the first-ever election, a tea shop explodes in the heart of the city. They send you to deal with the mess.
You wake up in a morgue with half the river in your boots, surrounded by ten thousand rotting apples, several corpses, and one zombie. Out of your depth and with no official backup, you delve into your beloved city to investigate the impossible mystery no one wants you to solve. Juggle factions and play them against each other. Explore the streets and tunnels of a fantasy metropolis. Debate devils, drunk sphinxes, and all manner of fantastical fools in a world where mythological creatures sell newspapers at corner shops and ideologies overtake the ramblings of dead gods.

Don’t forget the most important question: What are you voting in the election?
MAKE CHOICES THAT WILL COME BACK TO BITE YOU. Shifting alliances! Risky dungeoneering! Complete open-ended quests, low and high-stakes alike, set in the streets, towers, and dark tunnels of Norvik. Become the city’s savior, its demise, or bumble your way into absolute power.
TRUST THE DICE. Let chance guide you! Roll to wrestle dwarves, steal anything in sight, or to keep yourself from looking like a complete fool. But remember, in true TTRPG fashion, failure can often be way more interesting.

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD. Debate yourself! Each Ability Stat has a conflicting viewpoint and loves to interrupt important conversations. No matter whose side you fall on, you'll complete quests in wonderfully ridiculous ways.

WIELD REALITY-SHAPING MAGIC. Use The Cleric’s power for unique narrative choices. Control minds for fun and profit. Detect secrets in the tunnels below or in the thoughts of your enemies. Speak with anyone, living or dead, just to see how they insult you.

TURN-BASED ENCOUNTERS. Clerics in Norvik are taught to use violence as a last resort. When the need does arise, a roll of the dice determines life or death. But you always have a bizarre solution to any problem, don’t you?

THE QUESTING TREE. Your quest log, skill tree, and mind map all at once. Each Quest Branch can take root in your mind and alter The Cleric’s playstyle through game-changing feats.

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Languages: English
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This game is absolutely fantastic: funny, entertaining, great story, challenging in the right way, never frustrating, and very addictive! A perfect blend between Disco Elysium and BG3.
This game is a masterpiece if you've ever ran D&D or even played enough to know the difference between a nothic and a roper. The humour generally had me laughing multiple times. And the ending. We had the same prayer haha. A beautiful game, i can't wait to see what he makes yet.
Tu connais le scénario. Tu te balades tranquillement sur Steam, tu regardes des jeux sans conviction, et puis tu tombes sur Esoteric Ebb. Le jeu te balance directement dans une enquête : un salon de thé a explosé, il faut résoudre le mystère, et toi tu es envoyé sur place. Pourquoi toi ? Aucune idée. Qui es-tu exactement ? Pas très clair non plus. Pourquoi tout le monde parle d'élections ? C'est quoi ces partis politiques ? Pourquoi j'ai l'impression d'être le seul à ne rien comprendre à ce monde ? Et surtout, pourquoi une de mes quêtes consiste à essayer de draguer quelqu'un alors que mon personnage possède à peu près le charisme social d'une chaise en plastique oubliée sous la pluie ? Esoteric Ebb, c'est l'énergie d'une campagne de D&D où le maître du jeu est à la fois brillant, chaotique et beaucoup trop confiant dans ses propres idées. Ça mélange politique, fantasy et humour avec un naturel déconcertant. Le jeu te laisse tenter absolument n'importe quoi, parfois contre ton propre intérêt, et c'est précisément là que naissent les meilleurs moments. Les personnages sont excellents, les dialogues sont hilarants, les situations partent régulièrement dans des directions improbables, et la liberté offerte est assez folle. On débarque dans un univers dont on ne comprend rien, puis, petit à petit, on découvre ses règles, ses enjeux et ses habitants. Et c'est probablement ce sentiment de découverte permanente qui rend l'aventure aussi mémorable. Et pourquoi ma plus grande défaite a été face à l'ennemi le plus redoutable de la fantasy : une petite marche et un 1 naturel ?
Really well done. Liked it a lot. Excited for what comes next.
I forgot to unload the ant </3 Never played Disco Elysium but if it was ANYTHING like this game I will instantly be putting it on my ever-growing 'to-play' list. I want more time with Snell and to continue our shennanigans and when our body said he'd miss this, I felt very sad because ME TOO!! Sure, I didn't read every single lore recorded but I did like pretending I did. Yes, I want a second game if it only meant embarrassing Snell for another chunk load of hours. Built my Cleric chock full of intelligence, wisdom and charisma and throughout the story he proved to be highly competent in each and somehow defficient as many times possible as well... Love this game with my whole heart.
I Haven't finished the game yet, but I know already that Esoteric EBB is one of my two potential GOTY selections. It has lots of depth in regard to worldbuilding, a bunch of funny moments (but make no mistake, this game is not a joke), a few emotional but impactful moments, and it feels great to play.
Incredible game. If you're on the fence, I recommend picking it up and trying it out. This is going on my list of all-time favorites.
Great story, it felt like there were a lot of ways to get through events. I enjoyed the fact that chatting with people may get you XP and knowledge, but also ate up time which was finite.
It's good, but too much read
Really cool art style. Esoteric Ebb has interesting storylines filled with unique and charming characters. I love the variety of character interactions/choices, mixed with dice mechanics and spellcasting abilities.
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