
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 is my GOTY. Excellent narrative, gameplay, art, and music come together to make an unforgettable experience. Esoteric Ebb wears its inspirations on its sleeve but it has a character all its own.
welppp, 23 of the last 48 hours were just spent playing this game. I couldn't put it down. There's just no shortage of things to do, choices to make, and secrets to find. I installed a mod that enable voice-acting for all dialogue and that felt like a good decision with how heavy the reading can get. But yeah, great story, interesting system of gameplay, and a beautiful art style. It's a fantastical mystery swimming in politics from start to finish, but in a fun way. 9/10 for me for the price. Would def recommend.
Yeah this was good - you'll enjoy if you like Disco Elysium and/or Dungeons & Dragons. Gets a bit lore-heavy at times but all in all good fun!
cringy reddit writing and unavoidable lectures about gender and men bad it was legit funny at moments, but the ideological preaching ruined this ( i gave it many chances )
Incredible game! Could not recommend more to those who enjoy terry pratchett's work, disco elysium, or just damn good narrative storytelling. My favorite game this year as of posting this review. Easily 11/10, if not more. I will remember this game forever, pretty much. The tears, the laughs, this is a delightful demonstration of why video games can be narratives and still be games. I was blown away repeatedly by the dramatic tension, the dry but rich humor, the gripping mystery, all pulled together in a neat bow with exceptional sound and visual design. My only regret is that I can never play this game for the first time ever again. A real treat.
The closest anyone has ever gotten to tabletop D&D magic in a video game. [spoiler]Freestrider are coming to your city. [/spoiler]
A truly charming game filled with clever writing and funny jokes, along with some genuinely interesting ideas and powerful moments. I enjoyed almost every part of this game and heartily recommend it if you like funny, reading-heavy games. The only area in which I think it can be improved is the combat encounters. Often, there is no real way to avoid all the damage coming your way and you have to either tank it or heal through it, which leads to situations where you pass every roll but still die because you got unlucky with the enemy's damage which can be frustrating. Despite this, Esoteric Ebb is my game of the year and I look forward to more.
Arguably the second best cRPG after Disco Elysium. This is not a bit. Play this game.
Приятное путешествие которое я буду помнить очень долго. Спасибо разработчикам за этот прекрасный проект.
Esoteric Ebb me pareció excelente. Los personajes, las decisiones, el mundo. Es raro, interesante y se siente coherente con sus propias reglas. Cada conversación puede abrir otra ruta, cambiar una situación o revelar algo que no habías visto antes. Mi única crítica es que el escenario se me hizo pequeño. No porque le falte contenido, sino porque el mundo y la historia son lo bastante buenos como para querer seguir explorando. Terminé el juego queriendo conocer más lugares, más personajes y más sobre todo lo que rodea a este universo. Para mí es un 10/10. No me dejó insatisfecho; me dejó con ganas de más. Espero que sus creadores hagan una expansión, una secuela o cualquier otro proyecto que mantenga este nivel de escritura y diseño narrativo.
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