Game

Eastward

2021 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Adventure

85IGDB player score
44 ratings

Previously Take

Quietly sitting at an 85 average. The algorithm never did this one any favors. A proper RPG: big systems, bigger choices, and science fiction all the way down. Solo only, and better for it — this is a one-player experience through and through.

About this game

Eastward is a beautifully detailed and charming adventure RPG, from Shanghai-based indie developers, Pixpil and published by Chucklefish. Escape the tyrannical clutches of a subterranean society and join Eastward’s unlikely duo on an exciting adventure to the land above! Discover beautiful yet bizarre settlements and make new friends as you travel across the world by rail. Inspired by 90s Japanese animation, the visual style of Eastward has been brought to life using a combination of a modern, innovative 3D lighting system and a rich retro-pixel artwork.

In the near-future, society is starting to collapse, and the human population is at an all-time low. A deadly toxic presence has spread across the land, destroying and devouring everything in its path. Those who could escape the miasma flocked to underground villages to start a new life. But for a hardworking miner and a mysterious young girl, the hope of a thriving outside world beckons…