About Esoteric Ebb

Esoteric Ebb is an isometric CRPG that wears its tabletop roleplaying roots proudly, blending the branching-dialog density of Disco-like adventures with dice-driven mechanics inside a strange post-Arcanepunk fantasy world. You play The Cleric, a supposed authority on esoteric happenings who functions as little more than a jumped-up government enforcer. Deep, forking conversations offer an enormous range of choices, letting you craft the least competent cleric the setting has ever seen.

The story opens with a tea shop exploding in the city's heart, just five days before the first-ever election. You come to in a morgue with river water in your boots, surrounded by rotting apples, several corpses, and a lone zombie, sent to sort out a mess you're plainly not equipped for. With no official backing, you dig into the impossible mystery no one wants solved, playing rival factions against one another and prowling the streets and tunnels of a fantasy metropolis.

Combat and challenges alike hinge on tense TTRPG dice rolls, with your stats interjecting at every turn as you scramble to stay in control. Landing a natural 20 at the perfect moment can turn disaster into triumph. Along the way you'll debate devils, drunken sphinxes, and assorted eccentrics in a world where mythical creatures hawk newspapers on street corners, giving this indie RPG its distinctly offbeat character.