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Roadwarden

Moral Anxiety Studio · Assemble Entertainment · 2022-09-12

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Sep 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 12, 2022 (Linux), Sep 12, 2022 (Mac), Aug 25, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Roadwarden is an Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2022, priced at $10.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 5177 reviews).

29
playing now
94%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (240 downloads)
22h
to beat · rushed 21h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Roadwarden is a 2022 text-based role-playing and interactive fiction adventure video game for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. Developed by Moral Anxiety Studio, the game is set on a peninsula with multiple independent human settlements and features typical role-playing video game themes such as monsters and travelling bandits. The game centers on the player character, the "roadwarden", who is tasked with establishing trade and helping to secure the remote, dangerous peninsula, as well as investigating the disappearance of the previous roadwarden. Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale, a game set in the same world, was released October 16, 2023.

Trailer

Roadwarden trailer thumbnail

Roadwarden - Official Release Trailer

≈9,489 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 431 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 104k–234k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,189 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.74-75%
GOG$2.75-75%
GOG$2.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.32 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 107 of 151 observed days · $0.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37437420222026Week of 2022-09-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

63152026-09-15 15:00 — 26 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 30 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 29 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 45 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 42 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 26 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 33 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 35 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 47 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 57 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 34 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 37 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 33 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 28 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 26 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13727Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 137 · peak 412Nov 2022 — avg 57 · peak 165Jan 2023 — avg 115 · peak 389Mar 2023 — avg 78 · peak 277May 2023 — avg 73 · peak 263Jul 2023 — avg 86 · peak 189Sep 2023 — avg 73 · peak 275Nov 2023 — avg 58 · peak 116Jan 2024 — avg 49 · peak 156Mar 2024 — avg 51 · peak 130May 2024 — avg 42 · peak 108Jul 2024 — avg 47 · peak 96Sep 2024 — avg 46 · peak 134Nov 2024 — avg 29 · peak 70Jan 2025 — avg 39 · peak 102Mar 2025 — avg 39 · peak 85May 2025 — avg 27 · peak 70Jul 2025 — avg 38 · peak 93Sep 2025 — avg 39 · peak 101Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 72Jan 2026 — avg 50 · peak 92Mar 2026 — avg 34 · peak 75May 2026 — avg 30 · peak 75Jul 2026 — avg 31 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 67
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.99$1.772022-09-122026-10-152022-09-12 — best price $8.242022-11-16 — best price $10.992022-12-16 — best price $8.242023-02-08 — best price $7.912023-03-17 — best price $7.422023-05-01 — best price $6.382023-06-01 — best price $7.692023-07-30 — best price $6.052023-09-26 — best price $10.992023-11-17 — best price $7.362024-01-16 — best price $6.592024-03-15 — best price $4.952024-04-22 — best price $10.992024-06-13 — best price $3.292024-07-31 — best price $10.992024-08-23 — best price $10.992024-11-02 — best price $10.992024-12-17 — best price $3.962025-01-31 — best price $4.402025-03-20 — best price $10.992025-05-19 — best price $3.842025-07-10 — best price $10.992025-09-15 — best price $3.292025-11-05 — best price $10.992025-12-18 — best price $2.742026-02-19 — best price $10.992026-04-10 — best price $1.772026-05-22 — best price $10.992026-07-31 — best price $1.772026-08-18 — best price $2.742026-09-06 — best price $2.752026-09-21 — best price $2.742026-10-06 — best price $2.752026-10-15 — best price $2.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

50172026-05-29 — 31 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 17 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 31 pageviews2026-06-18 — 34 pageviews2026-06-22 — 27 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 44 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-08 — 31 pageviews2026-07-12 — 30 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-20 — 50 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 42 pageviews2026-08-01 — 32 pageviews2026-08-05 — 36 pageviews2026-08-09 — 26 pageviews2026-08-13 — 32 pageviews2026-08-17 — 27 pageviews2026-08-21 — 33 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 36 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 39 pageviews2026-09-10 — 28 pageviews2026-09-14 — 36 pageviews2026-09-18 — 41 pageviews2026-09-22 — 32 pageviews2026-09-26 — 37 pageviews2026-09-30 — 34 pageviews2026-10-04 — 28 pageviews2026-10-07 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
67.5%
earned "The New Adventure"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8383%43
Switch (Nintendo)200%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieFantasyMysteryAdventureStory RichText-BasedAtmosphericDark FantasyVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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