Eastward

16. September 2021

Combined rating

User + critics

based on 42 ratings

Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Simulator Indie

PC (Microsoft Windows) Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac

Summary

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.

Storyline

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…

Developers

Pixpil Studio

Publishers

Chucklefish Games

IGDB user rating

89.1

39 ratings

Critic rating

81.0

3 ratings

Combined rating

85.0