Roadwarden

Roadwarden

Moral Anxiety Studio · September 12, 2022 · RPG, Text-Based, Adventure, Indie, Pixel Graphics

Buy Roadwarden from YUPLAY at $0.51 — the cheapest of 16 stores we compare.

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Very Positive94% · 5,17683Metacritic55playing now
Best price 62 Great deal
$0.51-79%
$12.50lowest tracked $0.35
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Where to buy Roadwarden — official stores

GamersGate
GamersGate
Standard Edition · Steam
-77%
$2.48
$10.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
-75%
$2.74
$10.99
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GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
-75%
$2.75
$10.99
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GamesPlanet
GamesPlanet
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$9.88
$10.98
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GreenManGaming
Standard Edition · Steam
$10.99
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Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$10.99
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IndieGala Store
IndieGala Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$10.99
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Cheapest Roadwarden keys — keyshops

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YUPLAY
Standard Edition · Steam
-96%
$0.51
$12.50
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.64
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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.90
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.70
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Loaded
Standard Edition · Steam
-88% inflated
$1.29
$10.99
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CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.73
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Roadwarden price by region

Roadwarden costs £0.36 in the United Kingdom, €0.40 in Europe (EUR), $0.51 in the United States, zł2.21 in Poland, $2.48 in Georgia (USD), CA$2.99 in Canada, NZ$3.37 in New Zealand, A$3.49 in Australia and R$4.69 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Roadwarden offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.36 −81% £1.86 £0.36 14
Europe (EUR) €0.40 −84% €2.48 €0.40 16
United Statesyour region $0.51 −79% $2.48 $0.51 16
Poland zł2.21 −77% zł9.00 zł2.21 12
Georgia (USD) $2.48 −77% $2.48 — 10
Canada CA$2.99 −75% CA$2.99 — 10
New Zealand NZ$3.37 −78% NZ$3.37 — 10
Australia A$3.49 −77% A$3.49 — 10
Brazil R$4.69 −75% R$5.49 R$4.69 11

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Roadwarden

✦ AI summary

You're a lone roadwarden hired by a merchant guild to explore a mysterious peninsula, guard travelers, complete quests, and uncover the secrets of a hostile fantasy world in this 30-hour illustrated text-based RPG. It blends interactive fiction, visual novel storytelling, and tabletop RPG mechanics with isometric pixel art, letting you customize your character class and personality while navigating inventory puzzles, timed missions, and branching dialogue choices.


YOU ARE THE ROADWARDEN

A brave stranger putting your life on the line to make a difference in this grim fantasy world. While most people would never risk a solitary journey through the wilder parts of the land, you willingly accept the struggle. You guard travellers, connect isolated villages, support merchants, and repel attacking creatures, bandits, or even undead.

TAKE THE PLUNGE

A powerful merchant guild has called on your services, sending you on a journey into the unknown planes of a mysterious peninsula in the hopes to expand the guild’s influence even further. Explore this world and gather as much information as possible to reveal the secrets surrounding the area. It’s a dangerous task, but an equally respectable one.

READY YOUR ARMORY

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, such as inventory puzzles, dialogue choices, character abilities and progression, hit points, simple survival mechanics or quests restricted by in-game time.

FEATURES


Face the vast challenges of a hostile fantasy world in the 30-hour story-campaign
Create your own background, abilities, beliefs, and personality
Embark either as a warrior, mage, or scholar and define your character‘s attitudes
Immerse yourself in profound dialogues and sidequests with dozens of NPCs Collect hints and investigate the true nature of this world

Roadwarden — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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Roadwarden in the rankings

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 7, 2026
Such a 90's vibe game. Simple, atmospheric, and consequential. The point and click nature of this game coupled with the storytelling style harkens to my experience of playing Quest for Glory 4. The various choices of: dialogue, weapons, pathways, etc.... really matters as future endeavors callback to your decision(s); quite a rare gameplay style for modern day games (hint: $$$). Further, the simplicity of the pixeled graphics and concise use of texts (without overburdening the player with lore) really aids in the enjoyment of the game. Very replayable for the achievement and enjoyment of the different outcomes.
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Recommended Sep 8, 2026
I played through this last 2022, and I regret forgetting to leave this game a positive review. It has been four years since, and I've played loads of other games but I find myself still thinking about Roadwarden a lot. Definitely one of the more special game experiences I've had on par with my love for Disco Elysium and RDR2.
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Recommended Sep 8, 2026
Fantastic athmosphere and gameplay
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
Simple concept, amazing execution, extremely worth it.
Recommended Sep 7, 2026
This game is excellent. Great vibe and fun story. It reminds me of old point in click adventures in the way you can solve puzzles and discover new areas. Great fun for a few playthroughs. Not the type of game you play for hundreds of hours, but one you remember like a favorite book.
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
I really liked this game a lot, the detailed descriptions of the places you visit and people you meet went very well with the art design while still leaving a lot open to your imagination. The role playing felt (mostly) very coherent and you really get the opportunity to be as good or evil (/ selfish) as you want. The time pressure in regular game mode combined with playing blind on my first playthrough really forced me to play very carefully and keep notes of everything that was mentioned and seemed somewhat important, and immediately you can see how this pays off very often. By the end of my 40 days I had a feeling that I'd gotten barely anything done and yet I wasn't mad about it in the slightest, immediately starting a new playthrough. You get a lot of replayability this way! In the end my inner completionist made me do a playthrough without time limit and no longer blind because I wanted to get as many achievements as possible, which made for an extremely rich game where I got the feeling of being on top of the world, also giving me one hell of an awesome epilogue. I will say that once you've done this though the replayability goes down a little bit, as you will at some …

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