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Esoteric Ebb
Esoteric Ebb is an isometric single-player RPG where you unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Explore a city on the brink of its first ever election. Steal anything not nailed down. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Details
- Released
- March 3, 2026
- Developer
- Christoffer Bodegård
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
- Publisher
- Raw Fury
- Platforms
- PC
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Esoteric Ebb Reviews
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Become a legendary cleric. Fearless, brilliant, omniscient, immortal. Roll the dice and face the consequences of your decisions.
There’s a part of me that wishes I had never played Disco Elysium. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a phenomenal game that’s groundbreaking in several ways: the character buildout and social choices, the dialogue and off-the-wall decisions, and the incredible replay value that comes from approaching different angles. It’s a shame the developers got completely screwed, but they’re thankfully working on Hopetown now, and it looks like it’ll be a smashing success.
Esoteric Ebb is a gorgeously illustrated, dialogue-drunk RPG that marries Disco Elysium’s inner-monologues with D&D's gameplay bones. Its bureaucratic labyrinths, strange citizens, and bickering ability scores keep every conversation swaying between revelation and the ridiculous. Solid writing and solid technical performance make the whole investigation run smoothly. It’s a game for anyone willing to take the bad rolls with the good—and enjoy the story that spills out when the dice decide you’re not the hero today.
This isometric, narrative-focused RPG, developed over 8 years, arrives as one of the year's biggest surprises.
Esoteric Ebb borrows liberally from Disco Elysium, and both because of and in spite of that, it’s one of the finest CRPGs ever made.
If you like RPGs, you owe it to yourself to play Esoteric Ebb.
In our Esoteric Ebb review, find out why this funny CRPG is a fantastic spiritual successor to Disco Elysium.
Weaving Pratchett, Gilliam and more, Esoteric Ebb is a comedic, policial D&D adventure about a waylaid Cleric, a crime, and the world's first election.
Christoffer Bodegård's Esoteric Ebb builds on the cRPG revival started by Disco Elysium et al. An entertaining setting, enjoyable writing and quest design, and superbly utilised tabletop gameplay aspects helps it stand out on its own.
Where Esoteric Ebb feels new and fresh is in its approach to the fantasy genre.
Esoteric Ebb is a mix between Disco Elysium and Dungeons & Dragons. Claudia dove into this story-driven CRPG to see if even games with little action...
I am known for my position that Disco Elysium is the best game ever, and I’m not sure if Esoteric Ebb is going to dethrone it, but it’s definitely going on the medal podium. This is Disco Elysium by way of Planescape: Torment, but with the humor of Discworld, a detective roleplaying game that’s less about killing monsters and leveling up and more about the joy of screwing around in a fantasy world.