GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In one of Esoteric Ebb's chambers lies a chest. Above it, a sign: "Not a mimic." Snell, your goblin companion, deduces the most obvious outcome: The ...

ESOTERIC EBB is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends ...

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Many video games have tried to grasp what makes TTRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons great, but that answer is different depending on who you ask. Some like the high-fantasy lore, others like to kill things ...

Developed by Christoffer Bodegård, Esoteric Ebb is an isometric, TTRPG-turned-CRPG, featuring deep, comedic and branching dialogue with a staggering amount of choice set in an Arcanepunk-fantasy ...

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Esoteric Ebb is an isometric, Disco-like, TTRPG-turned-CRPG set in a bizarre post-Arcanepunk fantasy setting. You are The Cleric, an expert in esoteric events, and a glorified government goon.

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I’ve been excited about Esoteric Ebb, Christoffer Bodegård’s isometric Baldur’s Gate 3–meets–Disco Elysium-style RPG, for a very, very long time now. It caught my eye sometime in 2023, and I’ve made a ...

In Esoteric Ebb, the player is the Cleric, one of many menial laborers of the city of Norvik. Tasked to solve the mystery of an exploded Tea Shop, players will roll dice against the voices in their ...