Lead the kings son on a journey along the river. You must fight enemies, improve your raft and gear, find allies and explore mysteries along the shores. All to find a cure to some strange sickness troubling the land - can you save the kingdom?
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About
An unknown sickness spreading throughout the realm, you set sail down the river to find a cure. When word about the existence of old and otherworldly stones reach your ear, collecting every last one of them becomes a great shimmer of hope.
Defend your party and survive against your adversaries who are prepared to ambush you at any moment to destroy all hopes of salvation. All sorts of creatures’ prey upon you in dark dungeons while wild animal or dreads hunt you in bright daylight. To face this many challenges the bravest soldiers your pouch has to offer stand by your side.
Improve your chance of survival by improving their abilities and gear, find powerful allies and explore mysteries along the shores. Gather important resources and trade with townsfolk.
Uncover the truth behind the legends surrounding the ‘Tales of the fallen Stars’. On the search for a cure, you maybe even find the course for the strange smell above the water. Utilize everything in your grasps and save your Kingdom.
Explore the vast winding river
Steer the raft along the river and its ever changing scenery. Watch your supplies and keep your guard while the weather and the cycle of day and night will affect your view. With each run of the game, the river will have a new course and lead you through different landscapes.
Fight enemies and protect the crown
Your raft will be attacked from the shores and on the water. Defend your vessel and its crew against archers, javelin throwers, spellcasters and many more threats. Choose the right tactics and decide if you want to charge enemies or quietly evade them by floating ahead while they‘re sleeping.
Acquire items and improve your equipment
Pick up flotsam, collect drops from defeated enemies or purchase items in settlements along the river. Merchants will have different selections, prices, trading choices and unique items.
Upgrade your vessel
Increase crew capacity and add siege engines to your raft.
Manage and hire new crew members
Manage your crew members and improve their strength. Stop your raft at settlements and mercenary camps. Hire crew members such as Archers, Mages, Spearman and more. Also discover new crew member classes on your journey.
Earn battle experience
By conquering forts, clearing dungeons and mines, sinking ships or fighting on land, you earn fight experience you can use to improve your crew abilities.
Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; GOG, Epic publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $9.99 | 58reviews | 72% | — | $20.5K |
| $7.49−25% | 4ratings | 80% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
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Reviews
The game becomes tedious and boring after a few hours (I didn't complete the story). The gameplay (boring after a few hours: we keep meeting the same enemies, we don't have better equipment anymore...), the story is a joke (so far it seems to be just an excuse to travel along the river). There is no leveling up for soldiers or individual skill trees, they only improve with equipment, which is a strange choice when there are not enough different equipment and equipment slots). The exploration is boring, after a few hours everything is the same (biomes visited: meadows and swamps, which are visually different, but otherwise almost the same). I have only come across two types of dungeons so far with little variability. The problem is that the game doesn't seem to have a single strong point. Honestly, I think the idea of adventure on the river is good, but it needs better execution. It would help a lot if crew gradually improved to some extent (each member individually), greater variability of equipment and enemies, improved story, added monsters and challenges. It would help immensely, if I could feel that there was always something new waiting further down the river, a bigger challenge, a bigger adventure, at least until the end of the story (better level design).
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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Hours played at review time, across 42 reviews with recorded playtime.
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I really like this game. The river is beautifully rendered, the combat works well, and the music is great - very Souleful if you get me. Sadly, the shenanigans over the save games has knocked me out of the game and lost me 8 hours of play. I can't locate the apps data folder. I reported a problem over the King being a hopeless swimmer, and it was corrected the following day. Perfect now. The killer bug that means you can't close obstructing windows persists, however. Also, without crafting or quests, the exploring and fighting, good as they are, becomes a tad repetitive. I reckon I'll come back in a month or two for a second attempt. Quality gear this here - just early days. The music definitely evokes wandering the first Cyrodil back in the day. {Its da oboes} UPDATE NOV 2023 : I have now had my save wiped 5 times by updates. The achievement update returned me to the start - with raft upgrade and all stats preserved. This more recent one finds me back at the start with nothing. Clean slate. Wunderbar ! Enough ! I'll restart one more time when Early Access is done. Bye for now . . .
Interesting concept, easy game play you can lose a lot of hours too. However, it seems the devs have left the game. A lot of little bugs and then there isn't a whole lot to do once you get into the river system and the few upgrades. Currently, the achievement system doesn't work correctly and no updates since launch, so I have to say this game is not recommended. Hopefully an update comes through at some point. Probably an AI game.
Bought to support the game. Quick play lets me know I will like this when its finished. Nice graphics, feels like a good gameplay loop. Look forward to watching it grow.
Per il momento sembra molto semplice e carino.
This review maybe premature. The game is good but not captivating. Striking and movement with your personal character/avatar is awkward. Sailing, exploring, and controlling your party work just fine. I enjoy the concept. It has a niche... much like the Last Train Home in reverse. I will come back to it. ---Personal Rating Scale--- ☐ 1 - Not worth trying for free ☐ 2 - Only try it for free ☐ 3 - I shouldn't have paid for this ☐ 4 - Can't get to 10 hours ☑ 5 - Can't get to 50 hours ☐ 6 - Won't make 100 hours ☐ 7 - 100+ hours well played ☐ 8 - 300+ hours of fun ☐ 9 - 500+ hours and in my dreams ☐ 10 - 1000+ hour addiction
unique, interesting little game, can easily get $20 of value out of it.
Jogo de rpg onde as skills e equipamentos devem ser elevados sempre para melhor e manter seus soldados vivos exige um micro gerenciamento, mas é bem divertido. Dica: pegue os loots ao máximo!
While it is in early access, Dreadful River is still a very fun game in its current state and has a lot of potential with future updates. The game looks great for the most part, with a nice art style and good visual effects. The fact that it includes both naval and land/dungeon based combat gives the gameplay an interesting duality where certain units are better on land but less effective on the water and vice versa. The development team is very active, constantly patching the game and adding new content, which is always nice to see, and it is easy to report bugs or give feedback from within the game. Overall, if you're willing to buy and play a game that is not yet finished but shows great promise, I would recommend Dreadful River.
有bug，恶性的，且从刚出就有了，一个月了，一直不修（上岸库存里点击物品会卡界面，无法通过esc或者q解决，只能按i返回，这不是什么很难修复的，但压根就没想过要修）。这种类似的卡界面导致键盘挨个按一遍都没法返回游戏的bug还有几个，关闭游戏重开解决。游戏是好游戏，更新频率也很快，但bug视而不见就很不舒服。
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