Fit check
Is Tombwater worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Souls-like fans who want punishing top-down combat
- Action-RPG players who enjoy interconnected exploration and optional areas
- Players seeking a dark Western setting with firearms, spells, and Eldritch monsters
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want forgiving combat may hit a wall at its punishing Souls-like encounters.
- Players seeking a short, low-intensity campaign may find the interconnected world, optional areas, and more than 20 bosses demanding.
- Players looking for a realistic Western may not fit the game's Eldritch horrors, curses, and madness themes.
- Players who prefer purely ranged or purely melee combat may dislike managing weapons, spells, items, and charms together.
Our take on Tombwater
The bounce point arrives in combat: players who do not enjoy punishing Souls-like encounters will hit the wall at the boss battles and fights against Eldritch beasts. The broad arsenal does not change the game's emphasis on demanding action.
What is Tombwater?
Tombwater is a 2D top-down action RPG set in an accursed Wild West ghost town.
A lone gunslinger searches for a lost friend while investigating madness, a mining disaster, a missing sheriff, and an ancient curse. Combat uses firearms, blades, spells, apothecary items, and cursed charms, with more than 50 weapons, 40 spells, and 40 charms available. Materials found during exploration can be used to craft tonics and explosives. The interconnected world includes canyons, scrublands, forests, and mines, with optional areas, NPC quests, hidden rewards, and dangerous enemies. A map and quest log track progress, while more than 20 boss battles provide major encounters.
How Tombwater plays
- 01Interconnected Wild West
- Exploration covers canyons, scrublands, forests, mines, and optional areas containing quests, enemies, and rewards.
- 02Mixed Combat Arsenal
- The gunslinger can combine guns, melee weapons, magic, medicinal supplies, and cursed talismans in combat.
- 03Crafting Materials
- Materials gathered in the world can be turned into tonics, explosives, and other battle items.
- 04Boss Encounters
- The game includes more than 20 boss battles involving the town's Eldritch creatures.
- 05Progress Tracking
- A world map and quest record track exploration and objectives across Tombwater.
Tombwater compared to similar games
Tombwater combines top-down Souls-like combat, interconnected Wild West exploration, firearms, spells, crafting, and more than 20 bosses. Ghost of a Tale centers on stealth, disguises, conversations, and exploration in a medieval animal world, while Tombwater uses direct combat and a larger combat arsenal.
Tombwater: platforms & release
Is Tombwater worth it?
It is worth it if: souls-like fans who want punishing top-down combat. Skip it if: players who want forgiving combat may hit a wall at its punishing Souls-like encounters.
Where can I download Tombwater?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Tombwater's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Tombwater on?
Windows only.
