Balrum
Balrum is an old-school, hybrid turn-based, open world RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. Grow your own crops, build your…
Balrum is an adventure developed by Balcony Team, released 29 February 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Balrum is
Balrum is an adventure game developed by Balcony Team and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
It's twenty years after your village fled the kingdom and took refuge in Darkwood. You always knew that these woods hold dark secrets but now you start to feel it's evil on your own skin. Horrible things are happening. You discover fragments of the woods dark history and come to the conclusion that you have to leave your home. You know in your heart that once you step out of the protection of the place where you grown up, nothing will be the same. You have to face a world that's in chaos. A world without laws. Nevertheless you feel something else too. You feel freedom. A completely new world awaits you to explore it, but the feeling quickly turns into guilt. There are people in Darkwood who…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world, stealth and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Balrum launched on 29 February 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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