Borstal
Survival roguelike novellas with meaningful choices and multiple endings! There are two scenarios currently: first one is set on a small island. It's 1926, you're 13 years old and it is raining. You're looking…
Borstal is an adventure, released 22 March 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Borstal is
Borstal was released in 2016. It was published by The Secret Pie. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Survival roguelike novellas with meaningful choices and multiple endings! There are two scenarios currently: first one is set on a small island. It's 1926, you're 13 years old and it is raining. You're looking for your lost father. The second scenario puts you in the role of a mountaineer trying to climb an eight-thousander.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Borstal launched on 22 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Hitman and Ratchet & Clank.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Hitman, Ratchet & Clank.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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