Tumbleweed Express is an adventure developed by The Dirigiballers, released 31 May 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Tumbleweed Express is
Tumbleweed Express is an adventure game developed by The Dirigiballers and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Trains with guns on them in the Wild West! Shoot, upgrade, customize, and mount up to defeat brutal outlaws and ruthless businessmen! Tumbleweed Express is a tower, or travel, defense game set in the American West. The year is 1885, the height of the Age of Steam in the United States of America. But something is not quite right in the land of destiny and the free market: Dirigibaus, a ruthless entrepreneur, has monopolized trade in the West with a fleet of airships! Dirigibles and zeppelins dot the skies as agents of an oppressive business regime. Someone still fights for the little people, though. The venerable Tumbleweed Express Steam Engine, long-thought to be obsolete and scrapped, is…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Tumbleweed Express launched on 31 May 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch and Doom.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Doom.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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