When Rivers Were Trails
When Rivers Were Trails is a point-and-click adventure game about the impact of colonization on Indigenous communities in the 1890s.
When Rivers Were Trails is an adventure developed by Indian Land Tenure Foundation, released 20 February 2019 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What When Rivers Were Trails is
When Rivers Were Trails is an adventure game developed by Indian Land Tenure Foundation and released in 2019. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An Anishinaabeg in the 1890s is displaced from their traditional territory in Minnesota and heads west to California due to the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities, facing Indian Agents, meeting people from different nations, and hunting, fishing, and canoeing along the way as they balance their wellbeing.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
When Rivers Were Trails launched on 20 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem and Apex Legends.
Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem, Apex Legends.
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