Application Systems, publisher of The Longing, Lamplight City, Unforeseen Incidents, LUNA The Shadow Dust and other great adventure games is proud to present Rosewater.
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A thrilling Wild West adventure set in the world of Lamplight City! Harley Leger and her ragtag posse embark on a harrowing journey across Western Vespuccia, facing bandits, rebels, ruthless oil barons, and many more obstacles on their quest for adventure and riches.
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Rosewater reviews are under embargo until 10:00am Eastern Time on March 27, 2025 - please don't post your review until then! (That's 03:00pm GMT / 16:00 CET.)
If you would like to share hands-on impressions or video before the embargo lifts, please aim to end preview coverage after approximately 60 minutes of gameplay.
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It's been several years since Harley Leger left New Bretagne and headed west, hoping to leave her rough and tumble past behind and make her way as a freelance writer. When she arrives in the sleepy border town of Rosewater, a seemingly trivial assignment for the local paper leads to a hunt for a missing man's fortune—and the story of the century.
Harley and her ragtag posse embark on a harrowing journey across Western Vespuccia, facing bandits, rebels, ruthless oil barons, and many more obstacles on their quest for fame and riches.
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This ain't your grandpappy's Western!
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Hit the road on an epic trip lasting 15 to 20 hours per playthrough, depending on your play style. Your choices really matter, as the bonds you form with your posse will change the course of the story. Your path is your own, with whole new scenes to discover on a second run through.
Rosewater is for anyone who enjoys a good yarn, whether a seasoned adventurer or an adventure game greenhorn. The interface and puzzles are intuitive and beginner friendly. With multiple solutions to many predicaments, there's more than one way to rope a steer. When trouble comes calling, how will you handle yourself?
Rosewater features a truly legendary voice cast including Roger Clark from Red Dead Redemption 2, Dave Fennoy and Cissy Jones from The Walking Dead, and many more.
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Francisco Gonzalez has been making adventure games using Adventure Game Studio since 2001. After concluding his eight-part series of freeware adventures about paranormal investigator Ben Jordan in 2012, he moved from his native Miami to Brooklyn and transitioned to making games professionally as Grundislav Games. His first commercial title, A Golden Wake, a historical drama about land development in 1920s Florida, launched in 2014, followed by post-apocalyptic plague thriller Shardlight in 2016. In 2018, he released the detective mystery Lamplight City, published by Application Systems Heidelberg.
Raised on classic adventures from the likes of Sierra, LucasArts, and Revolution, Francisco is a champion of the modern indie adventure game scene and believes that the genre is the perfect medium for telling all kinds of stories.
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Rosewater is part of the World of Vespuccia, the steampunk-inflected, alternate-history 19th-century setting first introduced in Grundislav Games' previous outing, Lamplight City.
In the Commonwealth of Vespuccia, where independence from the Crown was never declared, transcontinental airships ply the skies, and a mysterious, dangerous new form of energy called aethericity inspires hope and dread in equal measure, the Wild West is wilder than ever.
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- A thrilling treasure hunt with 5 travel companions and plenty of dramatic twists and turns. Your interactions and relationships affect the story.
- Inventory is back, but logical, streamlined, and easy to use—no banging things together to see what sticks. Many situations have multiple solutions based on play style.
- Randomized encounter storylets on your journey, with different situations and outcomes that depend on your previous choices and available resources.
- Fully rotoscoped animations, including cinematic closeups.
- High resolution 1280x720 graphics (yes, that's 720p!)
- Full music score by Lamplight City composer Mark Benis, featuring live instruments.
- Meet over 60 characters, voiced by a star-studded cast including Cissy Jones (Firewatch, Call of the Sea), Dave Fennoy (The Walking Dead), Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2) and many more!
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- "Best Alt. History Western Detective Adventure 2024" - The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards
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To Help You Play Rosewater
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- A complete walkthrough is available upon request.
- Highlight hotspots by holding down the middle mouse button or the H key. Inventory is accessed by right-clicking or pressing I. We recommend consulting the diary to remember what you've learned so far.
- If you get stuck and need a hint, let us know - we'll be happy to give you a nudge in the right direction!
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The game is complete and fully playable. We're implementing Linux achievements on Steam right now and for all platforms on gog.com. PC and Mac achievements on Steam are already in place. There are still some missing SFX and diary illustrations. The game has been thoroughly tested, but please feel free to report any bugs.
German localisation is 84% complete, with about 27,000 words left to translate out of the total word count of 170,000. (For perspective, that's 5x the text in The Longing!)
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- Release: • Rosewater will release March 27 2025 for PC, Mac, Linux for a price of $19.99 • Euro 19.99 • £16.99.
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- Voice Over: English
- Text: English or German.
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