Christoffer Bodegård's Esoteric Ebb isometric CRPG launches on Steam March 3 2026

Esoteric Ebb, a single-player isometric CRPG from developer Christoffer Bodegård and publisher Raw Fury, launched on PC via Steam on March 3, 2026, bringing its Disco-inspired TTRPG-turned-CRPG systems to players who tried the demo during Steam Next Fest. The Steam demo allowed progress to carry over to the full release, and RPG Site’s Mikhail Madnani reported on March 4, 2026 that the demo is no longer available following launch.

The game drops players into the city of Norvik as The Cleric, a nameless investigator described in Raw Fury materials as “one of many menial laborers of the city of Norvik.” The Cleric’s case begins with “the mystery of an exploded Tea Shop,” and Noisy Pixel and Gematsu both emphasize the political tension: the story is set five days before a historic election and the city is described as being on the brink of its first-ever election. Gematsu paints the opening vividly: “You wake up in a morgue with half the river in your boots, surrounded by ten thousand rotting apples, several corpses, and one zombie.”

Gameplay centers on tabletop-inspired dice mechanics and narrative branching. Raw Fury says players will “roll dice against the voices in their head,” and Noisy Pixel details that TTRPG-style dice rolls determine the outcome of conversations, investigations, and combat. Each of The Cleric’s ability stats has “its own personality and perspective,” frequently interrupting conversations and influencing decisions in conflicting ways. Progression uses a Questing Tree that Noisy Pixel describes as a hybrid quest log, skill tree, and mind map where quest branches “take root in The Cleric’s mind and unlock feats that alter playstyle and narrative direction.”

Combat is presented as a last resort and resolved through turn-based dice encounters when necessary, while magic and investigation systems let players “manipulate minds and converse with the living and the dead,” according to Noisy Pixel. Outlets repeat Raw Fury’s positioning of player agency: players can “strive to become a hero of legends. Or completely ruin the campaign.”

Raw Fury announced the March 3 launch in a Stockholm press release dated Feb. 25, 2026 during IGN Fan Fest 2026 and provided promotional assets including a release date announcement trailer, a launch trailer, and a press kit. RPG Site confirms a Critical Hit Edition went live on Steam with the base game, soundtrack, wallpapers, character sheets, and additional extras. Raw Fury identifies itself as an indie (un)publisher with “over 50 games published,” naming Kingdom series, Blue Prince, Cassette Beasts, Norco, and Sable, and says it has been “consistently recognised as a top 10 publisher in Metacritic’s annual rankings.”

Esoteric Ebb is available now on PC via Steam; Raw Fury’s materials invite players to follow the game and developer on X and to join the official Discord for ongoing updates.