Today, publisher Midwest Games and developer Max Mraz of Moth Atlas have come together to provide some insight on what sort of weapons, skills, and charms players can look forward to in their 2D Eldritch horror souls-like action RPG, Tombwater. Fans can also wishlist Tombwater on Windows PC via Steam today.
Tombwater contains a compelling offensive inventory for players in its 2D Wild West town plagued by Eldritch monsters. Through its unsettling atmosphere, players will face fast-paced combat against Lovecraftian nightmares and a creeping madness spreading amongst the townspeople.
In-game progress will require exploration of Tombwater‘s extensive map as well as defeating horrifying bosses along the way. The game provides a variety of combat options, including melee attacks, firearms, spells, charms, and more. Let’s take a detailed look at what else, beyond the Gunslinger’s pistol and dash, will get you through the nightmare-fueled town of Tombwater.
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Between firearms and melee weapons, Gunslingers have over 50 tools to work with here and are encouraged to utilize diverse attacks.
Melees Include:
- Blood Rapier: Blade of an infamous alchemist who sought immortality. Restores a small amount of health on each hit. Weapon art: Employ a life-stealing slash, then quickly backstep.
- Cursed Pickaxe: Pickaxe weighed down with regrets of the dead and still alive alike. Weapon art: Call regretful visages in a swirl of smoke.
- Anchor: A ship’s anchor. Only the modified grip suggests this was previously used as a melee weapon. While slow, its sharp edges pierce deeply for its weight. Weapon art: Throw the anchor, then reel it back on its chain.
- Streetlamp: A gas streetlamp uprooted from Tombwater’s streets, largely unmodified. Successive swings can create a small burst of flame. Weapon art: Gather motes of flame to swirl around in a ring.
- Bullwhip: Leather bullwhip. Has a long reach but requires precision. Deals extra damage when striking with the tip.
Firearms Include:
- Oilsprayer: Oddly modified oil can that sprays its contents. Of dubious utility, but foes covered in oil would have difficulty navigating fire.
- Edison Cannon: An experimental contraption based on designs by the gunsmith Medvedik. It fires a bolt of lightning after a brief charge and can only be fired in a straight line, so take care to align your target.
- Gatling Gun: A Gatling gun that fires many bullets in a slightly uncontrollable spread. Once mounted on a stagecoach, it is now cumbersome but potentially devastating.
- Rattler: An experimental pistol that coats its bullets in rattlesnake venom. Each hit deals a significant amount of poison buildup.
- Infernal Shotgun: Fires shells packed with an alchemical mixture that reacts with blood in its target’s body, inflicting fire damage.
Roughly 40 spells in Tombwater offer a unique effect, from inflicting damage to setting traps. Use carefully, though, as almost all spells will inflict some amount of madness and possibly other detriments.
Spells Include:
- Ox Fist: Conjure a spectral ox to charge forward. Will stagger most foes.
- Moth Swarm: Summons a swarm of moths that circle around the player, dealing poison to enemies they collide with.
- Gravefingers: The fingers of a dead man erupt from the earth to claw foes. This folk hex is even more potent in Tombwater, where the dead sleep only lightly.
- Otherworldly Howl: Channels the inner, bestial urges to release an unworldly howl that pushes back any nearby enemies.
- Fate Bind: Binds nearby enemies to share the caster’s date. When hurt, damage received is channeled to bound foes.
Charms can also be found throughout Tombwater, offering passive effects when equipped at campfires.
Charms Include:
- Third Eye Blindfold: Prevents spellcasting if the spell would cause madness
- Spiderwound: Bleed spiders when wounded
- Gambler’s Charm: Deal increased damage, but also take increased damage
- Bulletbreaker: Allows one to deflect bullets with melee weapons
- Lucky Bullet: Increases damage when firing the final bullet in your bandolier
About Tombwater
Welcome to the Wild West town of Tombwater, plagued by Eldritch monsters and a guarantee of death ahead. Play as a lone gunslinger searching for a long-lost friend in this 2D souls-like action RPG. Developed by Moth Atlas from Max Mraz and Jake Wagner. Mraz is best known for previous titles Ocean’s Heart and Yarntown, a ‘demake’ of Bloodborne and direct predecessor to Tombwater. Available on Steam, Tombwater has a demo available and has just launched a dedicated Discord where players can receive future updates.
Go on now, partner, and play the Tombwater demo today. Stay tuned for more updates ahead of its 2025 release on Windows PC via Steam.
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