Dustborn

Dustborn is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure about hope, love, friendship, robots and the power of words. You play Pax, an exiled con artist known as an Anomal, hired to carry an important package from Pacifica to Nova Scotia across the Justice-controlled American Republic. The people Pax stole it from want it back, and Justice is pursuing her; reaching salvation means crossing the continent.

The road across America

You travel in a robot-driven tour bus through an alternate-history America, stopping at a dozen locations. Along the way, you explore and investigate, talk with locals, take on assignments, complete missions, recruit crew members and evade or fight your pursuers. The landscapes and locations are presented in a colorful, graphic-novel-inspired style that brings 2D illustrations into 3D.

Words as weapons

Words have literal power in Dustborn. You fight using Shouts and use your Vox in conversations to manipulate people or talk your way out of difficult situations. You can craft new Shouts and Vox, building a lingual arsenal to use against enemies and friends.

Your crew

Pax’s crew is a found family of misfits with peculiar powers, personal stories and clashing personalities. You manage relationships and rely on crew members to overcome challenges. Branching dialogue gives you choices that shape those relationships and change how crew members feel about themselves and one another.

At each location, you can rehearse with your band as well as explore, investigate, speak with people and craft new Shouts and Vox. The journey can also involve throwing Molotov cocktails from a motorbike or using a baseball bat to take down helicopters.