The Tenth Line

The Tenth Line is a role-playing adventure about the princess of Easania, a tiny nation, who is far from home and fleeing a mysterious cult. With her unusual but reliable companions, she travels through a world where humans, beasts and dragons struggle to coexist after the king of Skyweather is assassinated. As the prophesied end of the world approaches, she must rely on her wits, blade and royal upbringing to try to return to her family.

Explore the world

You guide three characters through distinct areas using 2D platforming mechanics. Each character moves, attacks and interacts with the world in a different way. In villages and other safe havens, you can take quests, play cards and talk with the locals; enemies roam the wilds and can be engaged or ambushed to begin battles.

Fight together

Combat is turn-based, with an active timing element. You choose commands for each character, then carry out their attacks through careful timing and targeting. Enemies retaliate on their turn, giving your party a chance to defend, and up to twelve enemies can attack at once. Defeating several foes at once leaves fewer attackers to retaliate and builds momentum, which lets you use more powerful skills in your next attack.

Develop your characters

Progression comes from finding and applying items, which have multiple uses and need to be distributed carefully. You can use them to train characters, improve their skills and defenses, or strengthen their specialties for a tactical advantage in combat. Characters also gain power levels by winning battles, completing quests and collecting power fragments in the world. Spend those levels on the Power Flow board, where a puzzle-like minigame lets you raise stats and unlock skills.

Modes and activities

The optional story-focused mode removes enemy encounters and simplifies story-based battles. You can also play Quad Pro Quo, an in-universe collectible card game, against characters and other inhabitants to win unique prizes and complete your collection. The game includes multiple hours of gameplay, post-game challenges and a New Game Plus mode.

Key features

• Explore with three separately controlled characters, each with unique movement mechanics and ways to interact with the world.
• Battle dozens of foes at a time in turn-based encounters with active timing.
• Hear major characters voice their battle lines, alongside background and sprite artwork and a varied soundtrack.