Eschalon: Book I on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically...

Eschalon: Book I is a rpg, indie and isometric game developed and published by Basilisk Games.
Released on February 10th 2009 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 372 reviews of which 322 were positive and 50 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Eschalon: Book I into these genres:

RPG Indie Isometric Turn-Based Fantasy 2D Singleplayer Old School CRPG Free to Play Exploration Turn-Based Combat Open World

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 2000, XP, Vista
  • Processor: 1.8ghz or better
  • Memory: 512MB
  • Graphics: 3D Accelerated (DirectX 7.0 or OpenGL compliant)
  • DirectX®: 7.0 or greater
  • Hard Drive: 200MB
  • Sound: Yes
MacOS
  • OS: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later
  • Processor: 1.6GHz
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 3D accelerated graphics card
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Processor: 1.6GHz
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 3D accelerated graphics card

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
This is a game that will leave a strong impression Ugly and clunky - yes, but very atmospheric, it is worth to play all 3 books at least once, if you are into such games
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Aug. 2024
From my child hood time playing this, to the music, and multiple dynamic ways to play this in not strict way. I love coming back to play this first one over and over to remember it again after a while, glad it had such along development over all and had so much detail put in too. Honestly wish the final book 3 ending was more open to different scenarios, but was still a fun game till the end anyways
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Frequently Asked Questions

Eschalon: Book I is free to play on Steam.

Eschalon: Book I is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Eschalon: Book I received 322 positive votes out of a total of 372 achieving a rating of 8.04.
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Eschalon: Book I was developed and published by Basilisk Games.

Eschalon: Book I is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Eschalon: Book I is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Eschalon: Book I is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Eschalon: Book I is a single-player game.

Eschalon: Book I does not currently offer any DLC.

Eschalon: Book I does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Eschalon: Book I does not support Steam Remote Play.

Eschalon: Book I does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Eschalon: Book I.

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Eschalon: Book I
Free to play
8.0
322
50
Game modes
Online players
4
Developer
Basilisk Games
Publisher
Basilisk Games
Release 10 Feb 2009
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