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A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Rosewater is a adventure, point & click and western game
developed by Grundislav Games
and published by Application Systems Heidelberg.
Released on March 27th 2025 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 2 languages: English and German.
It has received 349 reviews of which 318 were positive and 31 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 18.96€ on G2A.
The Steam community has classified Rosewater into these genres:
Adventure
Point & Click
Western
Mystery
Choices Matter
Alternate History
Story Rich
Dark Humor
Female Protagonist
Pixel Graphics
Indie
2D
Third Person
Atmospheric
Singleplayer
Retro
Cinematic
Colorful
RPG
Interactive Fiction
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Rosewater:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | |||
| German |
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Pentium or higher 1.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1280x720 32-bit color
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.11+
- Processor: 1.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1280x720 32-bit color
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu compatible
- Processor: Pentium or higher 1.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1280x720 32-bit color
- Storage: 5 GB available space
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Rosewater is a richly written point-and-click adventure that successfully blends the traditions of classic adventure games with the atmosphere of a Western road story. Set in the alternate 19th-century world previously established in Lamplight City, it follows freelance writer Harley Leger after she heads west in search of a new beginning. Her arrival in the seemingly uneventful border town of Rosewater initially leads to an ordinary newspaper assignment, but the situation quickly expands into a hunt for a missing man's fortune. What follows is a journey across Western Vespuccia filled with criminals, rebels, unusual thinkers, opportunists, and plenty of people whose intentions are not immediately obvious. Developed by Grundislav Games and published by Application Systems Heidelberg, the game makes storytelling and character interaction its greatest priorities. Harley is particularly effective as a protagonist because she approaches the frontier from the perspective of a writer rather than the stereotypical Western gunslinger. Her personality gives conversations considerable importance, and the adventure gradually becomes as much about the people traveling alongside her as the treasure they are pursuing. Five companions can become part of the journey, with relationships responding to choices made throughout the story. These decisions can affect the direction of later events, giving conversations more purpose than simply providing exposition or clues. The traveling structure also helps distinguish Rosewater from more conventional point-and-click adventures. Harley and her companions move through different areas of the frontier instead of remaining within a single city. Randomized story encounters can occur during the expedition, with circumstances and outcomes influenced by earlier decisions and available resources. This adds an element of uncertainty to the journey and encourages players to consider how their actions might create consequences later. With more than 60 characters appearing throughout the adventure, the world maintains a strong sense of personality and variety. Puzzle design takes a refreshingly practical approach. Traditional inventory mechanics remain important, but the game avoids relying heavily on bizarre combinations that only make sense after exhausting every possible interaction. Items generally have understandable purposes, while certain situations support multiple solutions depending on how the player chooses to proceed. The result is a puzzle system that complements the narrative instead of repeatedly bringing its momentum to a halt. Veteran adventure players seeking extremely cryptic challenges may consider some solutions relatively straightforward, but the increased logic makes progression more satisfying and accessible. Presentation is another major strength. The detailed pixel artwork creates an immediately recognizable visual identity, while fully rotoscoped animations give characters unusually natural movement for this type of retro-inspired adventure. Cinematic close-ups are used during important moments, allowing action and emotional reactions to receive more emphasis. Although the game presents its graphics at 1280x720, this works comfortably with its carefully constructed pixel-art direction. Locations effectively communicate the dusty, unpredictable atmosphere of an alternate-history frontier without attempting to imitate photorealistic modern Western games. Sound contributes significantly to the experience. Mark Benis provides the musical score, including live instrumentation that complements the frontier setting and quieter dramatic scenes. Full English voice acting is particularly valuable because dialogue occupies such a large part of the adventure. A substantial professional cast gives the many characters distinct personalities, with performers including Maya Murphy, Cissy Jones, Dave Fennoy, and Roger Clark. The quality of the performances makes extended conversations more enjoyable and strengthens both dramatic and humorous scenes. Rosewater also succeeds in balancing different tones. There is mystery and danger surrounding the fortune, but the narrative leaves room for humor, friendship, personal conflict, and quieter conversations. Violence exists, including shootings and physical confrontations, yet combat is not the central mechanic. The experience remains primarily focused on dialogue, exploration, choices, inventory puzzles, and narrative consequences. Players expecting a conventional action-oriented Western should therefore adjust their expectations. This is an adventure about people and decisions rather than gunfights and reflex-based challenges. Replayability is strengthened by alternative solutions, relationship changes, player choices, and variable travel encounters. The central narrative naturally remains recognizable between playthroughs, so this should not be mistaken for an endlessly branching role-playing game. Still, there is enough flexibility to make alternative decisions worthwhile, especially for players interested in seeing how Harley's relationships and certain situations can develop differently. Steam Deck compatibility is officially rated Playable rather than Verified. The game runs successfully on SteamOS and its default graphics settings perform well on the handheld. All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration, making the core adventure comfortably playable. The main compromises are that some prompts can display mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam Deck controller icons, certain text may appear small, and occasional text entry requires manually bringing up the on-screen keyboard. These inconveniences prevent the experience from being completely seamless, but they are relatively minor for a slower-paced point-and-click adventure. Overall, Rosewater is an impressive example of how traditional point-and-click design can be modernized without abandoning the qualities that made the genre appealing. Logical puzzles, meaningful choices, changing companion relationships, randomized encounters, excellent voice work, expressive animation, and a distinctive alternate-history Western setting combine into an adventure with considerable personality. Its deliberate pacing and dialogue-heavy structure will naturally appeal more to story-focused players than those seeking constant action, but within its chosen genre it delivers a thoughtful and memorable journey. The treasure hunt provides the motivation, yet Harley's companions, encounters, decisions, and evolving relationships ultimately become the more rewarding parts of the experience. Rating: 9/10
9/10. An excellent second venture into the land of Vespuccia. The narrative arc comes together beautifully and there is a juicy amount of companion dialogue that develops over time. The graphics are crisp, and the backgrounds are beautiful. I personally don't always love the rotoscoped animation but I don't find it degrades the game in a significant way. I could see how the pacing might be seen as slow or sluggish, but I actually found it to match what I would expect of a story that takes place while traveling across the rugged mid-west . It wasn't clear which incidences or dialog choices would be consequential, for gameplay and/or NPC friendliness, and I was surprisingly okay with that: I found that in Lamplight City I would waffle over decisions for too long because it was clear that x choice would lead to y outcome--I'll admit that I usually would say that I'd prefer to know, so I can make the "right" choice, but not knowing allowed me to play more immersed. I will also admit that I got a liiiittle tired of dialogue around the 3/4 mark and would click through conversations rather than engage with the whole thing, especially when progressing meant I needed to talk to EVERYONE in the area multiple times, and that was a drag . All in all, a very good game with wonderful stories, characters, voicing, art, environment, etc. It's evident Francisco Gonzalez et al are very passionate about creating their games, and I appreciate that.
Base Game - 8/10 Rosewater is a high-quality point & click adventure game with an interesting plot, voiced dialogs, and carefully drawn world and characters. I would say the game is more like a road movie (but a game) with a little bit of science fiction. Based on trailer featuring the non-stop action scenes with dramatic music on top, I was expecting a western full of wild west adventures. Nevertheless, I liked the game as it encourages kindness and depicts a story in which characters are ready to help people they meet. Achievements - 8/10 Be prepared for multiple playthroughs with a lot of saving into different slots. Luckily game provides unlimited number of save slots and allows giving a custom name for each of them. Some achievements require maintaining lower or higher relationships with your companions. Relationships are maintained by interacting with companions and making choices. This affects the plot and consequently the achievements you earn. Probably one of the hardest achievements is the Magnificent Six achievement that requires maintaining the high relationship status with every companion throughout the game. But I made things easier for you and released a guide for this achievement ;) One more thing to note is that there is a target skill-based achievement in which you need to win a shooting contest with your first try. At first, I started to play the game on the Steam Deck, but then I had to switch to mouse as it was nearly impossible to target with a controller. But frankly speaking, for me it was hard to complete it even with a mouse :D
This is a fantastic game in the style of the old Sierra and LucasArts point-and-click adventure games (such as King's Quest, Conquests of the Longbow, Monkey Island, etc). The artwork, animation, and music are superb. The game's story is interesting and engaging. The puzzles are interesting, and have logical solutions, and often have mutliple solutions (sometimes hilarious solutions). The game gives you plenty to explore without ever feeling tedious. It is a real joy to play, and I can't recommend it highly enough!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rosewater is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
No, Rosewater is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Yes, Rosewater received 318 positive votes out of a total of 349 achieving a rating of 8.41.
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Rosewater was developed by Grundislav Games and published by Application Systems Heidelberg.
Yes, Rosewater is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Rosewater is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Rosewater is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Rosewater is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Rosewater is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Rosewater does not support VR.
Rosewater is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Rosewater. Explore additional content available for Rosewater on Steam.
No, Rosewater does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Rosewater does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Rosewater is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Grundislav Games
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Application Systems Heidelberg
Release
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