Age of Grit Released

If you’re looking to take your role-playing adventures to the skies, then you might be interested in Age of Grit, a turn-based steampunk RPG in a Wild West-flavored world where you’ll be playing as an airship captain on a quest for revenge. You can purchase the game on Steam for $9.74 right now, which includes a hefty 35% launch week discount.

Here’s the official description:

Step into the dusty boots of Jebediah Rockwell–the grizzled captain of a beat-up, steam-powered airship. You and your ship’s crew will adventure across a vast, Wild West world in a story rich RPG!

Upgrade your airship with sharpshooting rifles, menacing Gatling guns, devastating cannons, and countless other steampunk gear. Build your fortune with each job you do and with each outlaw your blast out of the sky. Try yer hand at bounty hunting, dueling outlaws, smuggling contraband–’bout anything to pay the bills and keep yer ship in the sky!

• freely explore a unique cowboy/steampunk setting
• make yer way by trading, smuggling, bounty hunting, dueling, scavenging–whatever suits yer fancy
• earn loot galore–upgrade your rickety airship with hundreds of steampunk goodies
• lose yourself in deep story telling and epic world building
• battle the airships of bandits and other villainous scum in a tactical, turn-based strategy combat system
• visit dozens of detailed, lived-in towns
• engage countless intriguing characters with in-depth dialog
• relish in a 2D CRPG following the tradition of the great and venerated classics!

Exploration.

Explore a vast, original world known simply as The West. Travel to dozens of hand-crafted towns, discovering The West’s lore and uncovering its hidden secrets.

Story Rich.

You play as Captain Jebediah Rockwell. As the game’s story unfolds you’ll uncover his mysterious past and determine his destiny. Inspired by the story rich CRPGs of old, Age of Grit features deep, character-driven dialog. You’ll chin wag with countless unique and engaging characters. Conversate with the townsfolk to hear the latest gossip, fetch yerself a swell gig, or…if yer chat goes south things might end with a duel in the sky!

Combat System.

When trouble comes sniffin’ yer way you’ll settle things in the sky. Battle enemy airships using a deeply strategic, turn-based combat system. Allocate yer steam wisely or this fight might could be yer last!

Yer Ship.

Buy or scavenge loot to upgrade yer old, beat-up, steam-powered freighter. Upgrade your ship’s armor, engines, and sensors. Outfit yer ship with the finest weaponry The West has to offer–rifles, Gatling-guns, cannons, flamethrowers and more!