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Swords of Freeport

Swords of Freeport is a text-mode social RPG heavily inspired by the style of Bulletin Board System door games from back in the '90s. It is part MUD and part BBS Game (without the need for a BBS). You can play…

1 August 2023

Swords of Freeport is an indie developed by Elissa Black, released 1 August 2023 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Swords of Freeport is

Swords of Freeport is an indie game developed by Elissa Black and released in 2023. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on C++.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Freeport is the biggest, most infamous city on the Trantic Seaboard. The only city-state free of monarchs and unelected officials, it has been infested with something arguably even worse - capitalists. The perfect place to make your fortune... or get your throat cut trying. Venture forth and pick pockets! Avoid the city constabulary! Join guilds! Explore the city! Hunt the mighty Bloatalope, the dangerous Flaymonkey, and the Sharp-Toothed Chargebeast! Sleep in flea-infested beds! Only in the democratic citystate of FREEPORT! (No taxation until 100 gold crowns per week.)
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Swords of Freeport launched on 1 August 2023, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch and Viewfinder.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch, Viewfinder.

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When did Swords of Freeport come out?
Swords of Freeport was released on 1 August 2023 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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