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The Climate Trail

The Climate Trail is a Free multi-platform game about climate refugees fleeing ever worsening conditions after inaction on climate has rendered much of the USA (and the world) uninhabitable. The game combines…

22 August 2019

The Climate Trail is an adventure developed by William Volk, released 22 August 2019 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Climate Trail is

The Climate Trail is an adventure game developed by William Volk and released in 2019. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Climate Trail is a Free multi-platform game about climate refugees fleeing ever worsening conditions after inaction on climate has rendered much of the USA (and the world) uninhabitable. The game combines the adventure and play of the journey north with visual novel elements where characters reveal how and why this climate apocalypse unfolded.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Climate Trail launched on 22 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, GreedFall, Gears 5 and Blasphemous.

Released around the same time: Control, GreedFall, Gears 5, Blasphemous.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did The Climate Trail come out?
The Climate Trail was released on 22 August 2019 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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