Roman Sands RE:Build

Roman Sands RE:Build is an adventure game from the studio behind Paratopic, which won an IGF Award. It follows two narratives that overlap and change as the game goes on, moving between a luxury tropical resort and a post-apocalyptic survival setting. The game has passed 100 reviews on Steam.

In the Resort story, the player washes up on the beach of an indulgent resort. The guests say the player is an employee who is neglecting their duties. The player ranks up and earns equipment to keep pace with a constant stream of guest demands, working against a clock. The sun is only days from consuming the world, though the guests show no concern. The player can also investigate the resort’s secrets and solve puzzles in an attempt to escape.

In the Facility story, the player is one of the last people alive and the caretaker of a decaying zoological research station. Their only company is a dead cow and a voice on the radio that seems familiar. A parasite is infesting the station, and the player must decide whether to exterminate it and preserve the station’s work, even if that costs them their own survival. The game combines elements of adventure, visual novel, puzzle solving, survival simulation and atmospheric horror, and it questions how the two settings relate to each other.