The WhatsNext verdict
Eon Altar is a genuinely unusual couch RPG and a superb choice for friends who want a tabletop-style night of secrets, negotiation, and coordinated tactics. It is much less compelling as a solo game or if mandatory phone controls sound like a burden.
What it does best
A couch RPG built around everyone having a secret screen
Cooperation feels like a real tabletop party
Turn-based battles reward coordinated battlefield thinking
What might put you off
The smartphone controller is mandatory
The episodic campaign feels short and unfinished
The setup
What you are walking into
A groundbreaking local co-op RPG for 1-4 players. An ancient, malevolent force stirs within the depths of the Eon Altar, and it’s up to YOU to stop it! Eon Altar combines nail-biting action and turn-based tactical combat with an epic story of friendship, destiny and betrayal. In Eon Altar, each player uses their smartphone as a private screen to see their motivations, thoughts and innermost secrets. Your mobile device also offers you lines of dialogues to read out loud—hopefully in your own eccentric performance you've developed for your character. Your actions. Your game. Your way. You play your character the way you want it. Succeed together, or die alone. With one Steam purchase, up to four players can access the game with our FREE Controller App, available for iOS and Android. Each player can use the Controller App to level up their hero, receive secret quests, consult secret thoughts, and choose lines of dialogues.
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