Eschalon: Book I overview

Overview

Eschalon: Book I comes from Basilisk Games and is published by Basilisk Games. It arrived on Steam on Feb 10, 2009, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Eschalon: Book I's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 9 September 2026 - 10:08:38 UTC, with a tracked peak near 100. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 86% positive across 412 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Eschalon: Book I is available in 1 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including oflc, nzoflc, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Eschalon: Book I has sold up to 21,011 units and has 149 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $31,899. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Eschalon: Book I overview details

Eschalon: Book I combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery in this classically inspired RPG. A tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Strategy is paramount to success; careful skill management, equipment selection and magic usage will win your fights, not rapid button clicking. We are very pleased to say this is not another "action RPG". Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery. A combination of randomly generated treasure and carefully hidden goodies means that no two games will play the exact same way. Unlimited character development style: Choose from 24 unique skills to make the character you want and 8 base attributes that affect your character's every action throughout the game. The game world does not scale or adjust itself to match anyone's play style, so the ease or difficulty of the game is directly related to how successful you are at developing your character. Combat plays out at your pace. Eschalon: Book I features a turn-based system that allows you to roll through combat as fast or slow you want...make it fast and furious, or analyze every option for maximum advantage. A non-linear storyline means that…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Eschalon: Book I is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 9 September 2026 - 10:08:38 UTC, a tracked peak of 100, and 86% positive reviews.

Overview tags

RPGIndieIsometricTurn-BasedFantasy2DSingleplayerOld SchoolCRPGFree to PlayExplorationTurn-Based CombatOpen World

Support and legal notes

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