Midwest Games Announces Wild West Souls-Like ‘Tombwater’

Green Bay, WI (December 5, 2024) — Midwest Games—an industry veteran-led publisher whose mission is to support and showcase abundant talent across the Midwest and underrepresented regions—has joined forces with developer Max Mraz of Moth Atlas to announce Tombwater, a 2D Souls-Like Action RPG set in a Wild West town plagued by Eldritch monsters haunting the silver mines below. Mraz previously released the highly-covered Yarntown, a ‘demake’ of Bloodborne and predecessor to Tombwater. 

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Watch the Tombwater announcement trailer:

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Enter the haunted town of Tombwater, where shadows roam and whispers echo from deep within the abandoned silver mines. Once a thriving community, now a cursed shell of what was, its people have been haunted by the darkness below. Play as a lone gunslinger, drawn to the eerie, decaying streets by the disappearance of Sheriff Elliott Flintwood—your only friend in a town lost to madness. To uncover the truth, you must face the terrors lurking in the cursed depths and confront what festers in the heart of Tombwater.

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Engage in relentless combat against nightmarish foes plagued by an eldritch curse. Arm yourself with tools of survival: a blood-stained cavalry saber, a shotgun crackling with eldritch fire, a miner’s pickaxe, and your trusty six-shooter. Gather forbidden spells, tinctures, and charms to fend off the insanity creeping around town.

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Venture through the unsettling, labyrinth town, where every step pulls you deeper into a waking nightmare. Embrace Metroidvania-inspired exploration to uncover spectral canyons, haunted woodlands, corrupted forests, and mines tainted by dark rituals. Stray from the familiar path to find hidden enclaves harboring cryptic figures with sinister motives, or face more horrifying foes that guard treasures laced with curses.

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Key Features of Tombwater:

• 2D Top-Down Souls-Like: Experience a Souls-Like from a new perspective. Nostalgic, gruesomely detailed pixel art in a top-down view with every classic Souls-Like mechanic.
  
  
• Map & Quest Log: Keep track of your progress as you explore the inter-connected Wild West town of Tombwater with a map and quest log.
  
  
• Apothecary Crafting: Helpful tonics, explosives and more can be crafted from materials you find while exploring to help aid you in battle.
  
  
• Gruesome Boss Fights: Experience 20+ horrifying boss battles that will threaten to drive you to madness.

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Go on now and wishlist Tombwater today. Stay tuned for more updates ahead of its 2025 release on Windows PC via Steam.

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About Moth Atlas‍

Moth Atlas is helmed by Max Mraz, developer of action RPG Ocean's Heart, the Bloodborne tribute of Yarntown, and more. In 2023, Tombwater won GDEX’s “Best of Show.” Mraz develops games in Columbus, Ohio and has been using the free and open-source engine, Solarus. 

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About Midwest Games ‍

Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Midwest Games is a video game publisher focused on creating opportunities for the abundant talent across the Midwest and other underrepresented regions. Led by industry veterans and entertainment enthusiasts, Midwest Games believes that great games can come from anywhere. For more information, please visit www.midwestgames.com. 

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PRESS CONTACT

Brett Buren, Jasmine James, and Sean Walsh

ÜberStrategist Inc.

pr@uberstrategist.com 

1-646-844-8388

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