One interesting title we missed over the holiday break (hello, we're back!) is Heartbound. It's an Early Access "non-traditional" RPG from developer Pirate Software.

I have to admit I needed to look a little closer with this one, with their claim of it not being a normal RPG experience. They say that they've done away with levels, experience and consumable items. According to them, everything is skill-based and things change based on your relationships or things you've done. Sounds pretty interesting!

Features:

Follow Lore and Baron on their adventures through time and space.

Handle combat through a series of unique mini-games with varying objectives.

Change the story through exploration and interaction with the world.

A massive series of optional cryptographic puzzles that can be solved as a community.

Varying environments with unique pixel art, an inspired soundtrack, and tons of extra socks.

That awful feeling when you do something terrible to someone who loves you.

More gags than you can shake a stick at. Binder can lend you one of his if you don't bring your own.

While it's in Early Access right now, they're aiming for a "mid to late 2019" full release. Right now though, it seems to work rather nicely on my low-powered Kubuntu 18.10 Intel laptop which is sweet. I must admit, a quick go of the demo has me pretty interested in the game and finding out what's going on!

Find it on Steam where there's a demo available. There's also a demo on itch.io but I've no idea how up to date it is.