The Longest Road on Earth
Release Date: May 27, 2021
Adventure, 2D, indie games, side-scroll, experimental/artistic, singleplayer
An unusual adventure game in which plot and gameplay give way to an atmosphere of calm and everyday life. In The Longest Road on Earth, we observe events in the lives of several anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the world without a wider context.
Videos and Screens
[1:06] The Longest Road on Earth launch trailer
[1:10] The Longest Road on Earth trailer #1
The Longest Road on Earth Description
The Longest Road on Earth is an unusual atmospheric adventure game. The game has been developed by two independent studios: Brainwash Gang and TLR Games. The first of them is known from the intriguing simulator Damnview: Built from Nothing and the remastered edition of the action game Nongunz. The second was founded by the creator of the adventure The Rivers of Alice, and The Longest Road on Earth is the team's debut.
Plot and game mechanics
The developers of The Longest Road on Earth made a very unusual assumption. The game does not focus on the gameplay, nor on the plot. We find ourselves in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and follow their fates. However, the game doesn't present a broader context. Rather than one continuous story, the game allows us to experience many small, ordinary moments from the characters' everyday lives, which we can use to create our own interpretations. There are no dialogues or demanding puzzles, and the control system is limited to moving the character and simple interactions with objects in the game. Thanks to this, The Longest Road on Earth offers a stress-free gameplay even for people without experience with computer games.
Technical aspects
The Longest Road on Earth features 2D graphics in a pixel art style. pixel art style. The developers decided to use only black and white images, highlighting the ordinary, everyday character of the presented events. The atmosphere is additionally built by a calm original soundtrack.
The Longest Road on Earth Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows May 27, 2021
PlayStation 5 January 25, 2022
Xbox Series X/S January 27, 2022
Switch January 25, 2022
PlayStation 4 January 25, 2022
Xbox One January 27, 2022
Android OS May 27, 2021
Apple iOS May 27, 2021
Developer: Brainwash Gang
Publisher: Raw Fury Games
Age restrictions: none
The Longest Road on Earth System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i3-7100 3.9 GHz / AMD FX-8100 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 896 MB GeForce GTX 275 / Intel UHD 630 or better, 500 MB HDD, Windows 7