It's only March, but I'm calling it: Esoteric Ebb is 2026's best RPG and the first worthy successor to Disco Elysium

On my first day investigating the bombing of a goblin tea shop in Esoteric Ebb, Christoffer Bodegård's self-styled "Disco-like" CRPG, I didn't let a second go to waste. Was it magic? An explosive? Did it have anything to do with the upcoming inaugural democratic election? Or was it a random act of violence? So many threads to tug on, and I've only got five days to figure everything out.

Anyway, here's what I got up to:

• I tried to eat my way through a mountain of apples until I felt sick.