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Bratislava, 1993.
Young reporter Marek Varga wakes to a damaged message on his answering machine. By the time he learns who left it, the caller is dead—and Marek’s newsroom has already reduced his life to a routine story about a company director and a pile of suspicious papers.
Jozo Balaz was a director on paper. His name was useful. His signature was useful. But he was never the man in control.
To discover why Balaz called him, Marek must follow the details everyone else ignored: a note left with a neighbour, five possible doors, an old reporter’s hidden file, reluctant witnesses, and favours nobody wants written down.
Then Czech reporter Eva Svobodova uncovers a matching trail across the border.
Different companies. Different signatures. The same name in the margins.
Wild East: The Straw Man is a story-driven 2D point-and-click mystery built around observation, conversation, documents, and practical inventory puzzles.
Explore 1993 Bratislava, inspect objects closely, connect facts, and ask new questions as Marek’s knowledge grows. Information you uncover can open dialogue topics, reveal destinations, and change the way people respond to him.
Sometimes the right object solves the problem. Sometimes it takes the right question—or the right way of asking it.
The story is fictional, but its atmosphere is rooted in the uncertain world of 1990s Slovakia and Czechia: small newsrooms, worn apartment blocks, answering machines, stamps, signatures, paper companies, old favours, and people who know that the official version is often the safest one to repeat.
Wild East: The Straw Man
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
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Followers
31
Est. WishlistsestiProxy: followers × 12 (industry heuristic)
372
Est. OwnersestiBoxleiter method: reviews × 32
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Est. RevenueestiEst. owners × ~62% of list price
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Price (US)
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Release
December 2026
About
A dead man. A borrowed name. A paper trail someone tried to erase.
Bratislava, 1993.
Young reporter Marek Varga wakes to a damaged message on his answering machine. By the time he learns who left it, the caller is dead—and Marek’s newsroom has already reduced his life to a routine story about a company director and a pile of suspicious papers.
Jozo Balaz was a director on paper. His name was useful. His signature was useful. But he was never the man in control.
To discover why Balaz called him, Marek must follow the details everyone else ignored: a note left with a neighbour, five possible doors, an old reporter’s hidden file, reluctant witnesses, and favours nobody wants written down.
Then Czech reporter Eva Svobodova uncovers a matching trail across the border.
Different companies. Different signatures. The same name in the margins.
Take your time. Read the room. Follow the paper trail.
Wild East: The Straw Man is a story-driven 2D point-and-click mystery built around observation, conversation, documents, and practical inventory puzzles.
Explore 1993 Bratislava, inspect objects closely, connect facts, and ask new questions as Marek’s knowledge grows. Information you uncover can open dialogue topics, reveal destinations, and change the way people respond to him.
Sometimes the right object solves the problem. Sometimes it takes the right question—or the right way of asking it.
The story is fictional, but its atmosphere is rooted in the uncertain world of 1990s Slovakia and Czechia: small newsrooms, worn apartment blocks, answering machines, stamps, signatures, paper companies, old favours, and people who know that the official version is often the safest one to repeat.
Features
- Classic 2D point-and-click exploration and inventory interaction.
- A grounded investigative mystery set in 1993 Slovakia and Czechia.
- Facts and documents that unlock new dialogue topics, clues, and destinations.
- Practical puzzles involving observation, conversations, items, and the people who control access.
- Dialogue decisions with consequences for trust, access, and how the investigation unfolds.
- A Slovak reporter and an independent Czech journalist connecting one cross-border paper trail.
- Dry local humor, human characters, and deliberate atmospheric pacing.
- Full voice acting with original Slovak and Czech performances, plus a complete English dub.
- Interface and readable text available in Slovak, Czech, and English.
Estimates — owners use the Boxleiter method (reviews × 32), wishlists proxy followers × 12, revenue uses ~62% of list price × est. owners. These are rough industry heuristics, not official data.
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