Escape From Ever After: Onboarding is a premium role-playing game for PC coming from developer Sleepy Castle Studio. In this fantasy adventure inspired by the classic Paper Mario games, players delve into fairytale worlds to help their inhabitants who are being taken advantage of by an evil corporation.

Drawing from games like Paper Mario - The Origami King and Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door, Escape From Ever After: Onboarding boasts a charming cartoon-like art style. It serves as the preview version for the Escape from Ever After game that lets players experience the first chapter of the main story.

Fantasy vs Capitalism

Escape from Ever After: Onboarding is a game where fantasy and the real world collide. An evil conglomerate known as Ever After Inc. has found a way into fairytale worlds to take advantage of its valuable resources and cheap labor to increase its profit margins. You are Flynt Buckler, a newly hired hero who teams up with your former dragon nemesis to take down this dastardly company from within.

Explore multiple storybook worlds and meet all kinds of characters living twisted versions of their stories as you attempt to rescue them from their indentured servitude. Some will even join your party and offer their unique skills and abilities in your fight. Speaking of, this preview game features turn-based combat with quick-time prompts that let you perform stylish finishing moves on your enemies.

Outside of all the adventures and battles, you can turn to your office job during your downtime. Help your co-workers with their problems and decorate your tiny office to give some life and personality as you strive to climb the corporate ladder. As of this writing, though, there's no specific release date for Escape from Ever After yet, so this is the most you'll get for now.

Fight the man

If you're a fan of Paper Mario games and are looking for something similar, Escape from Ever After and this Escape from Ever After: Onboarding preview is as close as you can get in terms of visuals and gameplay. Its world is full of charming and interesting characters to meet and interact with, and the combat is simple yet fun. Give it a try and experience it yourself.