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Grim Dawn

Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

Developer
Crate Entertainment
Publisher
Crate Entertainment
Franchise
Grim Dawn
Release date
Feb 25, 2016
Store page updated
Jul 26, 2026
Price
$24.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

83.8/ 100

Based on 432 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 88% of 725
All time 😄 Very Positive 93% of 109,783
“enjoyed the game despite complexity and barriers”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.46
Strategy +3.76
“dual class system with many viable builds and playstyles” (111)

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Story & World
+2.61
World +3.46
“the atmosphere is incredible, world feels alive and mysterious” (18)

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
+2.85
Volume +3.95

🔒 2 more indicators

Visuals & Sound
+1.73
Visuals +0.32

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
+1.36

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +1.91

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
+0.37
Monetization +2.50

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
-0.53
Developer support +1.05
“constant updates and new expansions years after release” (14)

🔒 3 more indicators

Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
70%80%90%100%
Nov 2013Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 708 reviews, peak 44/day
02550
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 432 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English44%
  • Chinese15%
  • Russian12%
  • Japanese8%
  • Spanish6%
  • Portuguese6%
  • Other9%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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