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Dread Delusion
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
70 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A fantastically empty game. While the setting and lore make me desperately want to like this game, the gameplay is just abysmally boring. You spend a small portion of the game listening to these incredible characters…”
“I shall now proceed to compare this game to Skyrim. Start as a prisoner? Yes Simple combat? Yes Still enjoyable? Yes A world that constantly rewards you for exploring? Yes Unique and unhinged storylines? Better than…”
“Really enjoying this game so far. There's some reviews claiming its not an RPG, is shallow, etc. as well as a bunch of numpties in the discussions claiming the game is woke and bad because of that... Idk how any of…”
54 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I shall now proceed to compare this game to Skyrim. Start as a prisoner? Yes Simple combat? Yes Still enjoyable? Yes A world that constantly rewards you for exploring? Yes Unique and unhinged storylines? Better than…”
“All about the vibes and exploring the world. It's pretty interesting and unique in that way. It shares some DNA with Lunacid, in fact its developer is credited as a developer in this game. But while Lunacid is more…”
“Really enjoying this game so far. There's some reviews claiming its not an RPG, is shallow, etc. as well as a bunch of numpties in the discussions claiming the game is woke and bad because of that... Idk how any of…”
45 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I shall now proceed to compare this game to Skyrim. Start as a prisoner? Yes Simple combat? Yes Still enjoyable? Yes A world that constantly rewards you for exploring? Yes Unique and unhinged storylines? Better than…”
“Dread Delusion is really, really good. First of all, look at it. It's gorgeous. They let an insane person design the world. It's so good. I think I am about 5 years too young to actually have been into these sort of…”
“Really loved this game. To be fair, I was instantly intrigued by the game design and visuals, so I was already predisposed to like it. I found the story and the bare-bones older RPG design and style to be very charming.…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of my favorite games i've played! Loved everything about it, especially the music. It gave me the feeling of exploring a new world, with mysteries that kept me hooked.”
“This game is genuinely fantastic. The gameplay is quite simplistic and the combat is primitive, but not un-fun. Its strength really lies in its writing and quests. The characters feel very real and sincere, and the…”
“I saw giant mushrooms and thought Morrowind. Dread Delusions was a short & sweet game, the story was quite interesting alongside the world itself. I may return & play hardcore (and also get all achievements) cause it'd…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I shall now proceed to compare this game to Skyrim. Start as a prisoner? Yes Simple combat? Yes Still enjoyable? Yes A world that constantly rewards you for exploring? Yes Unique and unhinged storylines? Better than…”
“Dread Delusion completely pulled me in with its wonderfully strange and unique world. The setting feels unlike anything else, and combined with the fantastic soundtrack, it creates an atmosphere that is truly…”
“Not since Morrowind have I felt as deeply alienated from a world laid out in front of me. Brimming with possibility and ambivalent to my existence, I met an experience of questions asked that took moral concepts to…”
39 of the 103 reviews raise this · 31 of them still recommend the game.
“This is barely an RPG, more of an action-adventure game. Enemies don't give EXP. Lockpicking is a literal dice roll. There is no manual saving. Melee combat is extremely simple, and very boring. There is no depth, you…”
“A fantastically empty game. While the setting and lore make me desperately want to like this game, the gameplay is just abysmally boring. You spend a small portion of the game listening to these incredible characters…”
“An interesting and well crafted world, but unfortunately does not scratch the RPG itch I thought it would. I wouldn't even call this an RPG, honestly - It's roleplaying insofar as making choices to affect a story,…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“This is barely an RPG, more of an action-adventure game. Enemies don't give EXP. Lockpicking is a literal dice roll. There is no manual saving. Melee combat is extremely simple, and very boring. There is no depth, you…”
“A fairly fascinating world stuck in a very bad game. Very disappointed how much many aspects of this game are just bad, shallow, not thought through to create a symphony of halfbacked mechanics that are as unsastisfying…”
“This game features a unique, mystical atmosphere that is a joy to explore—provided you enjoy the art style shown in the trailers. If you are the type of player who loves uncovering every piece of lore and completing…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“All about the vibes and exploring the world. It's pretty interesting and unique in that way. It shares some DNA with Lunacid, in fact its developer is credited as a developer in this game. But while Lunacid is more…”
“A jewel of a roleplaying game with some very philosophical questlines and rough graphical and bare bones game mechanic edges. Don't let the first impression fool you, nor the first several minutes turn you away. Once…”
“I have almost nothing but complaints when anyone asks me about this game - BUT SOMEHOW IT'S THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD I YEARS. I get so frustrated - by the clunky interface, by the constant glitches, by the graphics so…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I have almost nothing but complaints when anyone asks me about this game - BUT SOMEHOW IT'S THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD I YEARS. I get so frustrated - by the clunky interface, by the constant glitches, by the graphics so…”
“This game is a lot of fun. It constantly reminded me of a mixture of Skyrim with wordlbuilding from a fromsoftware (darksouls) game. The gameplay is simple and the focus is clearly more on the roleplay and puzzle…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Game seemed like something I'd really like, but it didn't click with me. I was gonna try and finish it but gave up after like 8 hours. Gameplay is too boring and it's given me nothing to care about besides how…”
“I saw giant mushrooms and thought Morrowind. Dread Delusions was a short & sweet game, the story was quite interesting alongside the world itself. I may return & play hardcore (and also get all achievements) cause it'd…”
“Vibe of exploration:✅ Vibe of dialogue:❎ Vibe of combat:❎ Vibe of music:✅”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I can't remember the last time a game blew my mind over and over and over again. It's slow, it's enrapturing, and it rewards tireless exploration. This game is a triumph”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“Dread Delusion should be taken, first and foremost, as an exercise in world building. Its combat is shallow, its itemisation meaningless beyond basic stat increases, but it’s writing and setting are as accomplished as some of the greatest works of weird fantasy seen in recent…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“Dread Delusion is, in my opinion, a classic case of a game's writing hitting above the weight of its gameplay. That's not to say the game plays poorly, but it's definitely somewhat simplistic. The combat is clunky, ranged-vs-melee is unbalanced, offensive spellcasting takes…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Dread Delusion is going physical!
Today, Lost In Cult announced that Dread Delusion is going physical on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2! They are making their really cool Editions versions for it as well! And Pre-Orders are open
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Dread Delusion OST Release and Update 1.3.3
Thank You for your patience while we worked on this patch, bringing all the QOL fixes from the console release over to PC. There is a handful of fixes that will be listed below, and as always let us k
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Open World · Adventure · Exploration · Dark Fantasy · First-Person · Story Rich · Magic · 3D · Character Customization · Medieval · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 59 |
| Official site | https://www.dreadxp.com/dread-delusion/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB | AMD DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space