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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
89 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Probably the best of the modern arpgs. Even if the graphics are at times of a mess of cheap post processed effects and the music and sound design are muddy. The combat is old school with slow and minimal animations but…”
“I was looking for something to turn my brain off and smack baddies while I watched 3 hour long podcasts on Youtube. I didn't want to constantly have to pause whatever else I was doing to lookup some further information…”
“Grim Dawn once visited The Virgin Islands...now it's just The Islands. A game that kicks sooo much ace, they had to start importing colons just to keep up with demand. DRM? Tf even is that? FOMO monthly battle passes?…”
17 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Over a decade of enjoyment out of this game. Still never feels stale when I go back for a playthrough with a new idea for a character build. Better world building, gearing, depth and customization than pretty much any…”
“I launched this game and all of a sudden I have 6 hours. It has been a minute since I felt like this. One thing this game does well is it introduces build variety early, which allows you to experiment. At this price…”
“Was just looking for a single player game to scratch my ARPG itch... 80 hours pass by.. Still organizing inventory items with an OCD-like tick and doing everything else but the main quest.. ..Now contemplating to…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Grim Dawn is an ARPG chock-full of content. It includes: multi-classing, secret areas, hardcore, wave survival mode, rogue-lite content for non-hardcore, and factions & Nemesis system. While the graphics haven't been…”
“Was just looking for a single player game to scratch my ARPG itch... 80 hours pass by.. Still organizing inventory items with an OCD-like tick and doing everything else but the main quest.. ..Now contemplating to…”
“If you like ARPGs, you should definitely try this game. I was looking for a slightly laid-back game to play with my controller on PC and was not dissapointed at all. The campaign in the base game is quite good and can…”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I launched this game and all of a sudden I have 6 hours. It has been a minute since I felt like this. One thing this game does well is it introduces build variety early, which allows you to experiment. At this price…”
“nearly endless gameplay. so much variations so much fun. aand unlike the diabloi theres no microtransactions! very humble creators, very good content for its price. must give a try! :)”
“Grim Dawn is one of the best ARPGs ever made, if not THE best. Worth ever penny of it's purchase price and with the hours of gameplay it will give you, worth even more. While it's story leaves some to be desired, it's…”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“So many great things with graphics and nice battle/weapon effects it's easy to see why it gets positive feedback. However I think it lacks heart, it doesn't connect to the character like give you a reason to care about…”
“Had a good time. Nice music, story and atmosphere. Pretty chilll game. I only played the base game on Normal and overall had a solid experience.”
“Others told you before, but ones this games clicks, it's extremly hard to put down. Honestly most fun i had in an ARPG in a long time. The atmosphere also catches you, of course the time shows but the biomes and areas…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Probably the best of the modern arpgs. Even if the graphics are at times of a mess of cheap post processed effects and the music and sound design are muddy. The combat is old school with slow and minimal animations but…”
“Grim Dawn is an ARPG chock-full of content. It includes: multi-classing, secret areas, hardcore, wave survival mode, rogue-lite content for non-hardcore, and factions & Nemesis system. While the graphics haven't been…”
“Have to recommend this gem - at its core, this is a true successor to classic ARPGs: dark, weighty, and endlessly replayable. The dual-class system and loot design offer real freedom to experiment without feeling…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Amazing game, it was super cheap when i bought it, cant believe is just 4GB but sometimes it has stutters on the steam deck, and couldnt map all of the controls but aside from that is a very good game kind of complex…”
“It's old af but still relatively fun. Not a big fan of the orbital camera as it does really add anything slick as most players are using LMB and RMB for actions. Using MMB for camera orbit is Runescape thinking (an…”
“Game is good its like D2 and titan quest had a baby. Devs should add proper deck controller support. its borderline playable with mappings, the equivalent of original DS1 with mouse and keyboard. sucks ass.”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Yes I do recommend this game, I feel the progression in terms of resistances (♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 10 different resistances) is tough for a noob (like me), but the game even old feels fresh poe like, crafting is weird but exiting…”
“I had it as a GoG version but since GoG doesn't really give a damn about linux so far, and the cloud save is just non existent, I bought this fun little thing on sale. It works even better for some reason on Steam then…”
“Early game is pretty boring, but it slowly starts to reveal itself to you in beautiful and amazing ways.”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I cannot recommend for multiplayer, since multiplayer is plagued with consistent lag issues that have plagued this game for 10+ years at this point. No matter the attempt at trying to fix this, network lag of freezing…”
“Game is fun but multiplayer does not seem to work well. Even in LAN multiplayer connected to the same network with our machines next to each other and in the same room as our router, we were getting ping of 200 - 800ms…”
“it greatly need some fixing with the online connection to other playes and gog copies of game and furthermore i cant stop playing it i wish it had more than 4 players man”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is fun, but there were some....choices made. The loot system is kinda dumb. Why not just auto loot everything? That is one of my biggest pet peeves in games. The map? Useless. Why do you have everything…”
“Good game - based on the Titan Quest engine. The map is huge! The devotion screen is completely overwhelming.”
“Excellent and fun to keep making new characters. The theorycrafting and character building aspects are fun. Still gets updates and there's a DLC coming. If I had to name a weak point it's that the abilities are little…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“A better Diablo-style game than Diablo, and avoids the scummy corporatization of the bigger companies. Still getting updates 10 years later. Only downside is that its age is definitely starting to show.”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played“The REAL sequel to Diablo II. Constant updates, and new expansions years after release. This is peak ARPG gaming.”
— a player, Steam review · 594 hrs played“Listen up, loot goblins and theory-crafters. If you’ve been wandering the ARPG wasteland muttering about how modern isometric RPGs just don't scratch that old-school itch, it’s time to stop screaming into the void. Enter Grim Dawn, an action RPG that started as a humble…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:13 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
Grim Dawn v1.3.0.1 Hotfix 1 is now live
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Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn is now available!
The long wait is over! Alongside our most comprehensive free QOL update ever ( patch v1.3.0 ), you now have Grim Dawn's largest expansion ever! The team could not be more proud of how Fangs of Asterka
Fangs of Asterkarn Release Time and Pricing
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GrimTools Fangs of Asterkarn Update
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Action RPG · Hack and Slash · Loot · Isometric · Dark Fantasy · RPG · Dungeon Crawler · Co-op · Singleplayer · Character Customization · Dark · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Korean, Vietnamese, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 185 |
| Estimated owners | 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.grimdawn.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 Processor: x86 compatible 2.3GHz or faster processor (Intel 2nd generation core i-series or equivalent) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or ATI Radeon X800 series or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card Additional Notes: 4GB of memory is required to host multiplayer games