Pearl Abyss·Released Mar 19, 2026·Single player
Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure game set in the beautiful yet brutal continent of Pywel. Embark on a journey as the Greymane Kliff and restore what has been lost. Explore uncharted lands, fight against threats that stand in your way, and discover the wonders the world has in store.
The Abyss stares back. In response to an aggressive post-release patching schedule from dev Pearl Abyss, we’re giving Crimson Desert a second shake. With the game transformed from its 19th March release date, we felt it was important to revisit the title and provide an updated…
Kliff bracer. Crimson Desert is a fascinating video game. It's an open world adventure of frankly absurd scope, taking blatant cues from notable examples of the genre, like Red Dead Redemption 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and The Witcher 3. But where those three…
This extremely ambitious open-world adventure swings wildly from incredibly cool to gobsmackingly infuriating.
Crimson Desert is a beautiful, exploration-rich open-world game that’s a clear technological achievement, hampered by a cornucopia of little frustrations and a stark lack of narrative depth.
A game that tries it all, even if it's not always a success.
Crimson Desert's spectacular open world and thrilling combat are only let down by a few narrative and quality-of-life issues.
A vast world and even vaster array of MMO-like activities mix with glittering fidelity in Crimson Desert, but it lacks character, texture or charm .
