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Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert

Pearl Abyss·Released Mar 19, 2026·Single player

Platforms
Xbox Series XPCPS5
Genres
Adventure
Critic69/100
Across 7 reviews
Agreement32%
7 agree15 disagree
Across 22 votes
About

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.

Reviews

7 reviews
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Critic80/100
Agreement100%

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…

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Critic60/100
Agreement0%

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…

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IGN
Travis Northup·Mar 20, 2026
Critic60/100
Agreement0%

This extremely ambitious open-world adventure swings wildly from incredibly cool to gobsmackingly infuriating.

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Critic70/100
Agreement0%

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.

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Eurogamer
Lewis Gordon·Mar 18, 2026
Critic60/100
Agreement0%

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 .

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