Grim Dawn

Grim Dawn is an action RPG set in an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is close to extinction, iron is worth more than gold and trust is hard to earn. You develop a character, collect hundreds of items, craft equipment and make choices in quests that can change the world.

Character development

You combine any two of six classes: Soldier, Demolitionist, Occultist, Nightblade, Arcanist and Shaman. Each class has over 25 skills and modifiers. Equipment can also grant over 250 unique skills, while the Devotion system adds bonuses and powerful secondary effects to class skills. You unlock Devotion bonuses through a constellation map, using points gained by finding and restoring destroyed or corrupted shrines. You can pay to reclaim skill points, so early choices need not permanently shape your build.

Loot and crafting

Loot comes in common, magical, rare, epic and legendary classes. Items can have over 20,000 possible combinations of magical affixes, including over 200 rare affixes. You can collect over 250 crafting recipes to combine salvaged components into crafted items, then use those items in higher-tier recipes to make more powerful equipment.

Choices and factions

The game has over 35 quests and more than 75 lore notes to collect. Decisions can affect strangers, families and entire villages, determining who lives or perishes. By earning favor with human factions, you can unlock additional quest lines, vendor discounts and faction-specific items and augments. Some neutral factions can become allies, but helping one makes another your enemy. Hostile factions remember your actions, grow more hateful and send large packs and elite heroes to hunt you.

You can help human enclaves survive and flourish by securing necessities, rebuilding structures and rescuing survivors. Those you rescue can then lend their services to your cause.

Combat and exploration

Combat features enemy blood, ragdoll physics and death effects. You can smash through doors and fight from house to house, demolishing furniture along the way. The camera can be rotated to survey the world or choose a different angle for combat, but doing so is optional.

More than 200 enemy heroes and bosses have individually configured sets of skills. The world also hides over 20 secret areas behind crumbling walls, gaps and locked doors. You can open new paths by destroying obstacles or repairing structures.

Dungeons and weather

Special locked challenge dungeons require a rare crafted key. Enemy levels rise as you progress, and teleporting is disabled; the only way out is to complete the dungeon or die trying.

Regions have their own climates and weather effects. A sunny day can turn cloudy, bring mild rain and build into a thunderstorm. Variable wind gusts move grass and affect objects such as windmills.

Multiplayer

Up to four players can play together. Multiplayer encounters test the group’s teamwork.