Crimson Desert
Pearl Abyss
Adventure
Release Date: March 19, 2026
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.
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Critic Reviews
12 reviews
Destructoid
8.5/10
85
Adventure awaits you in Pywel.
Eurogamer
★★★
★★
60
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 .
COGconnected
84/100
84
Crimson Desert is an immense and immensely complex and engaging open world action RPG, with a inexhaustible number of things to do and fight.
TheSixthAxis
Crimson Desert does not make a good first impression. Imagine an episode of Game of Thrones, but you've taken a blow to the head and can't remember much
IGN
More than 110 hours in, this ambitious RPG has swung wildly from incredibly cool to gobsmackingly infuriating.
PC Gamer
80/100
80
A game that tries it all, even if it's not always a success.
RPG Site
Crimson Desert feels like a grab bag of mechanics from some of the best games out there, and the resulting product is a game that has left me trying to process just how I feel.
ComicBook.com
4.5/5
90
Crimson Desert is such a monster of a game to review because there are just so many moving parts to it. There’s almost too much here. It borders on absurd, but it fits like a glove when you consider that the developer behind it, Pearl Abyss, also threw the kitchen sink into Black Desert Online, […]
GamesRadar
★★★★
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Press Start
8.5/10
85
Crimson Desert Review - Mostly Worth The Wait
GameSpot
7/10
70
Crimson Desert's spectacular open world and thrilling combat are only let down by a few narrative and quality-of-life issues.
Game Informer
7/10
70
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.