Grim Dawn

Grim Dawn

Released Feb 2016

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.

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Evaluation

Grim Dawn launched on February 25, 2016 and has received extensive post-launch support over a decade, including three paid expansions: Ashes of Malmouth (October 11, 2017), Forgotten Gods (March 27, 2019), and Fangs of Asterkarn (July 23, 2026) — billed as the game's largest expansion ever. Crate Entertainment has been consistent in calling Fangs of Asterkarn the game's final expansion. The 10th anniversary post on February 25, 2026 stated "we know for certain that *This time* it will be Grim Dawn's final hurrah," and the July 23, 2026 launch post described it as "our final expansion" and "a love letter to the community that will send off Grim Dawn with a triumphant roar." Despite that framing, active post-launch content delivery is well underway and more is explicitly confirmed. Since the July 23, 2026 launch, the developer has shipped 8 patches and multiple hotfixes. The August 19, 2026 developer update confirmed that the next patch, v1.3.1, will be the expansion's first major content update — entering public playtesting in September 2026 and releasing in late September or early October 2026. The September 14, 2026 developer post ("Grim Misadventure #203 - Obsidian Lore") previews what is described as "MOAR" post-release content and closes with "Things are just getting started!" — directly confirming ongoing content work. The expansion also launched with an explicit promise of two new roguelike dungeons to be delivered as free content updates for Fangs of Asterkarn owners, reiterated in both the pre-launch announcement and the launch post itself. These have not yet been delivered. Additionally, one DLC item (Steam Loyalist 4, DLC-9) remains listed on the store with no release date, indicating further store content is still pending. While Crate has stated this is the end of paid expansions for Grim Dawn, the game is actively receiving post-launch patches, confirmed free content updates, and at least one unreleased DLC listing.
Evidence
Developer post previews post-release content for Fangs of Asterkarn, stating 'Things are just getting started!' and promising a look at what's in store.
news post · Sep 14, 2026 source content planned
high
Developer confirms the next patch (v1.3.1) will be Fangs of Asterkarn's first major content update, entering public playtesting in September 2026 and releasing in late September/early October 2026.
news post · Aug 19, 2026 source content planned
high

Content

9 of 9 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
Crate Entertainment
Achievements
234
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

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.

Key Features

  • Dual Class - Combine any of six distinct classes with over 25 skills and modifiers per class. Base classes include Soldier, Demolitionist, Occultist, Nightblade, Arcanist and Shaman.
  • Hundreds of Item Skills - Augment your class build with a diverse array of over 250 unique skills granted by items and equipment add-ons.
  • Collect hundreds of Items - Common, magical, rare, epic and legendary classes of loot. Plus over 20,000 possible magical affix combinations and over 200 rare affixes.
  • Quests with Choice and Consequence - You will face tough decisions that leave significant impacts upon the world. Strangers on the road, desperate families and even entire villages may live or perish based on your actions. Currently over 35 quests with 75+ lore notes to be collected.
  • Friendly and Enemy Factions - Earn favor with human factions to unlock additional quest lines, vendor discounts and special faction-based items and augments. Some neutral factions can be turned into allies but aiding one will make the enemy of another. Hostile factions will remember your deeds and deepen their hatred of you, sending out large packs and elite heroes to hunt you down.
  • Devotion, an additional layer of skill customization allows you to acquire bonuses and powerful secondary effects for your class skills. These are unlocked from a giant constellation map with points acquired by finding and restoring destroyed or corrupted shrines hidden throughout the world.
  • Rebuild the World - Help human enclaves survive and flourish by securing vital necessities, rebuilding structures and rescuing survivors who can then lend their services to your cause.
  • 4 Person Multiplayer - Connect with Friends or make new allies in glorious multiplayer. Multiplayer encounters will put your teamwork to the ultimate challenge.
  • Fast-paced Visceral Combat - Enemy blood spatters, ragdoll physics and satisfying enemy death effects. Smash in doors and fight house to house, leaving a path of demolished furniture in your wake.
  • Rotatable Camera - If you choose to survey the full beauty of the world and always fight from the most optimal angle. Levels are still designed so that players are not forced to rotate the camera; it is purely optional.
  • Secrets and Perils Abound - 200+ Enemy heroes and bosses, hand-configured with their own unique arrays of deadly skills. 20+ secret areas hidden behind crumbling walls, hidden gaps and mysterious locked doors. Explode obstacles or repair structures to open new paths.
  • Rogue-Like Dungeons - Descend into special locked challenge dungeons that require a rare crafted key, where enemy levels increase as you progress and player teleport is disabled. There is no way out except to complete the dungeon or die trying.
  • Dynamic Weather - The world is brought to life with region-specific climates and a variety of weather effects. A sunny day can cloud over with mild rain showers that builds into a booming thunderstorm. Variable wind gusts blow grass and affect objects like windmills.
  • Recipe Based Crafting - Collect over 250 crafting recipes that allow you to combine salvaged components into unique crafted items and then, later, use those basic crafted items with higher-tiered recipes to complete items of amazing power.
  • Reclaim Skill Points - The ability to pay to reclaim points alleviates the fear and frustration of having to make early, uninformed skill choices that could permanently gimp a character.

Crate Entertainment is a small indie studio founded by the lead gameplay designer of Titan Quest and includes veterans from such companies as Blizzard North, Irrational and Harmonix. Join the Grim Dawn community and provide feedback on the ongoing development of the game. Help shape the future of development and be among the first to receive news about Grim Dawn by participating in polls and discussions on our forum.
Last evaluated Sep 14, 2026
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