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ACTION-ADVENTURE·OPEN WORLD·REL 2026.03.19

Crimson Desert’26

The Verdict GOOD 4 of 9 said it
Aggregate · creator panel
9 scored reviewers
Vote distribution
Positive5 Mixed3 Negative1
Source
// facts checked 2026-05-30 · pearl abyss - crimson desert, wikipedia, steam

Streamer verdicts

One bucket per creator — explicit picks plus inferred reads from their quotes

Review notes ·21

Verbatim quotes from indexed creators

Asmongold TV

GOOD
27:29 positive

Would I recommend Crimson Desert? Absolutely. I think it's one of the best games that's been released this year. If somebody tells me that Crimson Desert is their game of the year, I totally understand why they say that.

5 earlier reviews from this creator
18:53 positive

And while I think that it is deeply flawed and still needs a lot of work, I still find it to be utterly brilliant and it's going to get at least 100 hours out of me

5:55 positive

I think that Resident Evil will win, but I think that it’s the second best game that’s come out this year. I mean, overall I I think definitely it it Crimson Desert is really really good.

1 note
1:54:36 mixed

The inventory is so bad and lazy design. It's actually criminal. As I said, Crimson Desert is the worst good game that's ever been released.

1 note
4:10:28 negative

It's a genuinely bad game. And it's bad in the worst kind of ways. I've never played a game that's more unintuitive and confusing and badly designed.

8:45 positive

But I'm I'm excited for the game. I mean, this is supposed to be a game for me. It is. So, I hope it's going to be good.

WOW
0:50 positive

Crimson Desert is the closest thing we have had to Skyrim since Skyrim. And I do not mean in terms of its setting or its mechanics... I am talking about the feeling that Skyrim gave you when you played it for the first time all those years ago.

4:35 positive

The sense of possibility, wonder, and adventure that sits at the heart of this is lightning. It has only been successfully bottled a few times before, and Pearl Abyss have done it here with Crimson Desert.

1 earlier review from this creator
4:51 mixed

I actually have a gut feeling that this is going to be pretty great. Weird and janky and uneven, but ultimately great.

Mortismal Gaming

GOOD
33:50 mixed

I had fun with Crimson Desert. I had a pretty good time even if it was slow going at first. I would recommend this game so long as you have the knowledge of what this game actually is as you get into it.

1 earlier review from this creator
8:52 mixed

First impressions-wise, though, definitely some rough edges and basically I just want to see if there's actually going to wind up being more depth to any of this or is it going to be really more of a gameplay first sort of experience.

TheLazyPeon

GOOD
19:04 mixed

Overall, Crimson Desert, currently, I'd give it an eight out of 10. Would I recommend this game? Yes, I would.

Luke Stephens

WOW
15:47 positive

what I do know is that I'm having a great time. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

3 earlier reviews from this creator
0:00 positive

Crimson Desert is one of the most remarkable games I think I have ever played and I absolutely adore it

47:13 positive

Overall, I was thoroughly impressed with my time with Crimson Desert. It is everything it appears to be as far as I can tell

13:47 positive

I left the demo going, 'This game could actually be that game.' Like, this could actually be what we were hoping it is.

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GOOD
12:53 positive

I really like my experience with Crimson Desert. It's a huge game that is very ambitious and it's trying to do so many different things and I think overall it's really accomplishing those things.

Worth A Buy

SHIT
1:47 negative

This game is by far not even close by far the biggest pile of garbage that I have ever played in 35 years of gaming as far as the controls is concerned. This is a high contender for worst game of 2026. It does everything wrong and I cannot recommend it at all.

FightinCowboy

WOW
41:51 positive

my final verdict, my final recommendation... I would say this is a nine out of 10, but it's a tentative 10 out of 10 because if the devs keep cooking and knocking out the bugs

1 earlier review from this creator
22:55 positive

I'm going in cautiously optimistic. I think everything that I saw of this game and marketing for the game... it did feel like a fever dream.

MEH
29:22 mixed

This one is got enough bugs and enough issues there with the imbalances that I would say this is a wait. I loved a great deal about this game, do not get me wrong, but losing 6 hours is awesome - I am joking, it is not awesome.