Action · February 13, 2020
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem (2020)
You are one of the three survivors of the slaughter of Castagath. Rescued by Grand Inquisitor Heimlock, you were drafted into the Republic’s Army of the Purifiers at a very young age to be trained in the military academy and become perfect soldiers against the supernatural. You also had the chance to benefit from Heimlock’s occasional advice and training, which led you and your childhood friends, Valeria and Edric, to be called the “Children of Heimlock”. Recently, the Brotherhood of Dawn has infiltrated the Crimson Keep, a mysterious republican fortress lost among the northern deserts known as the Red wastes. While the purpose of the attack was unclear, the republican Senate voted a retaliation act against all known locations of the Brotherhood. Led by Grand Inquisitor Heimlock himself, troops are soon deployed on the Coast of wrecks, near the city state of Stormfall, to terminate a camp of Brothers. You are, with your two childhood friends, part of operation Dawnbane, under the supervision of Justicar Maëlys. Key features: Free character development Wield a great variety of weapons and find your own playstyle thanks to their unique stances and combos. In Wolcen, there is no class, only your weapons set the rules for your skills types. Three types of resources Rage and Willpower interact with each other, using the Resource Opposition System. Stamina allows you to use a dodge-roll to avoid danger or travel faster. Item diversity Gear up according to your offensive and defensive choices with common, magical, rare and legendary items. Break the rules and unlock new possibilities with Unique items and rare affixes. Rotative Passive Skill Tree Make your own path throughout the 21 sub-class sections available in the Gate of Fates to customize your passives and make them fit to your play style. Skill customization Level up your skills with your character or alternative resources to gain modifier points and create your own unique combination of skill modifiers. Change your damage type, add new functionalities, grant buffs or debuffs, change the skill’s mechanics completely. The options are limitless. Strategic fights Wolcen’s creatures have complex patterns including deadly skills. Pay attention to various markers and to animation anticipation to avoid lethal attacks using your dodge roll ability. Aspects of Apocalypse All characters can shapeshift into one of the 4 Celestial incarnations available, each of them offering 4 different skills, and one devastating ultimate. Endless replayability Improve your gear by looting or crafting, gather resources to unlock rare missions, face advanced challenges for special rewards, experiment new builds, become the greatest achiever. There is always something to do in Wolcen: LoM. A taste for beauty Using the Cryengine technology makes Wolcen an immersive and beautiful game with highly detailed armors and weapons. In addition, 8 hours of epic orchestral music will accompany you during your journey. Unleash your fashion sense Customize your appearance by switching the visuals of your armors and weapons. Loot more than 100 different dyes and tune up your armor to have your very own unique style. The asymmetric armor system will also allow you to change your appearance for left and right shoulder and glove. Difficulty modes Choose how you want to make the campaign with 2 different difficulty settings: the Story mode and the Normal mode. The endgame is shaped to allow a progressive increase in difficulty.
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Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 67.7k Steam reviews | Top 9% in Action |
| Positive rating | 56% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 97% |
| Metacritic | 60/100 | Genre average 77 — top 95% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 36 h average | Top 11% for session depth among Action |
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Action RPG · 554
- Hack and Slash · 545
- Singleplayer · 517
- Isometric · 517
- RPG · 497
- Loot · 491
- Action · 490
- Adventure · 484
- Indie · 483
- Dark Fantasy · 481
- Character Customization · 481
- Dungeon Crawler · 476
- Fantasy · 474
- Top-Down · 472
- Controller · 472
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (11)
- English volume_up
- German
- French
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Spanish - Spain
- Polish
- Hungarian
- Korean
- Japanese volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Japanese
Reception Metrics
Steam community
56%Mixed · 67.7k reviews
37.9k positive · 29.8k negative
Metacritic
60/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
5.6/10
Curator recommendations
61.7k
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
36h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
25h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
12h
Current engagement
Achievements
64
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Feb 13, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Developer | WOLCEN Studio |
| Base price | $2.69 -91% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 2 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Features & Capabilities
Input & Comfort
- Partial Controller Support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Editions & Packages
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