Adventure · April 11, 2012

Legend of Grimrock (2012)

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Legend of Grimrock is a dungeon crawling role playing game with an oldschool heart but a modern execution. A group of prisoners are sentenced to certain death by exiling them to the secluded Mount Grimrock for vile crimes they may or may not have committed. Unbeknownst to their captors, the mountain is riddled with ancient tunnels, dungeons and tombs built by crumbled civilizations long perished now. If they ever wish to see daylight again and reclaim their freedom the ragtag group of prisoners must form a team and descend through the mountain, level by level. The game brings back the oldschool challenge with highly tactical real-time combat and grid-based movement, devious hidden switches and secrets as well as deadly traps and horrible monsters. Legend of Grimrock puts an emphasis on puzzles and exploration and the wits and perception of the player are more important tools than even the sharpest of swords could be. And if you are a hardened dungeon crawling veteran and you crave an extra challenge, you can arm yourself with a stack of grid paper and turn on the Oldschool Mode which disables the luxury of the automap! Are you ready to venture forth and unravel the mysteries of Mount Grimrock? Key Features: Explore a vast network of ancient tunnels, discover secrets and find a way to survive in the perilous dungeons of Mount Grimrock. Cast spells with runes, craft potions with herbs and fight murderous monsters with a wide variety of weaponry. Create a party of four characters and customize them with different races, classes, skills and traits. Pure blooded dungeon crawling game with grid-based movement and thousands of squares riddled with hidden switches, pressure plates, sliding walls, floating crystals, forgotten altars, trapdoors and more. Includes the following digital extras: a beautifully crafted game manual, Legend of Grimrock world map, custom made grid paper, Grimrock theme music, art sheets illustrating foul creatures of Grimrock, and Almost Human team photo.

Adventure releases from 2012

23 Adventure titles launched in 2012 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Dungeon Crawler · 592
  • RPG · 528
  • Grid-Based Movement · 322
  • Indie · 301
  • Fantasy · 272
  • Old School · 246
  • Adventure · 222
  • Party-Based RPG · 210
  • Singleplayer · 209
  • First-Person · 151
  • Puzzle · 150
  • Real-Time · 113
  • Atmospheric · 97
  • Moddable · 89
  • Retro · 54

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.4k Steam reviewsTop 36% in Adventure
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 34%
Metacritic82/100Genre average 77 — top 31% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 37% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 6.4k reviews

6.0k positive · 384 negative

Metacritic

82/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.1/10

Curator recommendations

4.7k

Press Quotes

'Captures everything that's fun about old-school RPGs.' 4.5/5 – GameSpy 'The balance between exciting combat, thought-provoking puzzle work, and open-ended exploration is stellar.' 8.5/10 – IGN 'I lost count as to how many times I threw my fist in the air and shouted, 'YES!' after successfully completing a puzzle.' 9.5/10 – Destructoid 'Undoubtedly the best Indie Game I have played so far and at a very very reasonable Price.' 9/10 – Game Debate 'It’s bloody brilliant.' – Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

9h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

9h

Current engagement

Achievements

40

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 11, 2012
DeveloperAlmost Human Games
Base price$2.99 -80%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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