Addictive loot chase and dopamine hits
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Nothing compares to the mechanics and dopamine rushes of getting those white bags.”
Steam review · 968.1 h played ↗
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 80%Mostly Positive · 80%Wild Shadow Studios, Deca Live Operations GmbH2012MMORPG · Roguelike · Bullet Hell
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A one-of-a-kind permadeath bullet-hell MMO with addictive loot chases, held back by unstable servers, heavy monetization and a poor new-player experience. Skip it if you hate losing characters.
Great for
Hardcore players who enjoy dodging bullets, loot grinds and risking everything with friends
Main risk
Disconnects and lag cost you characters and loot; monetization and bans sour long-term play
What players love
Nostalgic pixel art and free to play
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“There's nothing like a game that is pretty much a pixel game that still somehow holds up today.”
Steam review · 67.3 h played ↗
Constant updates and improving over time
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Potions seem to drop much more often now from all sources and that makes the grind a LOT more bearable than it ever was before.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Unique bullet-hell MMO with permadeath
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“i don't know of any other game that combines those three aspects into one.”
Steam review · 518.8 h played ↗
Great with friends and a friendly community
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“best enjoyed with friends / in guilds”
Steam review · 227.2 h played ↗
Deep replayability and skill mastery
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“realm is my favorite game ever due to its replayability.”
Steam review · 826.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Disconnects, server errors and lockouts
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“You will get randomly disconnected and then locked out of the game for anywhere from 1 to 30 minutes at a time.”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗
Predatory monetization and pay to win
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Everything and everywhere is monetized. The main village is literally a huge hyper market with only IRL money currency.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Bans, account deletion and poor support
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“they’ll delete your entire account and every record of what you paid for if you don’t log in for two years.”
Steam review · 13.4 h played ↗
Cheaters, bots and toxic community
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Pletora of Bots in the middle of the Spawn, flooting the screen and chat with RMT Messages”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Repetitive grind and punishing permadeath
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Just a massive time sink to end up dying and losing a character not worth the time.”
Steam review · 392.5 h played ↗
Harsh new-player experience
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The in-game tutorial has barely changed since launch. It's almost impossible to know what to do without looking at video guides or the wiki.”
Steam review · 349.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable350 MB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3330 or AMD A10 5700
Memory8GB RAM
Storage350MB available space
Recommended
OSMicrosoft Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16GB RAM
Storage350MB available space
OSMicrosoft Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3330 or AMD A10 5700
Memory8GB RAM
Storage350MB available space
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