Huge, beautiful, living open world
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The world is anything but empty. Almost every corner of the map feels like it has its own life and ecosystem.”
Steam review · 81.6 h played ↗
Crimson Desert Enhanced
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Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%Pearl Abyss2026Action · Adventure · RPG
$69.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, gorgeous, content-packed open-world action RPG with fun combat and exploration, but clunky controls, weak story and puzzles. Skip it if you want polish, a tight narrative or quick pacing.
Great for
Patient explorers who love huge open worlds, combat and discovering things without hand-holding
Main risk
Clunky controls, tedious puzzles and quests, and weak story may wear you down before the game clicks
What changed in the last 30 days
153 recent reviews
Several recent negative reviews report new crashes and freezes (map, menus, inventory) that started after the latest patch, plus lingering quest bugs. Moderately confident.
153 recent reviews
What players love
Enormous amount of content and things to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Absolutely gargantuan in size and content. I don't think there is a singleplayer game that is larger than this.”
Steam review · 66.5 h played ↗
Stunning graphics and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is unbelivably beautiful.”
Steam review · 54.4 h played ↗
Fun, chaotic and satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game has some of the most chaotic and fun combat I've ever experienced.”
Steam review · 284.5 h played ↗
Devs actively patch and listen to feedback
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it has been months since my review and they STILL consistently update the game with content and fixes”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Story improved by Enhanced update
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Since the enhanced edition came out I've enjoyed the story too, wich was the only lackluster aspect of the game before but they fixed it.”
Steam review · 110.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, incoherent story and bland characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The story is utter nonsense and is not engaging in the slightest.”
Steam review · 22.8 h played ↗
Clunky, overcomplicated controls and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The controls for this game are purposefully obtuse for the sake of being obtuse.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Tedious, padded quests and escorts
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“a million side quests of you delivering tomato to someone, orange to some idiot, and following someone to somewhere just for the sake of wasting your time.”
Steam review · 192.1 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and progress-blocking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“game crashes everytime I open the map or settings, all fixes I found online didnt work.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Blurry, shimmering, ghosting image and pop-in
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Sadly can't play it because it makes me sick from all the shimmering and blurriness”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Obtuse, excessive puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the puzzles kill this game so bad i have spent 75 percent of my time so far doing the most painful horrible dragged out puzzles”
Steam review · 66.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support150 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorRyzen 5 2600X / i5-8500
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 5500 XT / GTX 1060
Storage150 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorRyzen 5 5600 / i5-11600K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 6700 XT / RTX 2080
Storage150 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorRyzen 5 2600X / i5-8500
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 5500 XT / GTX 1060
Storage150 GB available space
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