Fast, flashy, satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is fast, aggressive, and surprisingly challenging.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗
Punishing: Gray Raven
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%KURO GAMES2026Action · RPG · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
Stylish, fast action gacha with great music, a dark story and a generous F2P model, but it's a clunky mobile port on PC. Skip it if you'll use keyboard and mouse and won't tolerate fiddly controls.
Great for
Action gacha fans who like VN-style sci-fi stories and will use a gamepad or rebind keys
Main risk
Default PC controls, forced tutorial and mobile-style UI can make the first hours miserable
What changed in the last 30 days
45 recent reviews
Steam's numbers show recent reviews are better (85% vs 75%). Several recent positive reviews come from newcomers drawn by the Date A Live collab and Kurumi who enjoyed the combat and generosity. Cause is only loosely confirmed.
45 recent reviews
What players love
Dark, gripping sci-fi story (after slow start)
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The story is extremely well written starting from Chapter 9. One of the best sci-fi stories in general.”
Steam review · 582.8 h played ↗
Generous, F2P-friendly gacha
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“extremely generous and with some of the best designs on the market. You can assemble many teams not spending a penny”
Steam review · 582.8 h played ↗
Great character designs and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the chatacters' design is amazing”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The music is Phenomenal.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Runs well on low-end hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“the game is super lightweight and optimized.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Terrible default PC and controller controls
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“You need three hands. left hand on wasd, right hand on jkl, 3rd hand to use skills 1 through 8 using the numbers on the keyboard, and 4th hand to change camera angles using the arrows.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Feels like a mobile port with dated UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“There are bad PC ports, then there's PGR PC port, seems like they just scotch-taped the mobile game on the screen”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Forced tutorial locks settings and fullscreen
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I shouldn't have to get through a tutorial to be able to rebind keys”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Combat gets repetitive and shallow
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The combat can get repetitive as you get to the end-game, since you'll mostly be doing rotations and don't have to think on your feet much”
Steam review · 46.8 h played ↗
Greedy monetization, power creep, steep end-game
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“If and once you start spending on this game, its a very steep rabbit hole that just makes you spend more due to how important duplicates of characters are.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
No Russian localization or English voice default
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“no Russian localization and inconvenient controls”
Steam review · translated · 8.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable50 GB
Minimum
OSWindows10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5-1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7870
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8400 / AMD Ryzen R5-1600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 1060/AMD Radeon RX 480
Storage50 GB available space
OSWindows10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5-1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7870
Storage50 GB available space
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