Great value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“For three bucks, it felt like a harmless gamble.”
Steam review · 38.6 h played ↗
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 56%Mixed · 56%WOLCEN Studio2020Action RPG · Hack and Slash · RPG
The verdict
A good-looking, cheap Diablo-style ARPG with a fun three-act campaign and flexible builds. It's abandoned and offline-only, and Act 4 is a grind. Skip it at full price or if you want multiplayer.
Great for
Solo ARPG fans wanting a cheap, story-driven campaign with build experimentation
Main risk
Abandoned game with no multiplayer and a grindy, buggy Act 4 endgame
What players love
Gorgeous graphics and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Look, this game is gorgeous. Like, “pause mid-combat just to admire the explosions” gorgeous.”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Good story, cutscenes and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Great story, lot's of twists and turns.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
Flexible builds and huge skill tree
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Fun, open-ended builds and a massive skill tree deliver the goods.”
Steam review · 8.1 h played ↗
Satisfying, impactful combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Love the meaty melee combat - it just feels impactful.”
Steam review · 127.1 h played ↗
Offline single-player, no online or MTX
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“without any service model, without forced online and cosmetic store”
Steam review · 39.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Abandoned, multiplayer shut down
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“They removed multiplayer from the game and I can't refund this turd.”
Steam review · 114.7 h played ↗
Bugs, including game-breaking final boss
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The final boss Ahriman is bugged and will disappear with a sliver of life left”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗
Distrust over Wolcen 2 announcement
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Announcing a sequel before finishing the first... Bold strategy, Cotton”
Steam review · 53.5 h played ↗
Act 4 and endgame are grindy and repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“chp 4 requires you to grind hard .......... for a long time to get to final boss and if you happen to die in the last missions you have to restart all the grind”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗
Clunky, unresponsive combat and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The combat is extremely clunky, the animations are really stiff, and there's practically no weight to your attacks”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Too easy, shallow loot and skills
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Decent ARPG actually mechanics wise when on sale (besides generic story), but so easy that it seems like a bug to me.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable18 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-Bit SP1, Windows 8.1 64-Bit, Windows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4570T 2.9 GHz / AMD FX-6100 3.3 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 6850
Storage18 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-Bit SP1, Windows 8.1 64-Bit, Windows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4770S 3.1 GHz / AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 570
Storage18 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-Bit SP1, Windows 8.1 64-Bit, Windows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4570T 2.9 GHz / AMD FX-6100 3.3 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 6850
Storage18 GB available space
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