Dimraeth reviews
Steam reviewers bring up combat and pixel art most, mostly in positive reviews. Negative reviews mention the dialogue and AI most. The counts below come from 523 English reviews from the first days of Early Access (436 recommended, 87 not), not the live score.
Themes, counted
A review counts under a theme when it uses one of the listed words, so one review can count several times, as praise or complaint.
| Theme | Recommended | Not recommended | Counted words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combat | 96 | 23 | combat |
| Art and visuals | 68 | 23 | art, pixel, visual(s), graphics |
| Dialogue and writing | 52 | 49 | dialogue, writing, written |
| AI | 33 | 49 | AI, LLM, generative, ChatGPT |
| Price or amount of content | 39 | 16 | price, $, dollars, bucks, cheap, expensive, content |
| Races and classes vs the store | 16 | 16 | three races or classes, 8 races, 6 classes, 48, misleading, advertised |
| Progression and grind | 36 | 10 | grind, XP, progression, stat or skill points, respec, leveling |
| Performance | 11 | 4 | lag, stutter, fps, frame rate, performance, optimization, crash, freeze |
| Controls and controllers | 9 | 6 | controls, controller, keyboard, mouse, keybind, remap, WASD |
Of the 87 negative reviews, 49 mention the dialogue or writing and 49 mention AI, more than any other theme. Negative reviews also came early: the median negative review was written at 1.2 hours of play, against 4.3 hours for recommended ones, and 54 of the 87 had under two hours played.
What reviewers praise
Named in 119 reviews
Fans call the combat the game’s strongest point: robust and mechanically complex. It is not unanimous; one negative review likes the idea and the art but finds the combat clunky. The classes that shape it are on Dimraeth classes.
Praised even in negative reviews
23 negative reviews mention the art, and even reviewers who do not recommend the game call it gorgeous and the gameplay fun.
What reviewers criticise
The dialogue, and whether AI wrote it
49 negative reviews and 33 recommended ones mention AI. They range from asking for honesty about where the writing came from, even if a human edited it, to being unsure AI was used at all. The store’s old disclosure and the open questions are on the Dimraeth AI dialogue question.
Three races and three classes, not eight and six
32 reviews bring up the roster or the store’s description (16 negative, 16 recommended).
The Early Access build does not have the advertised 48 archetypes yet.
The Early Access notes on the store page say exactly what the release includes.
Both are right: the store’s headline describes eight races and six classes, and its Early Access notes, further down the same page, list three races and three classes. The full picture is on all Dimraeth archetypes.
Progression, performance and controls
Price
A lot of content for $20 in Early Access, a steal.
Too expensive for a game at this stage.
Of 55 reviews that talk about price or the amount of content, 39 recommend the game. The launch discount and the planned price rises are on Dimraeth price, and what the build contains is on what is in Dimraeth Early Access.