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Dark Envoy
Developer Event Horizon
Lead a party of relic hunters in an epic cRPG adventure set in a war-torn Guns N’ Sorcery world. Experiment with a tactical slo-mo and a modern combat system! From the Steam store page
206 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
59
Mixed
115 positive · 79 negative
95% range 52–66%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 115 | 79 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
354 of 522 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
60% recommend · 117 yes, 77 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 194 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (652 of 938 positive).
Players praise the combat as engaging and fun, with a unique real-time-with-pause system. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the story as generic, clichéd, and boring. [1][4][5] Several posters report frequent bugs, crashes, and performance issues. [6][7][8]
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- [5]
I don't think this game is bad, but I do think that it is selling itself as a lot of things that it is not. The game is not particularly tactical, as there are a lot of builds that just eviscerate the enemies without it being a lot of fun. I built a glass cannon build on a gunslinger that would always crit and could kill almost any enemy in 2 seconds, even the final boss. Beyond that, the story is pretty boring; it …
- [8]
Cannot say too much about game itself, because I played only small portion of it. Unfortunately looks like I joined the club of peoples for which game Freezing/Crashing in (from my perspective) random moment (of course, in middle of hard fight). So some combination of my hardware, software, drivers, game setting, equipment, action in game or current moon phase prevent me from an uninterrupted gameplay. Regular game …
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Let’s get the bad out of the way first. If you play RPGs strictly for deep, groundbreaking narratives, look elsewhere. The story is so generic, clichéd, and corny that it feels like they just copy-pasted a checklist of basic fantasy tropes. Honestly, the game would have been better if they scrapped the dialogue entirely. A few narrated cutscenes and some scattered in-game lore would have done the job without making …
- [3]
For reference, I am playing on the hardest difficulty and I prefer bone crushing difficulty in my games. I am honestly impressed with how well the combat is designed in this game. I haven't played a fun unique take on real-time with pause like this since playing Aarklash Legacy. If you liked Aarklash, you would like this game. I think this game is a big step up from Tower of Time. A game that I already loved and …
- [4]
I almost want to give this a thumbs down, but I don't think it deserves it. This is a 5.5/10 game for me. It's not bad. It's well optimized, hardly any bugs, battles are flashy, and the loot is pretty fun. But there's just... something missing. The story is pretty bland and battles get repetitive quite quickly, so there's not a lot of drive to play. I think cutting the random side maps would've help. I cleared every …
Summarised from 34 of the 211 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
60% of the 194 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Dark Envoy. The complaint that keeps coming up: story is generic and uninteresting. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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60 of 206 · most liked firstDark Envoy is an action RPG whose setting combines fantasy and sci-fi. The main characters, Malakai and Kaela, are a pair of adventurers who are also brother and sister. When their home town is attacked by a mysterious group, they must embark on a quest to find those responsible. Gameplay (low quality) • The player will control a party of 4 characters, chosen from the 2 protagonists plus 5 companions. Each character has a starting class of either warrior, mage, rogue, or engineer, and each…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't think this game is bad, but I do think that it is selling itself as a lot of things that it is not. The game is not particularly tactical, as there are a lot of builds that just eviscerate the enemies without it being a lot of fun. I built a glass cannon build on a gunslinger that would always crit and could kill almost any enemy in 2 seconds, even the final boss. Beyond that, the story is pretty boring; it feels like the characters are dragged around by the plot, not active…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR; can no longer recommend it.. FAR too many issues with this game.. from getting stuck in 'scenery' to skills and items that do NOT work as indicated.. and a skill (fury) that leads to your own partys' demise! had to reload the game too many times because of issues.. that is NOT fun! it seemed like a bit of fun at first.. but its a VERY basic 'ARPG'.. its more of a 'story book' where you get swept along with events that you just have to 'deal with'.. so; very linear and predictable ("I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game. I seriously did - since Event Horizon showed that they could do interesting combat scenarios with Tower of Time, but this... it just falls apart after the first hour or so. Between the bland level design, unbalanced combat, uninteresting story and bugginess of the game, it's disappointing. First, the level design - gone are the interesting levels from Tower of Time that have lots of nooks and crannies to explore. They're replaced with square-ish rooms connected by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduction For context, I started off as an engineer/adept combo, as that had worked really well for me in the demo. Long before I was done with the game I noticed I wasn't enjoying it, but that the game seemed to allow some builds I might just really enjoy, so I just kept playing to populate my mental wiki to plan my next playthrough. I started over on the highest difficulty as two warriors, intending to play as three tanks and a healer with the enchantments that make you deal constant…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 100+ hours in BG3, I began searching for a replacement. And while Dark Envoy isn't on the same level, it certainly has the heart and brings a lot of fun. The music is spot on, the setting and story are great. The character creation is deeply customization without being too complex (e.g. Pathfinder); with each class getting multiple sub classes the ability to further customize with enchanting. I think I spent as much time making character builds as i did playing the game. The biggest…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let’s get the bad out of the way first. If you play RPGs strictly for deep, groundbreaking narratives, look elsewhere. The story is so generic, clichéd, and corny that it feels like they just copy-pasted a checklist of basic fantasy tropes. Honestly, the game would have been better if they scrapped the dialogue entirely. A few narrated cutscenes and some scattered in-game lore would have done the job without making me roll my eyes. BUT... the gameplay completely redeems it. The slow-mo…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, I'm a big fan of all the games that this claims to draw inspiration from, and if this came out in 2003 instead of 2023, then it might be an amazing game. Times have changed. Graphics are decades behind now. Dialogue is wooden. Plot is dull and uninteresting. The world might be developed properly, but the gameplay and story don't really reveal the lore naturally and organically. It feels cheap and uninspired. Honestly, you play as siblings in a desert town who explores ruins for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply broken. Filled to the brim with bugs and the whole experience often felt (especially cutscenes/dialogue) like it wasn't actually tested. Ever. I tried to push through that, but after the "Chapter III" screen, the game decided to not take any input - which is a common occurence, but this time no amount of restarting helped, so it's impossible to continue.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot say too much about game itself, because I played only small portion of it. Unfortunately looks like I joined the club of peoples for which game Freezing/Crashing in (from my perspective) random moment (of course, in middle of hard fight). So some combination of my hardware, software, drivers, game setting, equipment, action in game or current moon phase prevent me from an uninterrupted gameplay. Regular game crashing is a no go for my book, so currently I consider game dropped. I saw…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is an interesting game. The combat is more fun than expected, scratching that same itch as Icewind Dale or old-school tactical RTS titles like Commandos. I especially liked the "bullet-time" pause, which allowed me to precisely micro-manage the characters. The character builds seem permissive enough for some fun experimentation. One nitpick that I have is that the dialogues can feel a bit wooden at times, but the game is definitely worth a look if you’re in for a fun indie title.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to like it, but it falls really short. Tower of Time was phenomenal in it's world building and unraveling the mysteries, this game is just plain boring and it did not get better before my patience ran out. I would give it another chance if they at least rework the obnoxious tiered loot system, where you replace your legendary item with a common quality one only because higher tier > everything else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →enjoying the concept and style of the game. its good sure but its still ridiculous how many times you crash in this game even though the most recent update says they fixed alot of it. 3 hours - 3 crashes... 2 of which are within 20 minutes during the same reinforcement fight. my PC is strong enough to run baldur's gate at maximum so its not my hardware.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For about a year now the game has had a fatal bug where the game freezes up for no reason making the game unplayable. The game is decent but for this bug that pops up during combat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not get this game if you need to use a controller. The store page says it has partial controller support, but it's so poorly implemented that it effectively has none. The bindings menu ignored my attempts to map buttons, buttons for skills on the toolbar were absent, and I couldn't figure out how to access most of the things I needed in combat. Attempting to switch between mouse and controller on the fly seemed to confuse the game, disabling certain functions. The combat seems like it might…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed Tower of Time and was excited to try this studio's next game. Dark Envoy could be a decent follow up if it was stable. I have 6 hours on record with no less than 3 crashes per hour. The game is just not in a playable state after a year and a half, even with a patch 2 weeks ago. Maybe I'll give it another try when another patch comes out to fix it. EDIT/UPDATE- Determined to finish the game I suffered through over *70* crashes and 1 blue screen to see it through to completion. I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only other game I've played quite like it is Dark Envoy, the sequel, which frequently goes very cheap too. Very underrated, IMO - the devs have spent years patching and improving it and yet somehow the user review score only goes down. I do not get some people.
positive · AI labelView post →This game feels incredibly bad to play. The combat feels awful, everything is floaty and clicks don't register half the time. The real time pause is buggy and half the time your character does stuff you don't want it to. The placement traps and environmental debuffs/buffs is bad and annoying to play around instead of being fun like it should be. The "co-op" is one player makes both characters and then the other player joins in on you. You'll have to stream on discord for them to create a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For reference, I am playing on the hardest difficulty and I prefer bone crushing difficulty in my games. I am honestly impressed with how well the combat is designed in this game. I haven't played a fun unique take on real-time with pause like this since playing Aarklash Legacy. If you liked Aarklash, you would like this game. I think this game is a big step up from Tower of Time. A game that I already loved and would highly recommend. One thing that I find huge is the combat is now done in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(Complete) Humble Choice Leftovers. Leftover keys from this months humble choice. Comment your game of the year and I'll DM you the key. One game per Person. All are Steam Keys except IGN Plus ------ Available Games: * ~~Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth~~ * ~~Dark Envoy Directors Cut~~ * King in the Mountain (Playtest) * ~~One month IGN Plus~~
neutral · AI labelView post →Play Tower of Time from the same devs instead. Dark Envoy is downgrade from that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →* maybe wait for sale * play "tower of time" first, the stories are connected, it has better atmosphere and level design, also it's in general more interesting. but Dark Envoy has voice lines for everything which is cool * this is basically dragon age 2, but with some rough edges, but the levels are not as repetetive as DA2 * although it was good that you can choose to side with any party, it doesnt feel like a unique play style * story telling, especially companion story lines is not very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/10 at best. This game has good foundations, a good premise, and the lore is quite interesting. But EVERYTHING else is just poor execution. The Animations felt like its from a mobile game, the UI systems feels like what you get from a flash game (remember those?), the story is executed poorly, companion quests are absolutely stale and their backstories and personalities are "meh". You have all of this insane lore put into this world but it is all put on you in such a short amount of time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brought this game to play with my brother, multiplayer is practically unplayable. If it's for a multiplayer experience do not purchase this game. it is not a exaggeration, it's is not playable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →after update game is playable. Skill balance finally feels good. Crafint is good. Game omtymalization still changes nothing. drops to 30 fps no matter your settings. I have rtx4070 and ryzen 5500x
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basically an very early access Baldurs gate 3 style game with an interesting spin where you fight in slow mo instead of turn based. clunky and feels like it needs another year of work to be actually playable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was playing as the second player in co-op mode with a friend of mine. The gameplay was very fun at the beginning, but as we got further into the game, I started to have significant problems using abilities and moving the characters, making combat unplayable a lot of the time. I also couldn't really see any status effects on my characters meaning I was often unsure what was going on. We eventually gave up trying to play because I was getting frustrated in every battle. There are tons of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Verdict: ❌ (3/5) Not Recommended Dark Envoy could have been a solid tactical RPG with an interesting world where magic coexists with technology. Unfortunately, numerous shortcomings completely overshadow this potential. After a full playthrough on the maximum difficulty, the conclusion is clear: the game has no balance. I gave up on all characters except Malakai (Warrior/Assassin + Berserker, with the Collector's Amulet) because he alone, with insane movement speed, flew around the map…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It could have been a good game, but a lot of things are flawed and/or buggy: * Loot becomes meaningless in the last 30% of the game: I had crafted better equipment than you could find at the start of act 3, had no reason to loot anything anymore * Likewise for XP: You hit max level halfway through act3, but run out of skills to invest in somewhere in act2 * Dialog/plot/characters are not consistently written: It often feels like I missed some crucial plot development since the last…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a terrible game! The writing is awful, and the story makes no sense and always progresses in the same way: 'Trust me, bro. I'm your big sister, i know everything". This game promises deep tactical combat with choices and consequences. It lies. Your choices don't matter at all, and you have no control over combat. Characters spam their abilities at will, you just click on mobs and watch the show. Most of the time, when you click on an ability, it does not register, or your character has…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game, I did enjoy it, the story was ok, the player choice options felt mid to me, but that's just me. Most game systems after BG3 feel lacking, but there we go. The combat takes a while to get going, and it's not until further in the game that it feels like you aren't just using an ability as soon as it comes off cooldown without much thought. As the game progresses and more options are available with gear and builds, the combat does become more fun. My main issue is with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I almost want to give this a thumbs down, but I don't think it deserves it. This is a 5.5/10 game for me. It's not bad. It's well optimized, hardly any bugs, battles are flashy, and the loot is pretty fun. But there's just... something missing. The story is pretty bland and battles get repetitive quite quickly, so there's not a lot of drive to play. I think cutting the random side maps would've help. I cleared every one I was offered, but they were just random battles and loot basically, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun and underrated game. The character progression system offers a lot of flexibility and you can really feel your growth as you play. Combat is dynamic and the world has a nice atmosphere. Definitely worth checking out if you enjoy RPGs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the story line and the game play. It got to be repetitive after a while with the enemies but the ending made up for it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mobile game pretending to be a PC game. Automated, mindless combat, and the only engagement is bosses where you reposition to avoid attacks. No actual research or crafting, you just buy upgrades and gear with alternate currencies. Shallow half baked "story". Maps are just a means to get the player to walk around and collect resource nodes/loot chests. It's a mockery of a game. Developers have either forgotten or don't care anymore that a good game is one where you must constantly make…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eastern European (Polish) AA RPG goodness. Gameplay is like Dragon Age origins. Since I liked it, and RTWP rpgs, I found this game extremely fun. Not life changing or anything, but a super nice game overall. Reminds me of dungeon siege. This team is going places.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a solid'ish game. it has quite a few issues and some jankiness, but overall it's better than you think, but worse than you expect. I liked the structure of this game. It's simple and effective. Go on missions, kill enemies, complete an objective, get back to town. Ez pz. Overall, pure gameplay reminded me of the good old Dungeon Siege. Here you create and control 2 characters and you can add 2 other teammates to your squad. There are 6 overall companions which you can recruit during a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is enjoyable to play for those that like more of a gameplay of NWN, BG1-2, DA, instead of BG3, Divinity OS 1-2. I like them all. Now it's on the 70% deal, and it's more then worth it. Character freedom is satisfining. There is a mage class. And I made a mage barbarian. It let me do it. I was not forced to make a glass cannot mage. I could equip whatever. I did. I feel like I found a hidden class. That is cool.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyed Tower of Time. Wanted to enjoy this game but I can not. Controls for game are really bad both Game Controller & Mouse and Keyboard. I can not play this game. What a shame. Uninstalled and asking for a Refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Envoy is an indie Combat RPG for people who like RTwP. Rejoice! The character creation aspects, and the RPG side in general are relatively light, but are enough to connect and justify the exploration and encounters, provide skill trees/progression, and it's more fulsome than their previous game. The setting is a mixture of standard fantasy/magic fare with some sci-fi and gunpowder, and it works well. The game has some bugs and some jank (the most annoying thing being sometimes having to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →read full story bellow in short after 43h play - this game is a glitch fest. you can click something it will glitch, you may not click anything and it will still glitch. memory leaks are REAL here, consider play session to be around 2 hours max. BUT this game has decent story and visually and mechanically is very pleasant. So if you are okay as myself with restarting game every 2-4 hours, scum saving/loading due to glitches, you can have some unique fun with it. ---- i just played 3 hours…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game sounds good and promising with an interesting story onboard, but its delivery is mediocre at best. My pros and contras: (+) graphism is nice (+) stability (I know, a lot of people complain about game crashes, but I had one only once in my playthrough.) (+) slow motion for fights and micro-management (though I prefer the classic round-based fights. I'm an old sucker.) (+) idea about the world' story (-) the main story is boring like hell (the devs tried hard, but didn't suceed) (-)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game Plays like a modern day version of Dungeon Siege If you guys do a sequel and flesh out a fully immersive contiguous world/crafting systems while keeping the multiplayer/gear/skill systems core that exists itd be an absolute banger! You should advertise on your page that it has multiplayer in the tags btw!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the Best Indie RPGs I’ve Played For an indie RPG, this game delivers in every aspect. The combat is engaging, the world is well-crafted, and the pacing is just right. While it doesn’t have the complexity of Baldur’s Gate 3, it offers a streamlined experience that doesn’t feel shallow. The ability to pause and adjust combat speed is a brilliant touch, making it accessible for different playstyles. Whether you’re here for the story, the strategy, or the RPG mechanics, you won’t be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very buggy. Repeated issues with the menus locking up and being unable to open chests unless I save and reload. Happens both with controller and keyboard/mouse.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →thumbs up to keep them going
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a great game – I can honestly recommend it: Combat – pretty intuitive and immersive due to the slow motion/pause mechanics, which gives you time but doesn't kill the enjoyment of real-time battle; Graphics and animation – I can say they are impressive for an indie studio. You can see the heart that was put into this; Level design – not bad at all. Locations, treasures, NPC's, opponents, etc., give you an outstanding experience; Music and sound effects – nothing unusual, but keep a solid…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not that it's a bad game, it's just that it's very buggy. Random freezes. Side quest missions that are supposed to be large maps, can be extremely small maps where there's a bunch of enemies right where you spawn in and you can go no further than maybe 15 meters. All this was really frustrating at times, which really made it a lot less fun to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremly bare bone game i forgot to refund it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a big fan of co-op RPGs, Dark Envoy immediately caught my friend's and I's attention. While we noticed it lacked the "co-op" tag on Steam, we saw it did have a weird co-op option, and the concept seemed too good to pass up. We decided to give it a try. Initially, the experience was promising, but a few hours into the game, I began experiencing significant rubberbanding. We assumed it was just a temporary glitch or connection problems. However, after taking a break for the holidays and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fairly well balanced fighting oriented rpg, the story is rather linear and kind of generic, but decently told so it still has it moments. The game sure looks good for it's price, if anything later part of the game when characters get more items, and passives the game kind of gets lost. My characters kept droping passives like Unlimited potential, Inner Void (decsription says it stacks until the end of dungeon, but it resets after every battle). I guess if someone wanted to play the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mainly bought this because I absolutely loved the developers' previous game "Tower of Time". This one here... not so much. It really feels like a step back in so many ways. Tower of Time was for me the perfect combination of exploration, fights and a riddle here and there. It was fun exploring the tower, a huge semi-3D environment, and engage in the fights that happened in separated arenas. Here in Dark Envoy, exploration is... just no fun. The levels feel monotonous and boring, no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This will be a long review. So if you don't want to read a wall of text then I would say that this is a definite no buy 3/10 game. There are pieces of fun here and there, but they are mired in a bog of bugs, glitches, and gameplay decisions. There is no reason this game should even be $10, let alone the $30 they are asking for with all the issues. I got this through a humble bundle and still feel like I paid too much. To start I will just get the graphics/sound out of the way as I'm not much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating: 4 / 10 — a mediocre game weighed down by bugs and weak writing. Wanted to like it — but between bugs, writing, and poor QA, I regret finishing it. I actually finished Dark Envoy, and honestly, I wish I hadn’t pushed myself to the end. It’s a decent but ultimately mediocre game buried under technical issues and uneven design. Joe’s Mana bug has been around since November 2023 and still isn’t fixed. You have to redo the entire fight to recover. During Kim’s “rescue her father”…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashes every few minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was just getting into Dark Envoy D.C, thinking "yeah it's not bad feels like a keepe..." HARD CRASH, give it a sec... "loading screen, okay let me end task through task manager..."Loading screen" eventually had to do a hardware reset on my pc; listen I'm not going to hate on the both devs and self publishers... it's just, sigh, your game is a refreshing change from the snakes and ladders development of the large raft of games, but a hard crash like that is worrying and to be honest there's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Envoy is a fantastic blend of tactical RPG combat and deep storytelling. The mix of real-time gameplay with pause-and-plan mechanics keeps battles engaging, while the rich world and character choices make for a rewarding experience. The steampunk-fantasy setting is beautifully crafted, and the co-op mode adds even more fun. So far, I’m having a lot of fun, and the recent changes are going in a very good direction. Highly recommended for fans of tactical RPGs!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →what an absoluty god awful trash product freezes every 1m or so and it even locks your entire PC. Utter trash devs stay away everyone
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too. Many. Glitches.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately the game is unplayable. in the tutorial the game froze, it wasn't a full freeze, audio was still running and mouse cursor was there but everything else was locked up, had to exit game through keyboard entry with task manager (which showed it was not responding) I tried again and got past the tutorial only for it to freeze up not long later. Then whenever I try to make any progress from my last save it is a few minutes before it freezes again so no progress can be made. I see…
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