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DYSMANTLE
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Dysmantle (stylized as DYSMANTLE) is a 2021 action role-playing, survival, and adventure video game developed and published by Finnish studio 10tons. The game was released in early access for Windows on November 6, 2020, before its full release for Windows and macOS on November 16, 2021. It was later released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. Set on a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
312 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
185 positive · 34 negative
95% range 79–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 185 | 34 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 34 | 3 | 27 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 1 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,679 of 5,201 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 178 yes, 31 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 209 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (10,554 of 11,647 positive).
Many reviewers note the game becomes repetitive and grindy, especially in later stages. [1][2][3][4]
Representative posts
- [7]
There's a lot of game but there's also a lot that annoyed me. In no particular order: 1. Exploring often consists of trying to figure out which direction to go, and alot of times the map isn't helpful. There's a couple of times you'll have to figure out a way to go higher and it's not really obvious. I got tired of the winding paths the game wanted me to take. 2. The sidequests that are basically "go here", "oops …
- [5]
It's good fun, simple and straightforward. Also, this is a true couch co-op game you can play together with a friend, which is exactly what I was looking for. Too many devs out there who only make online multiplayer and don't even bother with traditional multiplayer, so I'm glad this one does.
- [8]
Very satisfying game in a strange completionist sort of way. Once I 100% this game including DLC i stopped too think did I actually enjoy that and then when i looked at my play time i decided, not only did i enjoy it but it's one of only a handful of games i've sunk over 100 hours in. This for me is the quintessential podcast game a game I'm glad I watched credits roll on but i don't think i shall ever play again. I …
- [9]
Dysmantle is about escaping a post-apocalyptic island, and the primary means of doing so is reducing it to constituent parts. Nearly every object in the game can be broken down for materials. Steel fences, cars, buildings, the emotional-damage-of-other-survival-games-you've-played-before-this-one, etc. All of it goes into the grinder. It's cathartic in a way that's difficult to articulate and embarrassingly easy to …
- [4]
Really good game, but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone as it can get really tedious in several parts ( mostly the second part of the jungle, and at the end/post end ). It's also a "survival crafting" game where survival is non-existent : you don't NEED to eat, drink or sleep, but you CAN cook to get bonuses/healing and sleep to pass time. But you also have bandages and painkillers so cooking to heal is useless. …
Summarised from 34 of the 302 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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DYSMANTLE sits at 84% positive across 219 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Dysmantle received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the PC version received a score of 77 out of 100, based on three critic reviews. Daniel Weissenberger of GameCritics scored the game 8 out of 10, praising the hand-crafted open world, progression curve, and the way destructible environments were tied directly into crafting and exploration. He wrote that the narrative was comparatively light but considered the core destruction and crafting loop satisfying. Peter Hunt Szpytek of GameSkinny scored the game 7 out of 10, describing its mechanics as somewhat shallow but praising its exploration, character progression, and gameplay loop. Campbell Bird of 148Apps gave the…
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Reactions
60 of 312 · most liked firstStreaming a little Dysmantle in 15 minutes. Join me for a cozy(?) zombie survival game! twitch.tv/beardobear
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a lot of game but there's also a lot that annoyed me. In no particular order: 1. Exploring often consists of trying to figure out which direction to go, and alot of times the map isn't helpful. There's a couple of times you'll have to figure out a way to go higher and it's not really obvious. I got tired of the winding paths the game wanted me to take. 2. The sidequests that are basically "go here", "oops actually here", "seriously, go here", etc. got old fast. 3 Turrets.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For what it is this game is "good". It's just an ultra casual Zomboids. Think Zomboids mixed with My Little Universe. It's not worth $20.. but $10-$12 sure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Volume over substance. Famine without Feast. Dysmantle is a game that I've had on my list for quite some time. As a fan of survival games, grinding games, incremental games, etc, it seemed right up my ally. But, every time it fell on sale I was busy playing something else, or had funds committed to other things. The recent summer sale was the first time that was not the case. So, I finally picked it up. And honestly? This is becoming one of the few purchases I've ever made that I regret.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's good fun, simple and straightforward. Also, this is a true couch co-op game you can play together with a friend, which is exactly what I was looking for. Too many devs out there who only make online multiplayer and don't even bother with traditional multiplayer, so I'm glad this one does.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like rinse and repeat quests kinda game there does not spark joy to me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent game, but also a horrific grindfest. The whole point of the game is to run around a huge map breaking stuff with your hammer/machete/whatever to upgrade the tool and be able to break bigger stuff. Upgrading machete with stone and electronics, upgrading hats with metal and wood - it's grinding for the sake of grinding. 6/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some more comfort games: - Powerwash/Escape Simulator - Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams - Final Profit: A Shop RPG - Mega Mosaic/Proverbs - Littlewood - Etrian Odyssey series - Dysmantle - House Flipper - Arcade Paradise - Islands of Insight (note: may want to find a fan patch) - Soul Blazer(yes the SNES game)
neutral · AI labelView post →Why even attempt AAA game with such a small budget/team size ratio? It would have been a good game if they had cut the amount of developers and the scope of the game to fit the budget. I've recently tried smaller games like Dysmantle and they're great, why not even pixel/FF style Lord of the rings game? That would be awesome and cost less
neutral · AI labelView post →DYSMANTLE has a satisfying progression loop at first, but it seriously overstays its welcome. Upgrading your tools and slowly being able to destroy more of the environment is fun, but the game eventually turns into a huge amount of repetitive resource gathering, backtracking, and checklist cleanup. By the time I finished all the achievements, I was more relieved to be done than excited about completing it. There’s a good game here, but it could have been much shorter.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The list, for those that don't want to click through: PlayStation Plus Extra Game Catalogue It Takes Two (PS5, PS4) Sniper Elite 5 (PS5, PS4) Snowrunner (PS5, PS4) World War Z (PS4) The Ascent (PS5, PS4) Undertale (PS4) SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (PS4) Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4) Dysmantle (PS5, PS4) Circus Electrique (PS4) Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4) Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4) My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS5, PS4) Fast & Furious: Spy…
neutral · AI labelView post →Looking for moots to game with I guess. ⛏️ Minecraft (bedrock) 🗡️ Final Fantasy ⚔️ FF6 ⚔️ FF7 🕜 Chrono Trigger / Chrono Cross 🔫 Call of Duty Mobile 🤖 Android 🎮 Playstation 💻 Steam 🪓 Dysmantle 🎮 SNES 🛡️ Legend of Zelda 🐉 Skyrim / Oblivion 🖱️ RTS games 😈 Doom 🎮 Sega Genesis 🌳 Terraria #promosky #gamesky
neutral · AI labelView post →A weirdly relaxing survival craft game. It looks nice, and I like that you can smash everything in sight, especially when you've upgraded your weapons to max. It can be a little tricky to get started, but soon enough you get stronger and it feels great. The story is okay, but there's not much of it compared to the vast amount of gameplay. After a while, gameplay start to feel really repetitive, there's not loads to do, and mechanics are pretty simple. There is a huge map to explore, but often I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Fanatical] Best of Platinum Collection - Build your own Bundle (Winter 2025). 3 for $9.99, 5 for $14.99, 10 for $28.99 - Amnesia: The Bunker - Botany Manor - Disco Elysium - DOOM - Dungeon Tycoon - DYSMANTLE - Edge of Sanity - Endless Alice - Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition - Fallout 76 - Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition - Gestalt: Steam & Cinder - LEGO® Bricktales - Mini Settlers - Neongarten - Paradise Killer - REVEIL - RoboCop: Rogue City - SteamWorld Build - SteamWorld Dig…
neutral · AI labelView post →You already know if you'll enjoy this slop, everyone else take a hard pass. it's a open world destruction game with a paper thin story surrounded by layers of unrewarding loops and it becomes obvious early that the game does not respect your time. The entire game your forced to fight with a limiting inventory, and the longer you play the game the more obvious it become that the "walls" you hit only exist to waste your time. Everything is clunky and there's no player quality of life. Too much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I spotted this game in a video of "souls-likes" and thought, "Hm, weird, but maybe I'll try it." And... yeah it's a souls-like. That was fine, I like FromSoft games. But playing the game... it just felt weird. I'll try to organize my thoughts into a set list. PROS: - I liked the sound design. That felt satisfying. - The idea of having to set up a beacon to eliminate enemy respawns in an area is pretty cool. And then you can bring them back if you want a challenge or need specific materials.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was therapy for me, and I’ve been meaning to review it for a while. It came at a pretty stressful time in my life, and I just needed a game that didn’t stress me out too much. This game checked that box. It was just… fun. It was challenging and tense but not to a detriment. I loved the farming loop, I loved exploration loop, and the graphics were great. It was just what I needed, and I highly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot to like. I like the concept. I like the atmosphere it creates. But, after awhile, you're just doing the same thing every time you play. Having a more diverse set of materials to break down would be great. Instead, it feels like there's not actually many items. Also, you just go around killing the same zombies with little challenge. It started fun, but fizzled out for me after a week or two.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very satisfying game in a strange completionist sort of way. Once I 100% this game including DLC i stopped too think did I actually enjoy that and then when i looked at my play time i decided, not only did i enjoy it but it's one of only a handful of games i've sunk over 100 hours in. This for me is the quintessential podcast game a game I'm glad I watched credits roll on but i don't think i shall ever play again. I recommend this game if you're a fan of clear and obvious progression and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing this game called Dysmantle. It's currently free on PS Plus, so I gave it a shot. It's kind of a reverse building game. It's all about tearing up ruins and solving puzzles. It's light hearted post-apocalyptic. Very fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Cool game, sucks that you took an easy route in AI slop all over.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know why I'm playing this game. I'm nearly 11 hours in and I seriously don't know why I'm here or why I should care. The story is just a series of fetch quests where we get effectively zero info about what happened. Beyond that, the game is literally just smashing stuff to get materials so you can upgrade your tools so you can break tougher materials at the exact same rate. It's literally just "hit something 2-6 times then repeat". Sometimes you smack an "ex-Human" once or twice and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I started playing DYSMANTLE on stream yesterday and have you ever played a game that feels like it was specifically designed for you? This game was created for me. It scratches a very specific itch I have in gaming. Matt also says the main character looks like grumpy me…so there is that too.
positive · AI labelView post →My current Steam Deck addiction. It's a VERY chill post apocalyptic survival game called Dysmantle. Runs super well on the deck and has this really simple but addictive gameplay loop of destroy stuff, craft stuff, destroy stuff... It's the perfect game to play when you just have time to fill.
positive · AI labelView post →Dysmantle is about escaping a post-apocalyptic island, and the primary means of doing so is reducing it to constituent parts. Nearly every object in the game can be broken down for materials. Steel fences, cars, buildings, the emotional-damage-of-other-survival-games-you've-played-before-this-one, etc. All of it goes into the grinder. It's cathartic in a way that's difficult to articulate and embarrassingly easy to lose hundreds of hours to. The map opens up at a pace that respects your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would like to complete the game but a three year old bug with 'Side Hustle' quest completion achievement is still active. How would you feel if you just played a game for over eighty hours and then you get cooked by something the dervs say is fixed, maybe we need to 'dysmantle' the lie. I do not recommend this game it left the most soured feelings in me, one thing you want to avoid a bug you know is still there and leaves the player left empty after all the play time, my choice you bet but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PlayStation Plus Free Extra And Premium Games For July 2023 Revealed. - It Takes Two -- PS4, PS5 - Sniper Elite 5 -- PS4, PS5 - Snowrunner -- PS4, PS5 - World War Z -- PS4, PS5 - The Ascent -- PS4, PS5 - Undertale -- PS4 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated -- PS4 - Melty Blod: Type Lumina -- PS4 - Dysmantle -- PS4, PS5 - Circus Electrique -- PS4 - Dynasty Warriors 9 -- PS4 - Samurai Warriors 5 -- PS4 - My Little Pony: A Maretime…
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | July 2023. Sony have announced the next batch of PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games coming to the service. ****PS Plus Extra**** It Takes Two - PS4 & PS5 Sniper Elite 5 - PS4 & PS5 Snowrunner - PS4 & PS5 World War Z - PS4 & PS5 The Ascent - PS4 & PS5 Undertale- PS4 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated - PS4 Melty Blood: Type Lumina - PS4 Dysmantle - PS4 & PS5 Circus Electrique - PS4 Dynasty Warriors 9 - PS4…
neutral · AI labelView post →This game could have been better if the devs made movement through the map easier. There are too many cliffs to go around making it sometimes like a maze. Another criticism is that there should be more hints as to what to do. Even with exploring most of the map, it is easy to miss important things. For example, one definitely needs a gas mask to proceed but where to get one. One needs to cross over the river twice via blocked railroad bridges. If one never approaches a particular locomotive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent middle of the road survival crafting game. More story driven, with some clever map design, though it drags for quite a while. It's a fine game to decompress with but I doubt it's winning any awards. Many of the voicelines are text to speech which is a shame.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DYSMANTLE is essentially a psuedo-incremental game about exploring, killing zombies, crafting, destroying everything for resources, and leveling up. This is NOT a survival game, and I feel like it's weird that it's marketed as one. There are no survival mechanics and if you die you simply just start at a Dark Souls campfire and the mobs reset. I love it. I like that it's not a survival game. I like that it's just a game where I get experience for doing everything and I level up and get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good game, but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone as it can get really tedious in several parts ( mostly the second part of the jungle, and at the end/post end ). It's also a "survival crafting" game where survival is non-existent : you don't NEED to eat, drink or sleep, but you CAN cook to get bonuses/healing and sleep to pass time. But you also have bandages and painkillers so cooking to heal is useless. Crafting is not the main point either. You'll unlock new gear to progress,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game that makes me glad the ratings system is Recommend or Do Not Recommend. Because this was ultimately a fun and charming game I'm glad I played and I do recommend. It isn't without its pain points, but they weren't enough to prevent me from finishing the game. And let me not bury the lede - a big part of my pain was not realizing there was a building system until I was about to beat the game. I don't fully blame the designers - since my friend bought this game for me (and I'm so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →read someone talking about Dysmantle, and referred to it as "death stranding meets tlou" which could either mean absolutely nothing or a video game designed specifically for my autistic ass
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished UNPACKING last night and it was so addictive. Before that I played forager which I loved, and before that I played the shit out of Dysmantle and Wytchwood. I love AAA games but there are some really great Indies out there
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally started playing Mass Effect legendary. It surely lives up to it's hype. The combat is nifty, but the dialogue and choices are super fun. Also playing Dysmantle with my partner. It's simple but very cathartic and mindless. It's got issues but overall very worth playing. Especially couch coop.
positive · AI labelView post →It's the most "hit things to get materials so you can hit more things to get more materials to hit more things..." game ever. No substance, very repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, good progression curve. The grind to 100% is a chore tho. I didn't bother myself.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly a little bit of a let down... I really wanted to enjoy this game more, it has a cool concept and the art direction is actually pretty nice. But there are some things that keep me from wanting to play more of it. 1- The controls feel a bit sluggish, the movement has that tiny bit of delay which makes what could be a nice smooth movement a bit frustrating to use. The same can be said about the aiming, I noticed if I keep attacking, no matter where my cursor is, it will keep attacking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dysmantle is one of those survival crafting games where you break things down into resources to craft tools to break more things. It's imperfect with pacing faltering later on but it delivers a fun experience for a good while. There's a lot of activities to do in this game, like base building, fishing and such, but primary drive of progress and discovery will be whacking random items until they pop into resources. You'll do that a lot here. Also, fighting with enemy zombies is near-constant…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100% Dysmantle on 7/26/2024. My wife and I just beat Dysmantle. Fun survival couch coop game where you emerge from your shelter to discover that the island you are on has been over run by zombies. You must now "dysmantle" objects to collect material to upgrade your weapons, tools, and buildings to survive and escape the island. Very fun with non obvious metroid-vania style elements. There are also quite a few interesting twists within the story of the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice combination of Zen and Chaos. I was looking for a game to come home and 'zone' out and take my mind of the day. This game did just that nicely. Thank you and keep up the great work. I'll be considering the DLC.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those games that plays the same between the mobile version and the pc version, and both are fantastic. You can even take your save between the two. It isn't very elegant, but it is viable. 10tons did a fantastic job here with this open world survival title. The progress is solid, the DLC adds new areas and monsters to deal with. The crafting isn't crazy, or difficult. Everything can be "dysmantled". There is lore in the game that you will discover through your play through. All…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game with beautiful graphics, but the game is quite hard and tedious for me in terms of resource gathering. Did I enjoyed it? Yes. Do you want to continue finishing it? No
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had played DYSMANTLE a bit earlier in the year, and after nothing else really grabbing my #gaming interest this weekend, I've been sucked back in. Huge map to explore, satisfying game progression and destructible environment mechanics. DLC maps look pretty large as well.
positive · AI labelView post →Not normally my current of tea I normally play farcry and games like that so when I see this game I thought I would have a punt and see what it’s like all in all a bloody brilliant game am currently loving it can’t put it down 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Surprisingly Fun Survival Grind DYSMANTLE is one of those games where the main gameplay loop is incredibly simple: find something, smash it apart, collect the resources, and use them to make better equipment so you can smash even more things. It sounds repetitive on paper, but surprisingly, it works really well. There's plenty to do outside of the main loop, including exploring, fishing, crafting and building, although some of these systems definitely feel less developed than others. Most…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Breaking objects is addictive. Get better tool, improve it and break even more stuff. And then I got a sledgehammer, I love my sledgehammer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would say it's a solid game. The first hour or so felt awkward but once you get past it the game starts to open up and provides lots of challenges, upgrades and items to find, areas to explore and a story to follow. I finished the main story in about 38 hours and going through missed/optional content now and soon the DLCs! Some aspects of the game do have problems in my opinion: - The item pickup system is tedious. - Tombs feel underwhelming, rarely did they feel like a challenge. - The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Randomizing and clearing my backlog - 36/343 At first this game felt great, I was looting everything. Then it got redundant and I got tired of looting everything for the same items over and over. I get why people like the game but there’s dozens of Zombie survival games that scratch the itch better for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →77 hours of gameplay at the time of writing this review and still a lot to do and explore! I love DYSMANTLE. It's a labor of love.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game sorry they stopped progressing it. Worth buying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that could have been very addictive let down immensely by horrendous combat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dysmantle. Casual post apocalyptic survival etc game. It’s also available on consoles, switch and mobile. https://store.steampowered.com/app/846770/DYSMANTLE/
neutral · AI labelView post →New year, 'new' game! I'm gonna be digging through my backlog for streams, starting with colourful post-apocalyptic survival sim, Dysmantle! What will win - my desire for a fun lifestyle sim or unrelenting waves of zombies? Tune in at 5pm GMT to find out! twitch.tv/chronomagistrate
neutral · AI labelView post →Got it in a mystery bundle and I can see why. It feels like what you'd see in a mobile game ad, except you have to actually play it and not just watch it for 10 seconds and then skip. You can't even hire some guy on Fiverr to do the radio voice? You could only use the TikTok/Twitch TTS voice? Hearing that the devs use AI in their latest game doesn't compel me to play this one either. If they're so lazy why should I bother?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →20mins was enough to wonder what in the f### is the point of this game? Hit things so you can upgrade the same damn crowbar so you can hit other things? Just go around and hit everything you can... wow amazing!!!! Wish I was 5 years old so I could appreciate this kind of gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game had a lot more depth than I originally anticipated. Not only that but the world is massive. You don't quite get a feel for how big it really is until you start exploring, wander into one of the DLC maps and realize that it's a whole game in itself size-wise. Do yourself a favor and explore the points of interest on the map as you pass them. It'll save you time later with achievement hunting. Also, make sure to engage with the DLC in tandem with the main storyline. There are a lot of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- colourful graphics - large world - CRAFTING TECH TREE - zombies - enjoyable (for me, a non-action gamer) fight mechanics - lots of exploration + grinding Overall rating: 9/10 Highly recommend to those who love games with a focus on exploration and grinding with a good amount of action and straightforward fight mechanics. There is also a decent amount of crafting, with a tech tree element.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Insane amount of fun, world is enormous with so many interesting things to do and discover. At 40 hours I've only uncovered about 30% of the base game map (with a small amount of that time dabbling with some of the DLC). If someone told me I can only keep 10 games from your Steam library and lose the rest, this game would be one of them, without question.
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