Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three
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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Developer Stormfront Studios
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is an action role-playing video game released in 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. It is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). The story was written by R.A. Salvatore and features the voices of Patrick Stewart as Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun and Michael Clarke Duncan as Ygorl. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
177 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
39 positive · 23 negative
95% range 50–74%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 10 | 3 | 84 |
| Steam reviews | 39 | 23 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
43 of 68 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
62% recommend · 39 yes, 24 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 63 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (95 of 137 positive).
Some reviewers report frequent crashes that make the game unplayable. [1][2][3] Several players note the game is short, with a playtime of around 5-6 hours. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
I'm regretting not waiting for it to be under a dollar. First the Cons -Short game, 2 hours in and I'm second to last mission of the game -Story treats you as an afterthought -Janky Camera angles -Ported game, but no options to change controls, and very poor. almost everything is dumped on the left hand of the keyboard. -Enemies, locations, etc. are different pixels, but combat and opponents all behave and fight the …
- [1]
Cannot get 5 minutes into the game without it crashing to Desktop.
- [9]
I honestly can't believe this game recently got added to Steam if the release date with it is true. But I remember this game, liking it as a kid and it always gave me Lord of the Rings vibes, like how one remembers the old Two Towers game and Return of the King, and this games music is just epic. So far this game plays great on my Steam Deck. Thank you whoever decided to bring this back.
- [4]
This is pure nostalgia for the era of tough, atmospheric D&D action games. I played it almost 20 years ago and when I replayed it — I got the same emotions: adrenaline from the fights, excitement after every completed chapter, and the urge to keep going immediately. This game is quite short, playable in one breath in 5–6 hours on the highest difficulty. The story is delivered easily, without clutter, character …
- [5]
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone was one of my all time favs on the PS2 and I was so happy as I saw the game got a re-release. I just bought it today and sadly I'm already near the end of the game, but yeah, it was always a short, but fantastic experience. If you loved the good old hack and slays from the PS2 like "The Two Towers" or "The Return of the King" (to mention the Lord of the Rings games), you will love Demon …
Summarised from 34 of the 164 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
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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone sits at 63% positive across 62 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received a positive response from critics. Heather Newman of the Detroit Free Press called the game "extraordinarily cinematic", adding that "the dialogue and story line Salvatore crafted substantially contributed to that feel". Judy Siegel-Itzkovich of the Jerusalem Post gave the game four and half stars. She praised the graphics as "excellent", and the sound, calling the music "rousing and dramatic", the voice acting "high quality", and the sound effects "highly realistic". She concluded by saying that while fans would love the game, it is too short and the hack and slash element becomes "repetitive". Demon Stone was nominated for two awards by the British Academy of Film and…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 177 · most liked firstSpotlight on the cartographer who worked on Tolkien's Middle Earth and D&D's Forgotten Realms As that person constantly flipping back to the maps when traveling along in a story or game, thank you for your passion Karen
neutral · AI labelView post →The artwork of #DungeonHack, a game in the #ForgottenRealms series, by Akihiro Kimura used on the cover of the #NEC #PC98 release in Japan. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied.
neutral · AI labelView post →I honestly can't believe this game recently got added to Steam if the release date with it is true. But I remember this game, liking it as a kid and it always gave me Lord of the Rings vibes, like how one remembers the old Two Towers game and Return of the King, and this games music is just epic. So far this game plays great on my Steam Deck. Thank you whoever decided to bring this back.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →reading old D&D magazines and seeing an ad for their upcoming new setting supplement "The Forgotten Realms" feels like finding audio logs in a video game going "can't wait to start my new job at the Umbrella Corporation! i have a lot of ideas how to improve the world of biotech"
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi!! I’m Aurora, an old ass fanfic writer for many a video game, mostly Final Fantasy and BioWare titles. Huge Forgotten Realms fan also. Here is my AO3 page: archiveofourown.org/users/Kylenn... And I have a lil tip jar here: ko-fi.com/auroratheeel...
neutral · AI labelView post →A two page ad from early 2000 for Icewind Dale, an RPG for PCs by Black Isle Studios Shifting from the cozy intrigues of Baldur's Gate, this standalone adventure pit players against a new, shadowy evil encroaching in the distant, and chilly, far north of TSR's Forgotten Realms campaign world!
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the Snapping Tortle Barbarian that was painted on last night's stream. It'll be used as an enforcer for one of Calimports Pashas in my Forgotten Realms 5th Ed game. #minipainting #PaintingMiniatures #miniatures
neutral · AI labelView post →A 1988 ad for AD&D: Pool of Radiance, an RPG by SSI for PC platforms The first title in SSI's gold box series takes place in TSR's Forgotten Realms setting for AD&D and features art by Clyde Caldwell used on the cover of 1986's "Knight of Illusion" Endless Quest book and a TTRPG adaptation.
neutral · AI labelView post →From Margaret Weis: Jean Rabe, who wrote RPG books for Spelljammer and Dragonlance and novels for Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms, has passed. We're losing our TTRPG elders as well as our video game elders.
neutral · AI labelView post →Was trying to remember this game for 17 years. And finally by sheer coincidence I stumbled upon it here. Man, it's so satisfying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was asked to run a kids (& parents') Dungeons & Dragons game, so I’m taking a little work break to dust off 3.5 this morning. The ruleset vibes with me more than 5E. Thinking of setting the one-shot (and possibly more) in the Forgotten Realms. Feels like the right setting to hook new players.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a hack and slash action game - similar to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (made by the same studio) - this one having a bit more to unlock for characters, as instead of just getting different attacks you can also get armor and weapon unlocks that show up on characters. For such an old game it still looks neat, also having nice soundtrack and voice acting that even includes some well known names like John DiMaggio, Patrick Stewart and the late great Michael Clarke Duncan. Having…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm regretting not waiting for it to be under a dollar. First the Cons -Short game, 2 hours in and I'm second to last mission of the game -Story treats you as an afterthought -Janky Camera angles -Ported game, but no options to change controls, and very poor. almost everything is dumped on the left hand of the keyboard. -Enemies, locations, etc. are different pixels, but combat and opponents all behave and fight the same. -Equipment upgrades don't seem to help much. tested out the +5 sword with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →spent like 15+ years trying to find this game and I finally found and played it again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic PC RPGs This caught my interest: GOG has the original versions of 3 classic RPGs. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone The Temple of Elemental Evil Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard (a GOG Preservation game) Now STEAM is adding these games in Aug/Sept. -> 2
neutral · AI labelView post →I am (currently) the only speedrunner of this game, so I have played Demon Stone more than most. It's alright It doesn't look great and the controls are a little awkward. It's pretty short, even from a casual perspective, but there is little fluff and the levels are unique and generally well-paced. There is a shocking amount of voice talent and the music is really good for this style of game. It's obscure for understandable reasons, but an interesting time capsule. This release is vastly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One couldn't help but notice that while the trailer was mostly dark horror, they worked in some 'sexy' horror and one wonders if this was an effort to communicate to the BG3 fans that this game will be BG3 levels of horny. 🤷♂️ But Rivellon is just not as interesting a setting as Forgotten Realms.
neutral · AI labelView post →This looks fun! My tav and 3 characters who describe him Pretty boys with parental issues ahoy! Drizzt Do'urden (Forgotten Realms) Zagreus (Hades Game) Sephiroth (Final Fantasy 7)
neutral · AI labelView post →This is pure nostalgia for the era of tough, atmospheric D&D action games. I played it almost 20 years ago and when I replayed it — I got the same emotions: adrenaline from the fights, excitement after every completed chapter, and the urge to keep going immediately. This game is quite short, playable in one breath in 5–6 hours on the highest difficulty. The story is delivered easily, without clutter, character progression and equipment purchasing simple as possible. The locations are linear —…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pardon me it's laura Lakey (no second L) and you can see her influence on the game. She and her husband worked on Forgotten Realms.
neutral · AI labelView post →The last three contestants in the Ladies of Dungeons and Dragons poll are Silvara an elf with a silver secret (Dragonlance), Alias the tattooed heroine (The Forgotten Realms), and Lucia the Elf (Mystara) from the DnD arcade game I played obsessively for a month #tgirl #dndai #Absynth #futa
neutral · AI labelView post →Rerelease with some bug fixes and proper controller support. That's cool but why is the game locked at 30 fps now? Old version was in 60.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[GOG via Prime] *Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One*, classic D&D RPG from 1991. > Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One contains the Eye of the Beholder trilogy, a set of first-person, real-time role-playing games. With an original story set in the Forgotten Realms universe, Eye of the Beholder is based on the Advanced Dungeon & Dragons 2nd Edition's game rules. Bringing the immersion, wonder, and epicness of a D&D campaign, Eye of the Beholder is a genre-defining and…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a good article, but the way I see it, fantasy settings can be divided into two types: gold standard (most D&D and especially Forgotten Realms, Oblivion) and silver standard (Warhammer, Game of Thrones, First Law). The difference is that in the gold standard settings, no one shits.
neutral · AI labelView post →December free Prime Gaming/Amazon Luna lineup: www.amazongamestudios.com/en-us/news/a... Today: -LEGO 2K Drive (EGS) -Forgotten Realms: The Archives Col 1 (GOG) -GYLT 12/11: -Forgotten Realms: The Archives Col 2 (GOG) -Christmas Adventure: Candy Storm 12/18: -Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus (GOG) ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Am I still at the pool? Yep. 😎 My kiddo and their friend are having a blast, so I'm taking advantage of the downtime and shifting focus to my Forgotten Realms (D&D 3.5) game in three days! Time to GM prep. ⚔️📚 #GMLife
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW TODAY! A deep dive into the ancient global disasters at the heart of all three original D&D campaign settings: Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, and Dragonlance. What do these cataclysms tell us about the game? Why do we find the end of the world so comforting?
neutral · AI labelView post →Please make Sword Coast Legends available on Steam again. I love it when old games get re-released on Steam. Hopefully, Sword Coast Legends, from the creators of Dragon Age: Origins, will come back to Steam as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Literally was emulating this a month back on the Deck. Bought it ASAP and enjoying it again. If only I could buy all the games here on Steam and not have to resort to emulation *cough* nintendo *cough*
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s GAME DAY! 🎲 Forgotten Realms 3.5 Session 5 is here, and six of seven players are ready to raid Galath’s Roost! Waiting for our level 4 heroes: Zhents, ettins, traps, trouble… and a little something special I’ve been saving for them. Will they survive? MUHHHHAAAA! 😈
neutral · AI labelView post →2 characters perished last night in our Cairn game set in the Forgotten Realms. It is our B-game for when folks can't all be there for the other game that is on the edge of being done. Worried that this game set in the Moonshae Isles might be darker than our run of Impossible Landscapes.
neutral · AI labelView post →What a frustratingly repetitive game. I get it, it's from an older time, but man.... Every single mission is basically just repeat the same sh*t a hundred times and then you win. With annoying enemies that constantly knock you over. The mediocre story is cute, but it's not worth the frustration of starting over and no way to skip any of the cutscenes...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot get 5 minutes into the game without it crashing to Desktop.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last weekend, my daughter and son-in-law came over for my son's birthday. Over dinner, we discussed Baldur's Gate 3, and I mentioned that I've been playing D&D for over 35 years and Forgotten Realms is one of my favorite settings. Now they want me to DM a game for them 😊
neutral · AI labelView post →[Epic] Turnup Boy (PC), Little Nightmares (Mobile), Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms (Mobile). Claim All Claim All…
neutral · AI labelView post →Certified banger of the PS2 era.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you squint really hard this is literally The Two Towers! That's cool! Unfortunately I'm having the same issue a lot of other players seem to be having where this consistently crashes during just the first few minutes rendering this literally unplayable. I hope a fix is found! Edit: Thanks to the developers for the response. I tried the suggested fixes but it only partially solved the problem i.e. it still consistently crashes but now very slightly later in the first level.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wouldn't even say that BG3 is a soul transplant. It was a good game set in the Forgotten Realms. But there was nothing about it that made it a sequel to Baldur's Gate 1 or 2. It didn't relate to the story, didn't cover the same themes, didn't use the same version of D&D, didn't play the same.
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II was out 22 years ago (2004)! First on the PS2 & Xbox, then everything else after (even Linux!); another fun tour of the Forgotten Realms where you throw every colour of magical attacks at huge hordes of enemies. 🌈 Review: www.rpgfan.com/game/baldurs...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s related to D&D or Forgotten Realms only by a couple of names and by the vaguely defined location where it takes place. It’s a three way single player, with two of the characters being under control of AI. It’s an action game with slasher/beat-em-up sensibilities, and unlike Devil May Cry 3 there are no useful combos or cool animations. You just spam the same 2-3 buttons. By the time you get to the scripted spider fight you’ll forget the tutorial, if there even was one. The required…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know more about Glorantha from building three characters than I have ever learned about the Forgotten Realms in a literal decade of playing 5E. I know not every game is going to so firmly seat you in its world, but damn, a genealogical life path generator is brilliant in terms of grounding.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Hyperfixations by year. 1980 to 1984: no memory 1985: King Kong 1986: Zorro 1987: Dinosaurs 1988: Ancient Egypt 1989: Ancient Greece 1990: Dragonlance 1991: Space 1992: Forgotten Realms and Robotech 1993: Rifts RPG and Dinosaurs again 1994: Ender' Game 1995: The Wheel of Time 1996: Ranma 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →every morning in our D&D game the DM lets me roll to see if I have invented the fax machine. so far I haven't but when I do the Forgotten Realms will be all mine
neutral · AI labelView post →For everyone whose eyes hurt from 30 FPS, I recommend using a program called Lossless Scaling — it will give you 60. Personally, playing at 30 FPS with a gamepad already feels kinda unpleasant to me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can’t believe we used to get bangers like these all the time back in the day.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy lots of issues. Runs like sh!t crashes. Chungus controls. 9800x3d 9070xt 32gb ram nvme hdd pissed away to much money on rgb flashing lights
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm really curious on why this version of Demon Stone is as bad as it is. We do have a much better version of it on GOG, so why didn't they just port over that instead of one where the frame rate is capped at 30 with no other additions whatsoever?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the mail: - Persuasion, an Austen-inspired game, purchased for class. (Needs card sleeves) - the latest from @plusoneexp.bsky.social Zine Club - @storybrewersroleplaying.com Castles in the Air - Forgotten Realms books from WOTC (only thing I didn’t buy, sent to me as a “content creator”)
neutral · AI labelView post →Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance was out 24 years ago (2001)! 🐲 One of those early greats that's on nearly ALL the consoles (from handhelds to consoles to Linux); but it's the 2 player co-op that made this tour of the Forgotten Realms unforgettable. Reviews: www.rpgfan.com/game/baldurs...
neutral · AI labelView post →Literally unplayable. I can't play 5 minutes before the game hard crashes on me. :( Happened 11 times in a row so far. I have tried multiple different settings but get the same Event Viewer error every time. Please fix. Event Viewer Error: Faulting application name: DemonStone.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x41fe993d Faulting module name: DemonStone.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x41fe993d Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0006fcf8 Faulting process id: 0x1C5C Faulting…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone was one of my all time favs on the PS2 and I was so happy as I saw the game got a re-release. I just bought it today and sadly I'm already near the end of the game, but yeah, it was always a short, but fantastic experience. If you loved the good old hack and slays from the PS2 like "The Two Towers" or "The Return of the King" (to mention the Lord of the Rings games), you will love Demon Stone (one of the devs of Demon Stone was a dev of The Two Towers before and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hubby and I are jumping into the Forgotten Realms together today with the classic game Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance! Come cheer us on! youtu.be/pX9xR4zXSog
neutral · AI labelView post →Basically one huge warning: You have no control over the camera in this game. It doesn't play like a regular third person action RPG with dual axis input. It played like a 3d horror game from the 90s. If that doesn't bother you, this might be a good game for you. If it does, do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All of the complaints and criticisms listed in these reviews are true. Also, I love this game. It's very fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve got a rare night to myself, and instead of writing, I’m deep in game prep. 🎲Two new campaigns: Traveller and 3.5 Forgotten Realms are next week, so tonight I'm making test Traveller characters for session 0 and the kiddo’s Sun Elf Warblade for session 1, as she’s crashing the D&D game. 😄⚔️
neutral · AI labelView post →What are the top 25 tabletop roleplaying game settings (not licensed) that you'll ALWAYS LOVE? #gamesky #TTTPG #DungeonsandDragons Day 1: The Forgotten Realms (D&D)
neutral · AI labelView post →This game crashes within 15 minutes of playing it every single time. Not and exaggeration. I don't know if something is up on my end or something since no ones else is mentioning it but it's made the game unplayable for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New skins! Check out the Frost Giant Theme Packs for Beadle AND Grimm in the Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms game! Available now! #idlechampionsoftheforgottenrealms #dnd #idlechampions #frostgiant #beadle #grimm
neutral · AI labelView post →I have 1500+ in BG3. I played it like it was my job for a while. I've done tabletop for decades. I started reading Forgotten Realms books when I was twelve. The fact the book contradicts your fan interpretation is just... Yeah? No shit? The game actively contradicts ITSELF.
positive · AI labelView post →🦈 Piracy is a dangerous game, especially if you don't really know who you're getting mixed up with. -- A Forgotten Realms short story because why not... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
neutral · AI labelView post →
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