Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Game
Game2021
Tainted Grail: Conquest
Developer Questline
Tainted Grail: Conquest is a roguelike deck-building game developed by Questline and published in 2021 by Awaken Realms. Players control an adventurer who attempts to stop a curse that is infecting their land. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
415 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
183 positive · 37 negative
95% range 78–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 183 | 37 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 59 | 16 | 67 |
| Lemmy * | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| Mastodon * | 6 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,296 of 4,833 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
83% recommend · 174 yes, 36 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 210 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (7,534 of 8,386 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere, music, and voice acting. [1][2][3] Some find the combat slow and the game punishing for new players. [1][4][5] Many compare it favorably to Slay the Spire, noting deeper RPG elements. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [12]
The game looks great, the story is interesting so far, and the core gameplay is fun. However, 6 hours in and I still have no clue what the game wants me to do. - You do a few fights, die, and repeat. - You earn several currencies, but once you spend them, they disappear after the run and you start the next one broke again. - You unlock new cards and abilities, yet it barely seems to matter — enemies scale too, so …
- [1]
Great storytelling, lore, art, voice acting, and music, especially the music and voice acting, which were really immersive for me. The gameplay can feel a bit slow and awkward, and since it’s a roguelike, you’ll need to die multiple times to learn and understand the classes you pick. Every run will be different, even if you choose the same class. All in all, I enjoyed the game and highly recommend it to anyone who …
- [7]
Great game even though there are no major changes to the formula. Tainted Grail: Conquest plays exactly from what is expected from a roguelike deckbuilder. You accumulate cards after every battle, choose a passive every time you level up, collect consumable items, and encounter some difficult progression choices. What sets it apart from your typical roguelike are the RPG elements. Through your tries to finish your …
- [8]
I played Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon so of course I got to get another game set in the same universe because I love the lore so much. It's a deck builder thats pretty similar to Slay the Spire. But in my opinion I like this game better. There's more of a coherent story with side quests. Also great for idiots like me, it has an easy mode. I'm more of a casual gamer, and I prefer not to have too much of a challenge. …
- [2]
This game is great. Fantastic music that I listen to years later. interesting deck building mechanics, a unique world style that sets it apart from other deck builders. the lore is interesting for those who want to dive into it.
Summarised from 34 of the 365 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
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Tainted Grail: Conquest talk about great storytelling and lore; those who didn't talk about combat can feel slow and awkward. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Tainted Grail: Conquest received positive reviews on Metacritic. Rock Paper Shotgun wrote that it combines the dark fantasy of Diablo with the gameplay from Slay the Spire, praising its depth and ability to make failure an interesting gameplay element. RPGamer praised its accessibility to newcomers, replayability, and game design, which they said showed an understanding of the genre. RPGFan wrote, "Tainted Grail: Conquest carves out a niche for itself as a more story-driven card-based roguelite, but it struggles with balance and pacing." CD-Action praised the role-playing elements.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 415 · most liked firstIf Brian Eno can openly rally against Microsoft like this, it's not asking much to simply not buy & promote Microsoft stuff. There's a billion games out there, the new Doom is mid, the original Oblivion is far more charming and Game Pass doesn't even have Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon. Fuck them.
neutral · AI labelView post →Due to the use of AI-generated artwork in game, Greb's playthrough of Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon is hereby cancelled. We were not aware the game utilised this & having now found out it is to be replaced with another game
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon! A shameless replica of The Elder Scrolls, it even copied a litany of bugs. Weirdly? I like this utter mess, despite my better judgment! At the very least, it's exactly as good as a Bethesda game! Read more: www.thejimquisition.com/post/tainted...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is on sale on Steam right now. I've only played through the prologue, but it seems pretty good so far.
positive · AI labelView post →As it's finally out of early access (it did it Baldur's Gate 3 style - act 1 only in EA, the rest of the game all at once) I finally took a first poke around Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon Very Elder Scrolls style, but with better combat and a fun setting. A very black metal take on arthurian legend
positive · AI labelView post →Last night was pizza and chill and playing a bunch of the new Tainted Grail game to kick off the long weekend. Good times.
positive · AI labelView post →The team at Awaken Realms sent over the collector's edition for Tainted Grail. Absolutely sick Arthur statue, wide mouse pad that's the in-game map, art book, displate, journal, and more. Arthur has already found a home high up on a shelf out of the reach of children!
neutral · AI labelView post →Good lord, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon sent me this gigantic gift. It's huge, what the hell even is in it?? A thread. The game just came out into 1.0, have you played it yet?
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe my build sucks or mad cuz bad, but Tainted Grail has the most miserly stamina system I‘ve ever experienced in a modern game. I mean, look. I am far, far away from being athletic and even I could swing a short sword without getting out of breath more than my character.
negative · AI labelView post →Great list! How crazy it is that we could still keep going, adding stuff like Citizen Sleeper 2, Sultan's Game, Rift Wizard 2, Tainted Grail, Fantasy Maiden Wars, The Last Sovereign, Inazuma Eleven, Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum, Approaching Infinity, The Necromancer's Tale... And 2025 isn't over!
neutral · AI labelView post →Anecdotal industry observations: So I got stuffed with this box and it has been, my friends, a journey. When this game went to crowdfunding, I was very excited to back it. The original Tainted Grail was perhaps one of the hardest pans we have ever done. We loathed that game. It was not good. (1/?)
negative · AI labelView post →Months of Reports Later, Tainted Grail Still Lacks Mandatory Steam Tag for Alleged AI Art.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yesterday I had a revelation. A game called Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon just released a demo and it feels as if The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Dark Souls had a baby. And it feels great to play.
positive · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail is a game in the Bethesda tradition, which is to say it combines a lot of fun with some bullshit.
neutral · AI labelView post →💛: Tainted Grail is a good game because it contains a lot of TF in it. Corruption from the Wyrdness into deformed body horror beasts. A magic spell that turns bandits to cheese. Revenge TF turning a horrible person into a sentient figurine. And even a human who experiences bliss being a pig.
positive · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon - Official Release Trailer. It looks slightly janky, but reviews have been very positive for this one. Reminds me a lot of Outward on first glance.
neutral · AI labelView post →Y’all…. …the Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon video game is good Like REALLY good
positive · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon Questline No Steam disclaimer, but used Gen AI for artwork in game. Thank you IggyMaid for posting about this! -E
neutral · AI labelView post →'Indie Skyrim' Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Sold Over One Million Copies.
neutral · AI labelView post →So no head? (Game from the screenshot is Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon definitely nails that Elder Scrolls stealth archer vibe. I seriously love this game SO much. Pure fun, dark and badass, completely unpretentious, and is such a great couch console experience. Warning: Video game death ballet in 3... 2... 1...
positive · AI labelView post →This is in reference to Tainted Grail, a Skyrim-alike RPG which doesn't seem to have gotten a lot of attention. It's fun, but also it is the kind of game where you fight peasants who do hit you with the "you fight like a milkmaid".
positive · AI labelView post →The game looks great, the story is interesting so far, and the core gameplay is fun. However, 6 hours in and I still have no clue what the game wants me to do. - You do a few fights, die, and repeat. - You earn several currencies, but once you spend them, they disappear after the run and you start the next one broke again. - You unlock new cards and abilities, yet it barely seems to matter — enemies scale too, so there’s never a real sense of progress. - The stone golem still wipes the floor…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →13h & 40m remain on the Parrython timer on day 7! Starting a new game today with Tainted Grail - I heard it's like skyrim but darker & with parrying, other than that I know nothing! Feel free to stop by, we're live in 10 mins at - www.twitch.tv/iggymaid shares appreciated ♥ #vtuber #subathon
neutral · AI labelView post →So it seems that even when I find a game I really do enjoy (Tainted Grail Avalon), I just totally lack the fucks to keep playing it. Like the combat is fun enough, I like picking herbs, but I can't bring myself to pay attention enough to even keep track of what I'm doing.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a very solid video game so far. Some performance issues, crashes and general graphics aside, this is a game I feel Bethesda Game Studio fans should play. I can’t put it down. The world is begging for you to explore it. Giant swords in the distance? 🔥
positive · AI labelView post →We got about a month till newly announced games begin dropping so I'm kicking off a fresh playthrough of Tainted Grail! youtu.be/KBvlJxMxb24 The devs also reached out so you can enter here for a chance to win either a digital deluxe or a collections edition of the game! gleam.io/competitions...
neutral · AI labelView post →im finally getting around to playing Tainted Grail and i think it's a good game because in the first 30 seconds you can make mashed potatoes
positive · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Patch 1.1 is now available bringing in new game plus, transmog, three new dungeons, console lategame stability improvements, and much more: www.rpgsite.net/news/18379-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Skyrim-style open world RPG Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon releases out of early access today.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished the Tainted Grail demo. Hybrid of Skyrim, Gothic and King's field from this Demo alone but still feels very much it's own thing. Also some H.R Giger influence in this game at certain spots which is very interesting. Combat is pretty good and they nailed the aesthetic.
positive · AI labelView post →Hey y’all, come hang out for a wee unboxing of a gift from Awakened Realms, for Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon before we check out the game itself! #PRCopy #Gifted Twitch.tv/cypheroftyr
neutral · AI labelView post →I am very offended that nobody told me about the Arthurian grimdark video game TAINTED GRAIL. Me. Target market. IN MY BRAIN PLEASE.
positive · AI labelView post →This. game. is. a. pain. to. finish. How questing works in Tainted Grail defies every good practice and lessons learnt from other games. There is a good reason why NPCs in RPG games stay in the same spot or area, so you can come back to them whenever you need. Here, it is all randomized and there is never a way to find whoever or whatever you need. Add to it a fact that quests in this game are not of usual length, not just fetch quests , but they are triple or quadruple fetch quests. You will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bandit in Tainted Grail just shouted, "Tis' but a flesh wound!". I know that is the lowest possible hanging fruit for a fantasy game, and as a reference/quote joke, has been done to death for over a decade, but it still got a chuckle out of me. xD
positive · AI labelView post →Weekend PC Game Deals: Bundles to defend, Battlefield to try, and a DRM-free spring sale. ``` FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE – $34.99 on Steam STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor – $31.49 on Steam Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered – $30.44 on Gamebillet CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION – $29.99 on Steam Prince of Persia The Lost Crown – $29.99 on Epic Store Forspoken – $27.99 on Steam NieR Replicant – $23.99 on Steam DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age –…
neutral · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail is pretty fun, and it's got some incredible level design (i <3 side paths, secrets and optional minibosses) but wow this game is, visually, the most 7th gen shit i've seen in years.
neutral · AI labelView post →Great storytelling, lore, art, voice acting, and music, especially the music and voice acting, which were really immersive for me. The gameplay can feel a bit slow and awkward, and since it’s a roguelike, you’ll need to die multiple times to learn and understand the classes you pick. Every run will be different, even if you choose the same class. All in all, I enjoyed the game and highly recommend it to anyone who likes turn-based combat.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am just loving Tainted Grail Avalon. It's the perfect 'dive in, pick some herbs, do a quest or two' in the evening game. It's got the same rhythm as Skyrim, just in a world I don't have memorized at this point. I'm playing a summoning caster on Survival difficulty. Great shit.
positive · AI labelView post →Hi friends! Hope you're all well! 💚 I'm excited to jump back into my favorite "Elder Scrolls"-like game... Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon! 🍷 The frozen wastelands of Forlorn Swords awaits! ⚔️❄️ Can I unite the tribes and attain Arthur's Crown!? ✨👑✨ 🐁🐁 twitch.tv/virtuebro 🐁🐁 #VSky #IndieGames
positive · AI labelView post →Depends on what you actually want. If it's the first-person RPG experience, there's a handful such as Tainted Grail and Cyberpunk 2077. If it's using a slightly different system or closer to traditional RPG, either the Witcher or BG3 or Expedition 33. But modding... I cannot find any other RPG that gets better if it is modded, as Skyrim -- and Morrowind and Oblivion -- pretty much designed to be modded.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon - Official Gameplay Story Trailer.
neutral · AI labelView post →Freelancer was such a game, it's old though. Wish there was anything like it. Obvious TES 3-5, bg3, Cyberpunk, Gothic 1-2, Elden Ring. Tainted Grail.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon. It was on my wishlist for awhile, but some of the negative reviews had me thinking it wasn't something I would enjoy. Then I kept seeing comments that it was a good game to play if you like Skyrim. I disagree with that, it's not so much Skyrim vibes than as if Oblivion and Elden Ring had a baby that was into weird creepy shit and obsessed with the Knights of the Round table. It's cool AF and I was absolutely obsessed from the very beginning. I am glad I waited a…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a card game with it's own style. Battles are fun. Meta level is fun. Exploration is fun. It's fun. Play it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I just beat Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon and this showed up on the steam sale page. Okay this is great. I was actually looking for a game just like this last year but couldn't find anything that tickled my fancy. This one hits the spot. The creators definitely have great taste. Huge fan of anything Tainted Grail now. Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror + King Arthur wrapped up in Celtic/Norse Paganism. This is the perfect franchise for someone like me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →started playing Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. I'm 24 hours in and absolutely loving it. it's unbelievable how much some very light tweaks to the Elder Scrolls formula really makes the game feel so much more structured and gives it significantly more depth. huge fan of this and want the DLC
positive · AI labelView post →More marbles game giveaways! We have enough games gifted by our community for our community until about christmas time! Yesterday.. I mightve played Tainted Grail for 14 hours.. on to day 3! 🔴 Live now! See you there: twitch.tv/natspresso youtube.com/@natspresso
positive · AI labelView post →On top of The Witcher 2 and cleaning up trophies in Halo, I’ve started Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon. I’m actually blown away! This game is a ton of fun and is basically a darker/moodier Elder Scrolls. About 5 hours in at level 11. Skills level the same as TES but there’s no level cap!
positive · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail has rekindled my faith in the gaming industry. It kept me glued to it and I found myself sacrificing sleep just to see what was around the next corner or over the next hill. This was a true hidden gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beat Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon. Solid game, very fun, a bit jank but I say that with complete affection. I think the story kind of didn't quite live up to the strong showing the early acts had, by the end, but I still had a good time.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm so glad Ruze is gonna keep streaming Tainted Grail, I love this dang game. Even on my 3rd playthrough i'm discovering new quests and lore. Also the environments are so cool
positive · AI labelView post →Ooooh, there’s a new (ish?) Avalonian video game? It’s called “Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon” and I had no idea it came out I am ALWAYS here for Arthurian mythos retellings, especially dark ones
positive · AI labelView post →Thursday is Stream day. I'm gonna be honest, Kjooli pointed me towards the Tainted Grail game. I love Arthurian Legend and Dark Fantasy so it's right up my alley. However I just started Cyberpunk. I'm so conflicted.
positive · AI labelView post →Probably the coolest thing I’ve ever been sent, but Awaken Realms sent me a Collection’s Edition for their game Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. 🤩 If you like dark fantasy open world rpgs make sure to add this one to your list. 👀 #gifted
positive · AI labelView post →Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon An indie game which has a lot of Skyrim vibes.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wish this game had been discovered by as many people as Slay the Spire 2.. it's basically a more elaborate version of StS2.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I played Witcher 3 I remember immediately thinking Skyrim felt extremely dated. I would play any quest in W3 again before any quest in Skyrim. But yeah, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is recent and supposed to be for Skyrim fans. Haven't played it yet.
neutral · AI labelView post →man Tainted Grail is the best Bethesda game I’ve played in a long time
positive · AI labelView post →I couldn't get a refund for a game that had this shit without disclosing it. Don't play Tainted Grail.
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