Deep Rock Galactic

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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 380 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 313 out of 380
  2. Mixed: 45 out of 380
  3. Negative: 22 out of 380

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  1. netbattler15
    Mar 6, 2023
    9
    This is a great role based multiplayer game. It's definitely more about the mission than the combat, and I like that about it. The humor of the game is great.
  2. Potet69
    Aug 20, 2023
    9
    ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎
  3. Azuba
    Jun 12, 2023
    9
    THis game is super good, the gameplay is beautiful and the mining never gets old,; ROCK AND STONE FOREVER
  4. Tomle1202
    Jun 18, 2022
    8
    Deep Rock Galactic will have you occasionally scream "Rock and Stone!" for the rest of your life.
  5. Leo_Manzano
    Dec 19, 2022
    8
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  6. Hagal
    Feb 8, 2021
    8
    Most polished & well balanced gameplayloop this side of the moon. This game runs so well that it is almost creepy. I don´t remember when I last got a finished AND polished game for my money. It is really awesome. Jump in with three friends and you´ll have a blast!
  7. Oshiri_Maeda
    Mar 22, 2021
    8
    Tonnes of fun with your friends, at least for some time. Unfortunately it does get a bit repetitive(
    Left4Dead with mining.
  8. nicksiciliano
    Aug 21, 2020
    8
    Grab some friends, drink some digital beer, and enjoy Ghost Ship Game's mixture of Left for Dead and science fiction co-op fun
  9. Enzoiscool
    Aug 30, 2020
    8
    The game is a lot of fun but it has very few varriety overall it is fun with nice humor and cool design the procedual generated caves are always fun to explore
  10. Mezu5
    Apr 4, 2021
    8
    DRG can be played in split-screen via NucleusCoop!

    A great game taking inspiration from the best co-op shooter in the business - Left 4 Dead 2. It improves on said classic mainly via breadth of gameplay mechanics - the players now have objectives to complete other than simply going through a level, and Ammo and health have to be actively worked for instead of being given out at the    DRG can be played in split-screen via NucleusCoop!

    A great game taking inspiration from the best co-op shooter in the business - Left 4 Dead 2.
    It improves on said classic mainly via breadth of gameplay mechanics - the players now have objectives to complete other than simply going through a level, and Ammo and health have to be actively worked for instead of being given out at the whim of a director AI.

    On paper, the game should also have more replayability thanks to different character builds and character progression, random level generation and variety of mission types.
    The reason it doesn't succeed is how much less satisfying it is to finish any given level than in Valve's magum opus. Here are a few reasons:
    - Character progression makes difficulty fluid, taking away from the feeling of beating a set challenge
    - Missions are singular levels, which doesn't feel as substantial as a full L4D campaign. Instead of something that makes you feel accomplished and quit the game for the day, DRG's missions feel bite-sized.
    - The former issue is exacerbated by how boring the meta progression is after promoting each dwarf (you just grind for minor cosmetics and occasionally resources necessary for obtaining and crafting weapon mods, most of which are uninteresting)
    - Randomly generated levels simply can't be as interesting as hand-crafted ones. They don't have any pacing or distinct sections - just rooms that don't lead into one another in any intentional way like they would in a well designed, hand-crafted level.
    - Restarting levels takes ages, so you're heavily disincentivised to pick difficulties outside of your comfort zone

    That being said, it's in close second place to L4D for the title of the best co-op shooter.

    + 4 very distinct classes that synergise very well in co-op
    + Alternative weapons for each class that feel and perform significantly differently
    + Reasonably flexible class/weapon tuning system without excessive grind
    + Good gunplay
    + Great, pleasing aesthetic that doesn't really get old
    + Variety of mission types
    + Generally good netcode
    + Low skill floor

    - All issues previously mentioned
    - Bad solo experience. The game tries to adjust for having only one player by giving them a robot you can use in combat and to complete some tasks, but there are objectives a single player will have a disproportionally harder time completing even if they can hold their own in combat just fine. Even for those who prefer playing alone, co-op is a must for the game to be even close to as good as in multiplayer.
    - Performance could be better
    - Aim friction on impossible to turn off on controllers, reloading and interaction are both bound to a normal press of the X button, which causes a lot of issues
    - Mixed input (gamepad+mouse/keyboard) makes some buttons behave in unexpected ways
    - Steam can't crossplay with any other platform, whereas Xbox console players can join up with PC Xbox App/UWP players.    … Expand
  11. IdleSpace
    Feb 6, 2022
    8
    Rock and Stone!
    Игра прекрасная, особенно если есть с кем в неё играть, но и лояльное комьюнити создает свой приятный вайб.
    Приятная картинка, любопытные алгоритмы формирования биомов, крутая музыка, интересный кор-геймплей (что то между пейдей и л4д). Чего не хватает до 10: - в игре, в которой очень многое построено на физике, сама физика на очень посредственном уровне (постоянные    Rock and Stone!
    Игра прекрасная, особенно если есть с кем в неё играть, но и лояльное комьюнити создает свой приятный вайб.
    Приятная картинка, любопытные алгоритмы формирования биомов, крутая музыка, интересный кор-геймплей (что то между пейдей и л4д).
    Чего не хватает до 10:
    - в игре, в которой очень многое построено на физике, сама физика на очень посредственном уровне (постоянные соскальзывания с уступов и враги, бьющие сквозь тонкие поверхности);
    - скорее неизбежная часть, но все же не самая для меня приятная - спустя 30-35 часов появляется ощущение гринда.    … Expand
  12. ghSPhil
    Dec 28, 2021
    8
    One of the best game I played. The mission are a little bit boring..................
  13. ErixKing
    Apr 7, 2023
    8
    Esta bien. Un Coop bastante entretenido, lastima que el leveleo de personajes es tardadisimo y que aveces se torna algo repetitivo pero sacando eso esta muy bueno
  14. Raizsthorm
    Aug 15, 2023
    8
    The game is fun but it can become a bit repetitive after some time.
    The procedurally generated caves help a bit with that.
    I quite liked the class systems, and the amount of customization available you make your own build with various weapons and mods. The amount of cosmectis available for free is amazing and their battle pass is free, quick and seasons are long enough. But even if    The game is fun but it can become a bit repetitive after some time.
    The procedurally generated caves help a bit with that.

    I quite liked the class systems, and the amount of customization available you make your own build with various weapons and mods.
    The amount of cosmectis available for free is amazing and their battle pass is free, quick and seasons are long enough. But even if you miss some you can still randomly get cosmectis from old passes.

    The issues for me is that once the novelty wears off it become quite repetitive and sometimes missions takes a while. And once you found your build, what you like most, it does not help. You can always plays the others classes but for my part I was quite attached to the driller's abilities so playing say enginneer or gunner wasn't fun to me.    … Expand
  15. Squaredash
    Jul 19, 2023
    8
    The best co-op game I’ve played, but dear god, light sources being so limited is not fun at all. Do yourself a favor and turn up the gamma, it’ll save you some eyestrain and prevent you from getting lost as often.
  16. UwU_559
    Jun 9, 2022
    8
    Pretty good but after a while you dont't have any content but for it's price it's really good.

    And with some friends it's alot of fun sabotaging eachother or just playing the missions normally. Also there are lots of little details and funny stuff you can do in the Main ship it's really fun.
  17. aaaskeptic
    Feb 25, 2023
    8
    This is a fun and non predatory multiplayer coop game with a very friendly, non-toxic community.

    Very rare these days.
  18. Slatetac
    Aug 3, 2023
    8
    Awesome game, continued development and updates are astounding. This game utilizes procedural generation nicely, a lot of content in this game. Hardcore coop with your friends does not get much better, lots to grind for and can either be casual or challenging depending on your playstyle. A very genuine game no other game like this on the market.
  19. BulgarianCritic
    Apr 8, 2023
    7
    Game is pretty fun to play especially if you got a group of buddies that like to mine deep in the caves and get sweaty together. There aren't that many maps, objectives or enemy varieties but as far as I can tell they keep adding new events and types every season. Only issue I have is that the terrain collision is sometimes really crappy and that there is no fail safe implanted in the gameGame is pretty fun to play especially if you got a group of buddies that like to mine deep in the caves and get sweaty together. There aren't that many maps, objectives or enemy varieties but as far as I can tell they keep adding new events and types every season. Only issue I have is that the terrain collision is sometimes really crappy and that there is no fail safe implanted in the game once the main hosts disconnects (which can result in losing 30+ minutes of progress and that happening a few times is really annoying). They should work on the server/host issue but overall a pretty fun although repetitive game.… Expand
  20. VyseHD
    Nov 20, 2022
    7
    not that much to do in the game the caves looks like all the same, but there are cool upgrades and you can play it too fourth :)
  21. elefsar
    Jul 11, 2021
    6
    İçerik bi tık sıkıcı. Özellikle solo oynanmaz. Arkadaşlarla daha zevkli olabilir belki bilmiyorum.
  22. Captaindoggo
    Jan 16, 2022
    5
    The game is great for multiplayer coop, had a lot of fun with it, but it too often disconnects you from host and if you’re playing with randoms there’s no way to reconnect, often that happens by the end of mission which means you lose from 10 to 40 minutes without gaining any progression. Lately that happened to me a lot, so I just stopped playing(
  23. TiredAlfred
    Dec 29, 2021
    4
    Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring badass space Dwarves, 100% destructible environ
  24. atg123
    May 14, 2020
    3
    I don't know, somehow I found this game to be too laborious and not enjoyable.

    You are always in a black cave and always run out of light flares. Would love for the beginner players to have an option to keep the lights on. Then, to always guess whether you are moving in the right direction... Maybe the game is just not for me. Would advise you to give it a try on Steam, where you    I don't know, somehow I found this game to be too laborious and not enjoyable.

    You are always in a black cave and always run out of light flares. Would love for the beginner players to have an option to keep the lights on.

    Then, to always guess whether you are moving in the right direction...

    Maybe the game is just not for me.
    Would advise you to give it a try on Steam, where you can request a refund within 2 playing hours if you didn't like it.

    Good luck,
    Al    … Expand
  25. Anonymous4
    May 26, 2020
    2
    While this game may work in a coop setting, I gave up after 3 hours of tedious single player experience.

    The experience was rather bland from the start, but given the positive reviews I kept going for a while, assuming the game would pick up pace and/or variation further along. I gave up after 3 hours of digging through very similar looking caves; with very little variation in gameplay,    While this game may work in a coop setting, I gave up after 3 hours of tedious single player experience.

    The experience was rather bland from the start, but given the positive reviews I kept going for a while, assuming the game would pick up pace and/or variation further along. I gave up after 3 hours of digging through very similar looking caves; with very little variation in gameplay, even though I tried out all the different classes.    … Expand
  26. WreckWren
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    Looks great until you look below the surface. Why are major features missing years after release with insanely high RRP?
    Why are bugs not fixed for months?
    Why is flaming and bullying allowed on forums when it suits devs/mods personally?

    People really hyped this up, but it's a total mess. Avoid.
  27. TitaniumDragon
    Feb 28, 2021
    0
    Deep Rock Galactic is a co-op FPS game which centers around traversal and mining. You play as a dwarf – or more specifically, one of four classes of dwarf, digging your way through various missions while killing man-sized alien bugs with guns. While you are playing as dwarves, this is very much a “sci fi shooter” – not that there’s a lot of science fiction here, but the aesthetic is all aDeep Rock Galactic is a co-op FPS game which centers around traversal and mining. You play as a dwarf – or more specifically, one of four classes of dwarf, digging your way through various missions while killing man-sized alien bugs with guns. While you are playing as dwarves, this is very much a “sci fi shooter” – not that there’s a lot of science fiction here, but the aesthetic is all a bit futuristic (though not tremendously so).

    Each of the classes has some mixture of guns specific to that class plus traversal or exploration or platforming abilities. Some can create platforms; others are faster at digging; still others are able to create zip-lines or shoot grappling hooks to get up to higher areas.

    All of them can launch flares, to light up the underground areas they’re exploring, as well as throw grenades.

    Sadly, while the game’s core is all okay, it’s never really great. The whole game feels just a little bit janky, with weird physics bugs sometimes slinging your character around long distances.

    But the main issue is repetition. The core of the game is going on a mission, completing some mission objectives, then running back to your pod to launch back into space. All of them have very similar structure, and while the particular objectives might differ, you are doing the same thing all the time, and fighting pretty much the same enemies.

    On top of this, this is one of those dreaded “FPS platformer” games, where you run into the problem where you can’t see your own feet, so it is easy to end up falling off of ledges while fighting, which can easily lead to your doom.

    The game’s lack of doing anything really excellent combined with the repetition made me quickly bore of it; I tried it for a few hours, but I never really had all that much fun.

    And if you aren’t having fun, what’s the point?    … Expand
  28. ZeroNova
    Aug 1, 2020
    0
    It's not a very good game at all, and the developers have made some really strage decisions. It's a shame, because it had so much potential.
  29. MCmetacritic
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    I suspect there is a good game somewhere in here, but there is way too much mediocre grindy nonsense to get much of a view of the better game that could have been. It's also worth noting that there is no single-player option - you've got to rope a few friends in for this very not-fun ride.
  30. Zapiii
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    Boring beyond belief. I cannot even begin to fathom how people could bring themselves to play this game for "fun".
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#22 Best PC Game of 2020
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#35 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020
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#5 Most Shared PC Game of 2020

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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. KeenGamer
    Oct 19, 2020
    95
    In the gaming industry today, the multiplayer looter genre is by no means niche. But even with all the money thrown into these projects, most end up being mediocre due to unrealistic scope. Deep Rock Galactic by Ghost Ship Games manages to break the mold by creating a memorable experience in atmosphere, gameplay and cooperation. There are some limitations throughout, namely when it comes to story and graphics, but I never found these to hurt the immersion. The gameplay is addictively deep, while procedural generation and extensive loot keep me coming back for more. If you and your friends are fans of the multiplayer looter genre, or just love dwarves and space mining, you need not look any further than Deep Rock Galactic for your next gaming adventure.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 24, 2020
    100
    Finally, a non-traditional co-op multiplayer game with very intense atmosphere. Original, dark and bearded, it is Deep Rock Galactic. No need to dig deeper. [Issue#304]
  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    Jul 2, 2020
    90
    With gorgeous visuals, pleasing soundscapes, extensive customization options, and plenty of gameplay variety, there’s something for everyone to enjoy in Deep Rock Galactic.
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