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Grim Dawn
An action RPG for up to four players who combine classes and hunt equipment across a ruined fantasy world.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNoOnline only
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- NoEveryone needs to buy itFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You survive possession in a world overrun by hostile creatures, then help the remaining human settlements. You fight through ruined villages, fields and dungeons, finding equipment and hidden paths along the way. Combining two classes lets you shape a character around guns, melee attacks, spells or summoned creatures. Quests and scattered notes explain what happened to the people you find.
Up to four players can take on the campaign together online. Each of you develops a separate character, and useful combinations of attacks, buffs and equipment can help the whole party. Enemies grow stronger as more players join. The host can choose separate loot drops or a shared pool. It suits a group that likes exploring side paths and comparing builds between fights.
How it feels
Kind of game
You play on the same side through shared levels, matches, missions or jobs. Progress comes from combining your actions toward the same objective.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Fear
- Calm and coziness
- Story
- Working in sync
- Physical comedy
- Building and creating
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- About
- Fantasy adventure, Monsters
Rated on our own feel scale. 8 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- About
- Fantasy adventure
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better
- Core to both
- Unlocks and progress, Fighting
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- 6 online
Both give your team shared objectives to work through together. Both are about a fantasy adventure. Both are easy to play while you chat.
No big difference from Grim Dawn.

Titan Quest II
Why it scores 90%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- About
- Fantasy adventure
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better
- Core to both
- Unlocks and progress, Fighting
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
- Early access
- 4 online
Both give your team shared objectives to work through together. Both have upgrades that carry over. Both are about a fantasy adventure.
No big difference from Grim Dawn.

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Why it scores 89%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- About
- Fantasy adventure
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better
- Core to both
- Unlocks and progress, Fighting
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- 6 online
Both give your team shared objectives to work through together. Both are about a fantasy adventure. Both are easy to play while you chat.
No big difference from Grim Dawn.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Does not apply
- Split or shared screen
- Does not apply
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 178
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
12 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Release status, Release date, About, Building and creating, Exploring, Unlocks and progress, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: The current page lists Online Co-op and describes four-person multiplayer.
- Most players online: The publisher explicitly states four-person multiplayer.
- Release status: The base game is released and available to buy.
- Release date: The full release date is February 25, 2016.
- About: The publisher describes an apocalyptic fantasy world and enemies hunting the player.
- Building and creating: Recipe-based crafting turns salvaged components into lasting equipment.
- Exploring: The publisher describes hidden areas, breakable walls and repaired routes.
- Unlocks and progress: Dual classes, item skills, Devotion and equipment develop the character over time.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Platforms.
- Steam app ID: Steam identifies Grim Dawn as app 219990.
- Platforms: The current Steam build is for Windows.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
grimdawn.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Genres, Planning ahead, Unlocks and progress.
- Genres: Crate calls Grim Dawn an action RPG.
- Planning ahead: Combining two classes and Devotion effects creates skill synergies. There are not enough points to maximize everything.
- Unlocks and progress: The FAQ describes class trees, Devotion and crafted loot.
grimdawn.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Kind of game, Working in sync, Friends can join mid-game.
- Most players online: The guide allows the player and up to three others.
- Kind of game: A party fights Aetherials and Chthonians together through the same world. This is real-time group combat.
- Working in sync: The maker advises staying together against enemies scaled to party size, without requiring separate fixed roles.
- Friends can join mid-game: The multiplayer lobby lets a player search for and join active game sessions.
grimdawn.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Physical comedy, Tension and danger, Building and creating.
- Physical comedy: Physics-based ragdoll deaths send defeated enemies flying. This is occasional physical spectacle rather than floppy player control.
- Tension and danger: Challenge dungeons lock the exit and disable teleportation, while hero monsters can appear unpredictably.
- Building and creating: Recipes produce equipment and consumables, with higher tier recipes using earlier crafted items.
gog.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Release date, Platforms, Most players online, Free base co-op.
- Release date: The GOG product gives the original release date as 2016-02-25.
- Platforms: The current listing supports Windows.
- Most players online: The publisher description repeats the four-person cap.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Platforms, Most players online, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: The Definitive Edition includes the base game and lists online co-op.
- Platforms: The listing supports Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
- Most players online: Online co-op supports two to four players.
- Free base co-op: The checked Xbox full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
coopgames.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Local co-op, Only one of you needs to buy it, Sessions.
- Local co-op: Coop Games review from November 2020 explicitly says no local co-op. Current Steam and Xbox listings also list online modes only.
- Only one of you needs to buy it: The co-op review explicitly says one copy per player.
- Sessions: The review describes playing the entire campaign with up to three friends.
pcgamer.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Story, Calm and coziness, Exploring, Fighting, Getting better.
- Story: PC Gamer review dated 2016-03-12 calls the plot secondary to action and exploration.
- Calm and coziness: The review describes long treks between hubs and lighter outdoor stretches between gloomy dungeons.
- Exploring: The review highlights a large world, dungeons and the pleasure of discovering it.
- Fighting: The review describes repeated enemy hordes and screen-filling spell combat.
- Getting better: Class combinations and progressively harder difficulties sustain learning over multiple sessions.
gamespot.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Fear, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Sessions.
- Fear: GameSpot review dated 2016-04-07 describes eerie environmental detail and a horror-fantasy setting. The main activity remains fighting rather than hiding from scares.
- Tension and danger: The review describes dense enemy maps and continuous fast combat.
- Planning ahead: The review describes extensive skill trees and dual classes.
- Sessions: The review identifies a substantial campaign as the main structure.
steamcommunity.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Time to hang out.
- Time to hang out: In the ten-entry recent English window, one 2026-10-24 base-game review explicitly describes Normal difficulty as relaxing. This supports conversational stretches, with harder difficulties excluded from that claim.






