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Graven

Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty action first person puzzler GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using the environment, magic, and armaments.

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Steam User 8107STEAMRecommended

good dark fantasty i love it

Mar 26, 2026·10h

Steam User 9381STEAMRecommended

Да, игра не получит больше обновлений. Да, много чего ещё стоило бы поправить. У некоторых, говорят, встречаются баги, сбрасывающие прогресс и лочащие игру.
Но я с такими багами не встречался, и с огромным удовольствием прошёл всю игру. Когда играешь - сразу чувствуешь, что разработчик подходил к созданию с любовью. Жаль, что в итоге с ними так обошлись.

Mar 24, 2026·38h·1·Verified

Steam User 0408STEAMNot recommended

Fps drop, not fun

Mar 23, 2026·1h·Verified

Steam User 0652STEAMRecommended

Nagyon tetszett az fps vegyítése rpg elemekkel és más játékstílus elemekkel. A pixelgrafikás művészeti stílus is tetszett. Kár, hogy technikailag nem lett egyenletesen jól megvalósítva. Ugyan csak egy régi 4. gen i7+ Nvidia 850m -el rendelkező notebook-on játszottam, ami nem a legerősebb, de a különböző területeken nagyon eltérően viselkedett a játék. Az első helyszínen szinte tökéletesen, ott csak a véletleszerűen halál volt meglepő némeliyk spawn pont esetében. A második helyszínen, az épületben kevesebb fps volt, mint a nyílt területen és véletlenszerűen tudott kifagyni, míg a harmadik területen csak kevesebb fps volt jellemző.
Úgy túnik, az első területre jutott a legtöbb figyelem a fejlesztés során.
A technikai hibák ellenére a játék szerintem ötletes és szórakoztató.

Mar 21, 2026·34h

Steam User 3681STEAMNot recommended

More than anything I wanted to like this game. I tried so hard to do so, unfortunately this game tries equally hard to make you despise it. Visually this game is a masterpiece just absolutely beautiful. But my compliments for the game end with that. Every single other thing about this game is not even half baked its just completely unfinished. At best the game is dull barely doing anything to keep your attention, at worst its just straight up annoying making you question why you are playing this. That question will reverb through your head the whole time you play it.

Mar 17, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 5878STEAMRecommended

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UE4 fatal error

Mar 15, 2026·13h·Verified

Steam User 4627STEAMNot recommended

I enjoyed Act 1.
Then Act 2 introduced an enemy that runs 5x faster than you, infinitely respawns, multiple repawn at a time, takes one shot with your good gun, then if you run out of ammo (which you will because they keep respawning), takes 8 hits with your melee weapon. Devs, why???

Mar 15, 2026·12h·4

Steam User 2531STEAMNot recommended

This game is an utter disaster and further proof that Slipgate Ironworks™ cannot create a decent game. The physics engine is completely broken, which is a fatal flaw given how heavily the combat and puzzles rely on it. Because the game lacks manual saves or frequent checkpoints, a single physics glitch can instantly wipe out 20 minutes of progress.

The combat is equally tedious. Even basic enemies are unnecessary damage-sponges, and a restrictive stamina system turns every encounter into a slow, weightless chore. To make matters worse, there is zero guidance on where to go, and the journal entries are too cryptic to be of any use. It doesn't respect the player's time—it's just a cycle of re-treading ground due to poor design and technical incompetence.

This game spent nearly three years in early access and the result is an unmitigated catastrophe. If I could refund this game I would.

TLDR; Graven feels less like a finished 1.0 release and more like a frustratingly unpolished tech demo that they gave up making halfway through.

Mar 13, 2026·1h·4

Steam User 4028STEAMNot recommended

I really liked this game, the aesthetic is old school and reminds me of a ps1 game, the gameplay is fun and all, the progression is simple but good.

and I'd love to recommend this game!
But unfortunately after more than a year some game breaking bug are still in there... and they are so simple to fix, if I could I'd fix it myself!
I got stuck because I was to tired to continue, used the elevator in the archives, and exited the game... And because you start at the city instead of the checkpoint! the elevator got stuck and won't go down... so 2 simples adjust would prevent this and most of the negative posts here

Mar 6, 2026·6h

Steam User 9923STEAMNot recommended

Game was never polished. After some research I found out most of the dev team was laid off after the official release.

Ran in to a run ending bug. (elevators not working after reloading the game in the library). What i did get to play seemed very fun, combat was satisfying although a little unbalanced at times. Never got out of chapter 1 due to the bugs though so I won't see most of this game.

Mar 2, 2026·4h·1

Steam User 3178STEAMNot recommended

I can't even finish the first mission, wtf am I supposed to do? No hints, tutorials, nothing. This just made me angry. I am happy I bought this with an 80% discount... stuck in less than 1 hour, bravo...

Feb 23, 2026·1h·Verified

Steam User 3360STEAMNot recommended

Another game where I absolutely loved the art and the gameplay but have wasted so many hours just wandering around trying to figure out where to go next. This game is another victim or (what's going on and where the hell do I go next) DEVs if you need inspiration look at CULTIC. Clear story, objectives, and fun weapons.

OH AND THE LAUNCHER IS A POS GET RID OF IT

Feb 17, 2026·12h·4

Steam User 1344STEAMNot recommended

I'd like to give this game a soft recommendation, but I don't think the average person would enjoy Graven very much. For younger gamers, Graven feels like Quake meets Dark Souls, but it unfortunately fails to live up to either game. Since I can't give a "maybe" recommendation, I'll have to recommend giving this one a pass.

The main reason you should give Graven a shot is because of the exploration and puzzles, which deliver a satisfying sense of progression. Unlike the common sentiment amongst the reviews here, I didn't find it to be all that confusing. I think the developers should be commended in this regard. The levels are not too maze-like and have a good logical layout, and while it is very clearly inspired by games from mid-late 90s, it doesn't commit the cardinal sin of placing levers at distant, arbitrary locations expecting you to intuite which door/gate it unlocked. While I don't think a map is necessary, I don't think it would hurt to include one. I don't see why they couldn't have sold maps in the central hub, requiring the player to explore blindly for a while before saving up enough to purchase one. Regardless, I had no problem with the level design or puzzles on offer here, so the developers definitely nailed that side of the game. There is one exception however in that during the third act a bug can occur which renders progress impossible, where I wasted a good hour of so of wandering around in utter confusion. The only way to proceed is to drown yourself at a specific place where you will then respawn at the next junction. This caused me to miss out on a boss battle and a minor plot point which was very disappointing.

Combat is there. It isn't very distinct or unique, but it isn't terrible. There are quite a few weapons to unlock but most of them feel rather weak and gimmicky. I only stuck with a handful throughout the game. At the beginning the game stresses the importance of the staff, but I didn't use it that often until the latter part of the game, purely to conserve ammunation for other weapons. It feels like they planned on making the staff a much more important item but threw it to the wayside due to time constraints. With all the negatives aside, the combat is decent and doesn't harm the game at all. When you're dialed in and fighting a large group of enemies it can be quite intense, so it's definitely more good than bad. I only wish the kick was a bit more powerful and caused your enemies to ragdoll like Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

The magic system is half baked and better serves as a tool rather than a utility for offense. A criticism I have is that it could have done more in terms of the elemental magic effects on the environment. At the beginning of Graven it proudly boasts that you can set fire to wooden objects to clear a path, but any sense of emergent gameplay is thrown out the door very quickly. It is disappointing that only specific wooden planks can be burned away, which feels like a missed opportunity at introducing experimental environment interactions. Not even things like fireplaces or unlit candles can be set alight which, although pointless when considering the whole, degrades the overall immersive quality of the game. Sure, lighting can electrify a small section of water, but burning objects will still burn despite being submerged in water.

The engine has not been utilised well. I encountered frame drops and stutters every now and then, which is quite frankly ridiculous given the low fidelity grahpics. I can't see how this game could possibly strain a modern computer system, but Unreal engine certainly loves to subvert expectations. My major complaint with the engine is that it has the absolute worst ladder climbing in any video game I have played so far. Merely brushing up against a ladder will glue you to the rungs and completely halt your movement, offering a few seconds of confusion and a great opportunity for enemies to hit you while you attempt to untangle yourself. The water movement comes in at a close second as attempting to jump out and onto a ledge turns into a long winded debate with the physics engine, which inevitably boils down to a coin toss as to whether it will grant you enough momentum to breach the surface cleanly. This becomes infuriating during Act II when the icy water harms your health. These player movement atrocities are further compounded by the stamina system which ultimately feels like artificial difficulty. I don't see any reason for stamina to exists as your kicks and melee weapons are your weakest weapons. It is infuriating how you cannot jump over a two inch ledge because your stamina is spent. For a game that features a decent amount of platforming, the tacked on stamina system does its very best to work against your ability to move around smoothly.

The music is so boring and demure that I'm almost offended. It consists of nothing but a plodding orchestra that sounds like the musicians were simply hired to kill time. The best way I can describe it is that it sounds like they took the music that plays during the boring parts of a generic fantasy movie, where the main characters have entered a poor stronghold and wander the streets filled with depressed, helpless peasants. You wouldn't miss out on much if you played the game with no music. It is one note and completely forgettable.

I've saved the worst for last: the writing. The mature, thespian prose that litters every sentence comes off as trying way too hard at attempting to create atmosphere and literary depth. It doesn't do anything new to raise the bar of the dark fantasy setting. At certain points it can somewhat get in the way of providing solid direction to the player as the journal entries seem more concerned with stuffing in as many archaic adjectives as possible rather than establishing a clear cut goal. The problem compounds further when every note or book you find is written in the exact same style, leaving you with the feeling that no-one in this universe has a distinct identity. The style of writing completely put me off learning more about the lore, but even if it was cleaned up a bit, there isn't anything here that hasn't been done before e.g. plagues, demonic cults and wizard engineers that have been driven insane. It's all so incredibly derivative and uninspired. The story is bare bones and practically irrelevant. The premise is that you're searching for your adopted daughter, but she is rarely mentioned and your main objectives barely tie into it. Your character simply completes favours for various people on the off chance that it will reveal her location despite there being no indication of such a connection. Even after finishing the game, I still have no idea why she was "taken" or what her relevance is in the grand scheme of things, but to be fair I had long lost interest in the plot after several hours, so I wasn't paying strict attention to any clues or explanations.

The 90s style approach to level design and progression still reigns supreme to this day, so if you take a minute to think about how to proceed Graven will reward you with a nice feeling of self satisfcation. It's just a shame that everything else is either average or sub-par.

Feb 16, 2026·17h·1·Verified

Steam User 6980STEAMNot recommended

Ich wollte dieses Spiel so sehr lieben. Aber am Ende ist es nur enorm frustrierend. Hab nachher sogar die Schwierigkeit runtergedreht um zu sehen ob noch was interessantes kommt und hab nur mehr Frust gefunden. Mehrmals durch den Boden zu fallen und zu sterben, dadurch signifikant Gold zu verlieren was man enorm mühsam wieder zurück grinden muss? Hab es dann noch im ersten Kapitel nach etwas über 5 Stunden abgebrochen. Gesellt sich nun zu 2 anderen Spielen die ich in den letzten 10 Jahren abgerochen habe. Einzig Positives: Fässer und Kisten zerschmettern macht Spaß.

So gefrustet bin ich nun, das ich nicht einmal mehr Lust habe diese Rezension zu Ende zu schreib...

Feb 12, 2026·6h·2·Verified

Steam User 4474STEAMNot recommended

In online mode, I'm getting kicked out of the game (the host freezes).
The host's progress, ammo, upgrades, and gold aren't saved.
I don't recommend allowing clients and the host to desync regularly.

В сетевом режиме выкидывает из игры (Зависает хост)
У того, кто держит хосту, не сохраняется прогресс, патроны, улучшения и золото.
Регулярную рассинхронизацию между клиентами и хостом не рекомендую.

Feb 8, 2026·2h

Steam User 9199STEAMRecommended

Underrated gem. While it can be on the rough side at times and a bit easy to get stuck without map or guidance and therefore needing a walkthrough (thankfully there's a few on youtube), the overall experience of this game is one of the better FPS I've played in recent times. The weapons are fun with meaningful upgrades. And it's such as atmospheric world, the labyrinthine maps make exploration a real treat, and every time you unlock a shortcut and catch sight of sanctuary again it's a real joy. And the monsters are varied and challenging. I played on the stalwart difficulty and it was that sweet spot of difficulty. By the end I felt strong enough to wade through enemies that would have given me pause at the start. Definitely doesn't deserve the abuse it got. Get it if you like exploration and puzzles mixed in with your shooting.

Feb 7, 2026·22h·1

Steam User 4003STEAMNot recommended

[h3]Bugs. Bugs of the worst kind[/h3]
For starters I didn't finish the game. I wasn't allowed to becouse of some broken elevator.
You MAY get lucky and get it work but it's like winning lottery. Sure I could go and try again from start but replaying GRAVEN kinda isn't on my fun stuff to do list since I wasn't that much into the game to begin with.
Another bug I have no idea why it exist is: launching the game. It just doesn't want to start unless you tell steam to close the game. Like why?
Though it's not I hate this game. It has some good stuff stashed in. Like world creation. You get lore by scraps of paper, everything is devoid of light and whole story leans towards dark fantasy. It's quite cool.
Locations are well build too. As you explore you unlock shortcuts and there are tons of secrets to find. (Some are cool and full of gold, others are less than ok and give you one healing potion)
I'm not a big fan of combat system though. Mele weapons jusy feel weak and since ammo is easy to get most of the time, I used ranged weapons.
Graven has a soul though it's corrupted by bugs. Bugs that I cannot look over.
You may buy it on some big sale, just be aware you may get stuck like I did

Feb 1, 2026·9h·6

Steam User 8079STEAMNot recommended

Unfinished and abandoned.

Jan 26, 2026·17h·Verified

Steam User 8107STEAMNot recommended

As of writing this review I have only ever negatively reviewed ONE other game, and it was a partly ironic review within itself. GRAVEN is visually the peak of its genre, aesthetically coherent, mechanically diverse, and overall an auditory pleasure to behold. Yet, despite its "diverse" mechanics, it accomplishes exactly none of them successfully. The melee combat is simple but fluid, yet enemy design discourages close-quarters encounters. The magic is visually quite dope, but resource scarcity and low efficacy against most of the enemy-base makes it an ineffective option in the early game, and a scarcely usable option late game. The Boomer Shooter blood of this game is malaised, with a terribly designed hotbar-inventory system which promotes decisive weapon selections, yet funnels you into a limited base of effective options with a severe lack of opportunity for customization. The absurdly large levels paired with a stamina-consuming melee system means you will be left crawling from place to place, and the set checkpoints over conventional manual saves does not help in this regard. What was clearly an attempt at a mix of RPG immersive sim goodness and Boomer Shooter rampaging violence resulted in a shallow, empty rpg with the worst aspects of boomer shooters mixed in. And that alone, when combined with the quality of its art direction, plot ideas, music and overall cohesiveness would have left me with a positive review despite itself. HOWEVER, it appears that even below this standard, the game has been absolutely abandoned from its course of development. Side quests lack conclusions, secrets are unattainable do to a non-existent backtracking system, boss fights have awkward jump-cut cutscenes concluding in drawn out storyboards that drop you into the next chapter confused, and entire rooms go overlooked, empty of enemies and resources as if entirely forgotten by the developers. It is clear as day this game was rushed beyond its means, instead of dropping the project, the developers sped through to a "playable" product, one that can be completed with effort. It is not polished. It is not thorough, and it is NOT complete. It is disappointing for me to say the development of this game was not worth its effort, because it is apparent to me that said effort was minimal at best, and misused at worth. Whether scope creep or low funds damned this game, I do not care. This product is unfinished, and for its price, is an exorbitantly overpriced tech demo. If you want a game that checks the boxes of medieval spell-casting Boomer Shooter, I highly recommend the equally beautiful and auditorily quaint Boomer Shooter "Amid Evil". It's cheaper, of higher quality, A COMPLETE GAME, and receives continued bug-fixes and even DLC. It is so very upsetting that I have to be so ashamed by this game, when I could see so much potential in its soul, and such a significant grasp for greatness gone awry. I only wish the best for the devs, though I fear there is no salvation in this games future.

Jan 25, 2026·20h·12·Verified

Steam User 7501STEAMRecommended

Clearly an unfinished and unfortunately abandoned game, but worth it if you are desperate to scratch that Hexen itch like me

Jan 24, 2026·11h·2·Verified

Steam User 0170STEAMRecommended

Very hard, but enjoyable

Jan 21, 2026·15h·Verified

Steam User 1798STEAMRecommended

GRAVEN is an ambitious dark fantasy first-person action game that deliberately reaches back to the lineage of late-1990s shooters while attempting to weave in modern ideas of exploration, worldbuilding, and progression. Developed by Slipgate Ironworks™ and published by 3D Realms alongside Fulqrum Publishing, the game positions itself as both a homage and an experiment, blending the raw immediacy of old-school combat with a slower, more deliberate sense of discovery. Rather than focusing purely on constant gunplay, it invites players to inhabit a decaying world shaped by plague, cult worship, and forgotten gods.

The premise places you in the role of a disgraced priest exiled for an act of mercy deemed heretical by a corrupt religious order. Armed initially with little more than a staff and fragments of forbidden knowledge, you are cast into a hostile land where villages rot from disease, cultists stalk the shadows, and eldritch forces stir beneath the surface. The narrative unfolds gradually, relying heavily on environmental storytelling, scattered notes, and brief encounters with NPCs rather than traditional cinematic exposition. This restrained approach gives the world an air of mystery, encouraging players to piece together meaning through exploration rather than being led by the hand.

Combat in GRAVEN sits at the crossroads between classic shooter speed and methodical melee engagement. Encounters mix close-quarters staff combat with limited ranged weapons and magic, requiring careful positioning and resource awareness. Enemies are often aggressive and hit hard, which forces players to circle, retreat, and strike opportunistically rather than relying on pure reflex shooting. While this can feel tense and rewarding when everything clicks, it also exposes some rough edges: hit detection can feel inconsistent, enemy behavior is sometimes simplistic, and certain fights stretch longer than expected due to uneven damage scaling. The result is combat that feels conceptually strong but occasionally awkward in execution.

Where the game truly distinguishes itself is in its approach to exploration. Levels are not strictly linear corridors but interconnected spaces filled with locked paths, secrets, and environmental puzzles. Players are encouraged to revisit areas as new tools and abilities become available, slowly opening up the world in a manner reminiscent of immersive sims or classic adventure games. This design fosters a sense of place and continuity, making the world feel cohesive rather than segmented into isolated arenas. At the same time, the lack of clear navigation tools or detailed maps can lead to disorientation, especially when objectives are vague and multiple routes appear equally viable.

The visual presentation reinforces the game’s identity as a bridge between eras. GRAVEN adopts a deliberately retro aesthetic, with chunky geometry, stylized textures, and bold lighting that echo the look of older shooters. Modern effects are used sparingly to enhance atmosphere rather than overwhelm it, resulting in environments that feel grimy, oppressive, and distinct. Swamps, ruins, and underground chambers all carry a sense of decay that supports the game’s themes. While the visuals may not impress players seeking technical realism, they effectively serve the mood and tone the game is aiming for.

Sound design plays a crucial supporting role in building immersion. The soundtrack is understated and ominous, emphasizing tension rather than constant intensity. Environmental audio—distant groans, dripping water, ritualistic chants—helps sell the sense of a world slowly collapsing under supernatural corruption. Weapon sounds and enemy cues provide functional feedback in combat, though they rarely reach the punch or clarity found in more polished shooters. Still, the overall audio landscape contributes strongly to the game’s oppressive atmosphere.

Progression in GRAVEN is subtle and somewhat unconventional. Rather than traditional leveling systems or clear upgrade trees, advancement comes through discovering new weapons, unlocking spells, and gaining access to previously unreachable areas. This approach reinforces exploration as a core pillar, but it can also make growth feel uneven. Players may go long stretches without noticeable power increases, which can amplify frustration during difficult encounters. For some, this reinforces the feeling of vulnerability and struggle; for others, it can feel like a lack of tangible reward.

Narratively, the game maintains a somber and restrained tone throughout. Themes of faith, corruption, and exile are present but rarely spelled out, leaving interpretation largely to the player. This minimalist storytelling will appeal to those who enjoy lore-driven worlds and ambiguity, but it may disappoint players looking for strong character arcs or dramatic plot twists. GRAVEN is more concerned with mood and implication than with delivering a tightly scripted story.

Overall, GRAVEN is a game defined by its ambition and its willingness to take risks that many modern shooters avoid. It does not aim to be universally accessible or relentlessly fast-paced, instead offering a slower, heavier experience rooted in atmosphere and exploration. Its strengths lie in worldbuilding, visual identity, and the sense of inhabiting a hostile, decaying land, while its weaknesses stem from uneven combat polish, navigation friction, and pacing issues. For players who appreciate retro-inspired shooters with a darker, more contemplative edge—and who are willing to tolerate some roughness in exchange for atmosphere—GRAVEN offers a distinctive and memorable journey that stands apart from more conventional entries in the genre.

Rating: 5/10

Jan 20, 2026·9h·1

Steam User 3898STEAMNot recommended

Nothing kills a game's momentum like respawning in a town far away from where you quit your previous session. This decision is so boneheaded that it's almost unbelievable. I went from enjoying an atmospheric, entertaining boomer-shooter hybrid with a good soundtrack, to endless backtracking, confusion as where to go and a sorely lacking quick save feature.

Jan 15, 2026·3h·8

Steam User 1383STEAMNot recommended

Abandoned and unfinished

Jan 10, 2026·8h·8·Verified

Steam User 6596STEAMRecommended

Jan 5, 2026·4h

Steam User 2256STEAMNot recommended

Boring and uninspiring, got it for 5€ and its just boring, also the game crashes frequently and loses connection.

Jan 3, 2026·2h·7

Steam User 7871STEAMRecommended

Давно хотел приобрести и вот решился. Игра, сразу предупреждая, на любителя, на очень большого любителя. Геймдизайн нулевых прилагается. В игре много оружия, но не всё оно одинаково полезно, без прокачки, а прокачка стоит денег. На всё не хватит. Сами локации выполнены с душой, как и враги, которые любят бесить. Боссы тоже есть, тоже очень своеобразные, к ним надо искать подход. Музыка сойдёт, атмосферу создаёт и ладно. Играть до конца... Несложно, но немного тягомотно. Особенно после первого акта, во втором меняется локация и немного подход. А третий... Третий вас заипёт. Поверьте на слово. Пройти самому, без гайдов, можно, но очень долго и тягомотно. Меня это не отпугнуло, но играть советую только людям с энтузиазмом в этом жанре. Просто так лучше не покупать.

Jan 3, 2026·19h·1·Verified

Steam User 9352STEAMRecommended

Un digno sucesor de hexen, juegazo, complicado, solo si eres expero sube arriba de normal, si quieres disfrutarlo, normal/facil :D

Dec 30, 2025·10h

Steam User 9870STEAMRecommended

Приобрёл игру давно, но долго не начинал начитавшись плохих отзывов, ждал когда допилят.
По факту, - игру прошёл полностью, никаких багов не было. Был один вылет, с ошибкой, в начале второго эпизода, и пару вылетов когда сворачивал игру в трей и разворачивал обратно, но это многие игры не любят. Специально проверял лифт в библиотеке (когда уже открыл короткий путь), работал без проблем. В общем, если бы не читал другие отзывы, сказал бы что вполне стабильная игра!

Конечно есть вопросы к системе сохранений. Вернее, никаких сохранений тут нет, просто идёшь по сюжету, убивают, возраждаешься на ближайшей контрольной точке, теряешь немного золота и двигаешься дальше. Если перезайти в игру, начинать придётся из центра основной локации. В процессе понимаешь, что желательно проходить уровень полностью, или пока не достигнешь каких то целей, иначе потом придётся проходить всё сначала, и по новой всё зачищать. Хотя с другой стороны так тоже интересно, "патронов" хватает, можно и пострелять. Ну и соответственно нет возможности повторно перепроходить босов, точнее можно, но только после прохождения всей игры, когда появится возможность перемещаться между эпизодами.

По оружию в целом ничего, но как то всё не очень сбалансировано. Нет уверенного оружия на среднюю дистанцию. В основном игра вынуждает атаковать с расстояния, из за чего пропадает смысл оружия ближнего боя. Книга магии имеет интересные возможности, но из за маленькой дистанции огня тоже малоприменима. Зато есть четыре варианта арбалетов: один "дробовик" и три дальнобоя (один явно лишний).

А вот что однозначно понравилось, так это дизайн уровней, загадки, секреты. Есть конечно пара-тройка неочевидных моментов, так что пришлось гуглить, но в целом хорошо. Да, это игра где надо таскать бочки, прыгать, падать, перепрыгивать и т.д. Кстати отсутствие карты, на мой взгляд, совершенно не недостаток, все маршруты легко запоминаются, и практически нет однообразных локаций.

В общем отличная олдскульная игра в духе Hexen!

Dec 29, 2025·59h·4·Verified

Steam User 2428STEAMRecommended

This game's feel and style reminds me of two nostalgic games; Blood and Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall. On top of that, this game also reminds me of Darksouls if it went retro and first person. I haven't played a game similar to this experience since I was a kid playing on my dads computer in the mid to late 90s. Overall I think it's a really well done nostalgic sleeper of a dark fantasy type of game.

Dec 28, 2025·10h·4·Verified

Steam User 0334STEAMNot recommended

Back wood brush ape developers broke the coop of the game with garbage 3rd party launchers to sell more of there trash at a discounted rate while cutting out steam. Don't support these dog water drinkers.

Dec 25, 2025·1h·11·Verified

Steam User 1833STEAMRecommended

Frankly i dont understand why this game gets so much hate. i just finished it at the time of writing and i think it was great. dont get me wrong there was deffinatly some jank and i had a few gripes here but looking past that there is a good game here and i still enjoyed my time. if you like me decide to ignore the unfair negative reviews and give Graven a try yourself keep a couple things in mind.

1. the game isnt perfecct so dont be too discouraged by a little jank here and there.

2. this game will not hold your hand so dont go into it thinking its your typical action "boomer shooter." combat is unforgiving and rescources are precious.

3. if you wack an enemy and it vanishes turn around its likely behind you ready to strike.

4. explore. there are lots of secrets and your curiosity will be rewarded but if an enemy or trap keeps killing you chances are you arnt supposed to be there yet or you need to try a different approach.

thanks Devs for a fun time all things considered.

Dec 23, 2025·8h·7·Verified

Steam User 3729STEAMRecommended

Es muy bonito para jugar cooperativo, pero falla más que una escopeta de caña.

Dec 22, 2025·4h·Verified

Steam User 7795STEAMNot recommended

Первый час поигрушек удивлялся, почему такие разгромные отзывы у такой неплохой игры. Вроде бы всё при ней: ретро-стилистика, приятный геймплей, какие-то даже задатки иммерсивности и рпг. Но потом я словил два софтлока, сломанные контрольные точки, потерю всего инвентаря и понял, где собака зарыта. Я не особо требовательный в плане технического исполнения, но тут что-то на уровне неиграбельности. Настоящий экспириенс из 2000х, когда поцарапанный CD диск мог чудаковато воспроизводить записанную на нем игру.

Если бы не это, то прошел бы с удовольствием, но сейчас - рефанд

Dec 17, 2025·2h·16·Verified

Steam User 3458STEAMNot recommended

- баг с лифтом после перезапуска игры делает невозможным дальнейшее прохождение(танцы с бочками у домика садовника не предлагать)
- после перезапуска убитые монстры будут докучать вам снова, вдобавок, вы окажетесь практически в стартовой локации и придется снова прорубаться к месту, где завершали игру. Спасибо, что хотя бы не нужно повторно открывать все двери!
- музыкальное оформление убаюкивает. Еще немного и уснешь вместе с монстрами
- инвентарь зачем-то добавили, про карту забыли, а она бы пригодилась!
В целом игра неплоха и я оставлю положительный отзыв, если разрабы исправят баги и сделают точки сохранения.

Dec 17, 2025·6h·5·Verified

Steam User 6430STEAMRecommended

хорошая игра

Dec 15, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 2021STEAMNot recommended

Chose the default option "Graven" from the launch options, only to have it open a launcher with discounts for other games in their catalog, where clicking to close and launch the game didn't do anything. Cool, cool.

Dec 11, 2025·26·Verified

Steam User 2221STEAMRecommended

got it on sale for 5$, great artstyle, lacks a bit on puzzle & enemy veriaty, stil really solid and fun

Dec 11, 2025·10h·3·Verified

Steam User 6071STEAMNot recommended

Velmi zle komunikovane zadanie uloh, ziadna navigacia ani smer ku cielu ulohy, ziadny automaping, teda je to nudne az frustrujuce bludenie :|, inak atmosfera by bola dobra.

Dec 10, 2025·2h

Steam User 8897STEAMNot recommended

The game was alright, combat was difficult but something I could handle. I loved the art style and overall theme, but I just ended up getting confused and lost easily. I spent an hour back tracking and going in circles trying to find the way forward, ended up having to look up a guide online and realized if I had to look up a guide this early in the game, then it was not for me.

Dec 10, 2025·2h·13·Verified

Steam User 9782STEAMRecommended

aşırı sarıyor

Dec 10, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 2706STEAMNot recommended

che inizio eccitante, essere buttati in una orribile fogna a picchiare zombi con una clava. proprio come nei trailer del gioco.

Dec 9, 2025·3

Steam User 4849STEAMNot recommended

I really wanted to like this game. There are 3 acts. Made it to the last one but everytime I get stuck. A hidden lever or button somewhere. Or when you have to find a piece of something. I've had it with this game and it's just not fun anymore.

Dec 2, 2025·12h·6·Verified

Steam User 8033STEAMNot recommended

Ive played 7-8 hours and I dont even remember WHY I QUIT THIS GAME its bad!

Nov 27, 2025·8h·4·Verified

Steam User 6529STEAMRecommended

Нормально, но есть баги которые ломают игру. Гравик, например, после вайпа исчез, лифт в библиотеку одноразовый, мини босс в 3м акте неактивен и не даёт пройти дальше без помощи другого бага, платформы в 3м акте после загрузки опущены вниз и рычаги их больше не поднимают.
Так то, не плохо если повезёт.

Nov 25, 2025·29h·1·Verified

Steam User 2772STEAMNot recommended

How can a game look so good but be so bad?

- Game refocuses the window several times
- Many missing sound effects
- ingame videos were lagging on a gaming setup
- Poor quest and level design
- Lots of small bugs that add up to an annoying pile and make the game even more annoying.

+ The only positive thing is the nostalgic low poly graphics. Not the atmosphere or immersion. Just the graphics.

Nov 25, 2025·1h

Steam User 6762STEAMNot recommended

После запуска навязывают свой лаунчер с мусором, нужно каждый раз нажимать на отказ.

Игра где тебе через записку или диалог намекают на дальнейший путь, и ты должен угадать, как левел дизайнер придумал вынести тебе мозги.

Квест-персонаж убежал со своего места? Придется бегать по всей карте и искать где с ним поговорить.
Нашел, поговорил? Всё, теперь бегать по всей карте и искать что изменилось, пока не заметишь открывшуюся дверь.
Есть ещё загадка - жать 3 рычага пока загадка не получится, за то время что я играл таких было 2.

Торговли нет, продавать мусор нельзя (а его и нет), только покупка предметов за золото.
В инвентаре могут лежать предметы
1. квестовые
2. оружие
3. банки
4. боеприпас
Это все занимает первую строчку и может быть вторую, остальной инвентарь на ещё 999 свободных слотов так и пустует, лишний боеприпас положить нельзя, строго столько, сколько придумал разработчик. Зачем этот инвентарь нужен вообще?

Бесконечные жизни, респаун на чекпоинте, сохранений\загрузок на кнопку и в меню нет. Умер - состояние игры такое же как и до смерти (убитые перед смертью враги не респаунятся), таким образом всех понемногу можно добивать, смысла в этом вообще нет - смерть персонажа бессмысленна.

В целом, такой геймплей спустя 25 лет уже сложно воспринимать

Nov 22, 2025·6h·4·Verified

Steam User 0193STEAMRecommended

I just finished Act 2 and I'm really enjoying the game.
The environments and graphics look great to me.
I love exploring and getting lost in the maps.
I also enjoy finding and using new weapons.

I don’t understand why people don’t like this game.
The gameplay is kind of old-school, and maybe that discourages some players.
Enemies don't respawn after a checkpoint, which makes the game quite easy.

Nov 22, 2025·27h·1

Steam User 3001STEAMNot recommended

Game now comes with spyware/ malware.

Nov 21, 2025·3h·32

Steam User 6924STEAMRecommended

Honestly a great game that does not deserve the hate at all. Yes there are bugs and yes some parts feel rushed but none of that is game breaking. It is definitely worth an attempt; I suggest using the auto saver from the guides in case you get a corrupt save which never happened to me thankfully. Solid game all around but the ending was stupid; they are just setting themselves up for a sequel which isn't necessary and probably won't happen anyway. I wish the kicking actually sent weaker enemies flying but sadly it is clunky. Most people haven't seen the end of Act 1 so keep that in mind when reading reviews. Give it a respectable go.

Nov 21, 2025·34h·15

Steam User 5215STEAMNot recommended

so now I need a Launcher to start the game
where you promote to buy your games outside of steam cheaper.

and with this launcher the game is not starting so I have to make a go around to launch the launch without launcher?

is this legit? dear steam support?

Nov 19, 2025·2h·34

Steam User 3836STEAMNot recommended

Update installed an obnoxious game launcher on my PC. Shameful.

Nov 19, 2025·1h·33

Steam User 1271STEAMNot recommended

added a trash and annoying launcher nobody asked for.

Nov 18, 2025·3h·17

Steam User 7143STEAMNot recommended

No ! Just nope

Multiplayer needs improvement on side that u should be able to play 2 characters with 2 diff independant safe files. Currently the host character gets copied when someone joined which is not fun and it doesnt allow for fun coop. The recent update is uneeded and it addes a launcher for some reason that also links to some 3rd party online game store ...
Other then that, the game as idea is good, inspired by hexen and heretic and it has good art style but the reasons above make it have negative review.

Nov 18, 2025·5h·9·Verified

Steam User 7342STEAMNot recommended

So I guess they just decided, "yeah that's good enough"

Been in early access for YEARS, and I've been following the updates the entire time. Suddenly, the game just goes 1.0, and now there haven't been any updates since, in over a year. Wtf? Game is entirely unfinished, early access is such a scam in this case - they just took the money and ran

Nov 16, 2025·1h·24

Steam User 9535STEAMNot recommended

** UPDATE: as of 18/Nov/2025, Fulqrum decided to add a proxy launcher to their catalog, including Graven. Besides the audacity of displaying their own store inside Steam - like a trojan horse with malware - the launcher doesn’t even manage to start the game. **

I have mixed feelings about this game, but in the end I can’t recommend an unfinished product—even at a discount—especially with so many great alternatives available (for example, Blood West).

The game clearly needs at least one more big update to fix bugs and user interface issues. Overall, it feels rushed, unpolished, and not fully tested or patched.

Pros:
- Great art direction
- Great level design - the maps are interconnected, which makes the world feel more alive.
- Combat isn’t the best, but it’s not bad either.

Cons:
- Broken achievements: I've won The Parallel Path achievement in Act 1, which wouldn't be possible.

- Weapon/Item shortcut bar: you can’t have 10 key shortcuts for 10 weapons or items because larger weapons take up 2 or 3 slots on this bar (!), making it impossible to use all shortcuts available. If I could only carry a primary/secondary weapon for "realism" purposes, I would get it, but this is nonsensical.

- The inventory system doesn’t make much sense: why use a grid-based inventory with limited space when there aren’t that many items to pick up to begin with, and the few you do pick up can’t even be dropped? All you can do is rearrange items like Tetris pieces, and that’s it.

- Limited ammo: why impose strict ammo caps when there’s still plenty of unused space in the inventory? If the player has an inventory, let them manage the space themselves.

- Absence of a map.

- Bugs: you can get stuck in certain places; some triggers only activate once (e.g., the timed trigger that opens a door in the catacombs below the library); some fish swim through the air; broken physics with items stuck in the air (sometimes unreachable) after a crate explosion; etc.

Nov 16, 2025·29h·24

Steam User 1429STEAMNot recommended

游戏是特别特别好玩，黑暗地牢中世纪恶魔复古射击元素，但是严重的BUG，游戏公司真让人无语

Nov 12, 2025·19h·1·Verified

Steam User 1288STEAMNot recommended

Это ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Nov 7, 2025·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 6309STEAMNot recommended

Изучая бумершутеры:

3/10
В этой игре неплохая детализация локаций, какие-то заделы на РПГ или иммерсив сим. И приятная стрельба из пары пушек (простите, арбалетов). Всё остальное....

Инвентарь - жирный минус, зачем он? Чтобы не было скучно? Не помогло! Зачем оружие, которое занимает 3 ячейки на панели? Чтобы задушиться? Получилось отлично!

Оружие - я вышел из игры найдя ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ вид арбалета. Совсем плохо с фантазией? При этом на тот момент он был сильно хуже других арбалетов, которые практически невозможно пропустить.

Виды врагов - тут прям печально, 8 часов прочесывал первую локацию (а судя по трейлеру они такие же и в 3 локации) и буквально устал видеть один и те же рожи. Хоть какую-то вариативность визуальную им можно было задать. Ну и тактика практически одна.

Локации смотрятся интересно - играются отвратительно, можно тупо не заметить сюжетную форточку (при наличии 10 дверей, которые закрыты) и бегать кругами. Карты внезапно нет. Дневник есть, инвентарь есть, карты - нет.

Система сохранений - понятно, что ребята прям фанаты дарк солс, но тут нам зачем отправлять в город и ресать мобов? Чтобы подкачаться?? Опыта то нет и скиллов. Один раз вышел, вернулся играть через 4 дня и 20 (!!!!) минут бежал туда, откуда вышел. Бред.

Боссфайт... НУу это печально. Видел только одного босса акта, очевидно вдохновленного боссом деревом из дс3, и это было максимально легко и скучно. По идее до него было минимум 3 места, где боссы смотрелись бы хорошо.

Стамина!? СТАМИНА!!! Я вообще не понял её присутствие в игре. Спринтовать и прыгать бесконечно нельзя, а ОЧЕНЬ хочется, чтобы скипнуть побыстрее. Прыжки, кстати, отвратительные - типичный пример - торрчащая из воды лодка, которая должна нам по идее помочь из воды вылезти. По ней НЕЛЬЗЯ или очень сложно запрыгнуть, чистая удача. Видимо разрабы сами не пробовали, или знают нужный пиксель.

При этом присутствует "прокачка", которая даёт аж 3 хп или стамины к максимуму. :D

И так далее. В целом - очень плохо.

Nov 4, 2025·8h·2·Verified

Steam User 4459STEAMNot recommended

I really liked this game at first — it nails that late-90s dark fantasy FPS vibe (Hexen, Heretic, etc.) with modern visuals, physics, and atmosphere. The mix of combat, exploration, and light puzzles feels great and really immersive.

Update (mid of Act 2 — 22 hours played):
Sadly, I have to change my recommendation a bit. I found myself getting lost too often and running in circles trying to figure out where to go next. The game really needs a proper map and a way to save your progress exactly where you stop — restarting back in the city every time breaks the immersion.

Another issue is the lack of feedback when you trigger something important. Sometimes you activate a mechanism or event, but the game gives no indication of what changed — so you just wander around hoping to find the new path. It becomes more frustrating than fun.

I’m actually stopping my playthrough for now because I’m disappointed by the lost potential. This could be something truly great with a few quality-of-life improvements. If those changes come, I’d love to return and update my review.

Nov 4, 2025·22h·3·Verified

Steam User 6729STEAMNot recommended

Kann das Spiel auf Grund eines Bugs nicht beenden, die Dev haben schlampig gearbeitet und es bis jetzt immer noch nicht behoben was für H......... wie kann man nur so unfähig sein bitte schließt euer Studio.

Ich rate vom Kauf ab.

Nov 2, 2025·25h·1·Verified

Steam User 7992STEAMNot recommended

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it

It ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks

Nov 1, 2025·1h·5·Verified

Steam User 4370STEAMRecommended

retro style, good action, big maps, lot of secrets, vibe of good old Heretic

Oct 31, 2025·34h·5·Verified

Steam User 5867STEAMRecommended

In the core the game is good, but it has some major issues. Having a map would help a lot, but its still playable without it. I had to check youtube how to progress 3 times. More hints and some kind of landmarks or pointing arrows would be helpful. Loot from the chests is exploding into space and sometimes gold is stuck above you without chance to loot it. I dont understand why after i quit the game i dont continue where i left but instead i am teleported in to the hub area which is basically start of the act and have to travel where i left, which can be 3-7 minutes of walking, if i unlocked shortcuts. Otherwise its 10+ minutes. Enemy respawns are wierd, sometimes they spawn right behind you, sometimes after you die they all respawn, sometimes they dont, when you backtrack sometimes its full of enemies like you have never been there. But in Act 3 the game bugged, a boss should spawn but he didnt and without it i again had to check youtube how to progress, eventually i had to die to respawn me in the next city, however it bugged too and i died several times because after respawn i was instantly killed by nothing and lost like 6k gold. This corrupted my whole feeling of the game. 6,5/10

Oct 31, 2025·14h·1

Steam User 6896STEAMNot recommended

It looks good, but it isn't. So many problems, so much wasted potential.

Oct 31, 2025·27h·6

Steam User 2093STEAMRecommended

Yes it’s not a bad game, I like the art style and culture. It’s just missing a map and some sort of direction for the quests.

I little confusing at first.

Oct 29, 2025·31h·3·Verified

Steam User 1438STEAMRecommended

Great game, simple but interesting gameplay, looking forward to playing more of this. if you like old school First Person Dungeon Crawlers then this is for you!

Oct 28, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 7791STEAMNot recommended

if you want a fast paced boomer shooter with spells and ♥♥♥♥, go play wrath, ts is slower than an rpg and has soulslike mechanics that ruin fun

Oct 28, 2025·Verified

Steam User 2798STEAMRecommended

Graven got a lot of people confused about its genre and intentions. Many gave it a bad review because they wanted the game to fit their own definition of a preferred genre, rather than judging it for what it actually is.

The game is neither an immersive sim nor an RPG — definitely not a boomer shooter, and certainly not a strict “Hexen spiritual successor.” Anyone expecting one of those genres will likely be disappointed.

But for those who enjoy interconnected level design with unlockable shortcuts, punishing deaths that make you lose currency, tough enemy encounters that force you to plan rather than go in guns blazing, Metroidvania-style progression and backtracking, and hard bosses that require learning their patterns — all wrapped in a dying dark fantasy world — you’ll feel right at home with Graven!

I know a lot of die-hard FromSoftware fans who would kill me for saying this, but Graven truly feels like what happens when you apply light Soulsborne design elements to a late-’90s FPS. And for that alone, it deserves some love.

Oct 28, 2025·43h·86·Verified

Steam User 5937STEAMNot recommended

don't buy games from slipgate ironworks

Oct 22, 2025·1h·4·Verified

Steam User 4530STEAMRecommended

This review has two parts. My own feedback where I fawn over the game cus I haven't had such a good time in a video game outside playing with viewers for a long time. And my respond to the hate this game gets which in my opinion was left by people who didn't even bother to get into the game enough to form a proper opinion about it.

MY FEEDBACK:
The setting is awesome. A functioning community built upon a swamp with a great library and an archive hits me like a battering ram with the dark lore of this game. Making it so people live in the falling town adds a lot of depth to what is the first act about. I can't tell about the rest of the game, but it's already looking great!

I was surprised about the sidequests. I tried to interact with the Tax Collector and I got a quest to go fetch his book of taxes and OMG I HAVE GAINED A POISON SPITTING SCROLL! An actual reward! And an awesome one at that! The Blacksmith made me an op armor for bringing him some old texts and there is many more!

Did I mention a scroll? Yes - cuse there's a lot of weapons and they are FIRE! (and lightning!) You start with a stick. Then you find a book. Then you find a lightning spell for the book. Then before get to see that the PC wears a PJs with chains for extra comfort, you have a sticky bomb launcher. Sounds awesome right? You can upgrade them! What did you say? Extra flat damage is boring? Yeah. THAT'S WHY THE UPGRADES ADD FUNCTIONALITY INSTEAD!
The crossbow? Alternative AOE fire setting explosive bolt. A shotgun (that shoots pebbles) gets sticky explosives (with on point damage to not make them to OP). A screaming tome is now a SLAMMING TOME!!!

I would talk about the story, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone!

The only problem I have is the crossbow cultists casting their OP poison bolts even when they're stunned.

RESPOND TO ALL HATE THIS GAME RECEIVES:
I saw a lot of negative feedback all over the internet about this game. People saying elevators don't work. Enemies are unkillable. Keys can't be picked up. And the positive ones don't really give it justice.
In one video where a guy tried to comeplte a puzzle in the library. Dude couldn't stop whining how the puzzle is stupid cus there is only one clue and it makes no sense. Buddy, if you read this - there were three clues and you have read one of them and ignored it. Some solutions are a no-brainer and all that you have to do is look around.

If you want to point out that I didn't even reach a second act and I leave a positive feedback suggesting I shouldn't criticize other's opinions. My guy - you didn't even throw a barrel at a zombie. Most people who played this game didn't try the most basic ♥♥♥♥ and complain the gameplay is bad. ON GOD only less than 10% of people have progressed past the archives, because ,,ThE eLeVaToR dOeSn'T wOrK"...I had that too when I backtracked. Guess what I did - relaunched the game and it worked. This is also not the only way inside of the archives. Just progress a tiny bit past it and you don't have to go through a BASEMENTFUL OF ENEMIES THAT!

Also a lot of the criticism this game receives sounds like people expected a comepletely different game made by the best of game devs. Also someone thought this is a doom clone? A DOOM CLONE? It's said in the game's bio and tags: EXPLORATION and ACTION-ADVENTURE. Not Run'n'Gun. There are people claiming they missed weapons cus there's too much walking...probably avoided paying taxes. Shame...

I'd refer to more, but other comments are baseless or make up non existing glitches...

The price might be a bit meh and some mechanics could require some polishing, but I wholeheartedly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a big variety of weapons, undead, good story telling and exploration rewarding gameplay!

Oct 21, 2025·18h·5·Verified

Steam User 8894STEAMNot recommended

80 hours in, I want to love it, but they refuse to finish the game, they refuse to open up the code so people can fix it. This game deserves so much more.... if it was 5$ sure I would not feel robbed of time and soul.... just release the code(for modding) already, I'll even buy that for 40-50$.

Oct 21, 2025·72h·14·Verified

Steam User 8464STEAMNot recommended

GRAVEN – The Embalmed Corpse of a Great Idea

Alright. I’d been wanting to try this game for a while — I’m a sucker for first-person dungeon crawlers with that crusty PS1 vibe. GRAVEN fits the bill: dark fantasy, magic, medieval weapons, and gloomy cathedrals full of cultists and skeletons.

I bought it (on sale, of course — I’m not insane) despite the bad reviews, thinking maybe it was misunderstood.
This is the verdict of someone who actually put a lot of hours into it.
And when I say “a lot,” I mean too many.

Short review:
A*B*Y*S*M*A*L — D*O*G*S*H*I*T

Full review:
Atmosphere – A gem buried in filth

Nobody can deny that Graven has soul. The world oozes that grim, medieval melancholy reminiscent of Hexen or Dark Messiah. Castles, cultists, bones, grime — the whole cursed buffet.
It could have been incredible… if the devs hadn’t left it to rot.

Gameplay – The betrayal of potential

Here’s the tragedy: Graven could have been great.
Combat is fun, weapons have personality, the puzzles are clever, and the gear-upgrade system actually works. It’s exactly what you’d want from a magical FPS.
Until the game collapses under its own weight like a golem running on Windows 95.

Difficulty – Tamagotchi brain simulator

Enemy AI deserves a scientific paper. Imagine a Tamagotchi with brain fever inside a microwave — that’s about how these monsters think.
They charge at you like horny pitbulls, die in two hits, and sometimes forget how walls work. It’s hilarious for five minutes, tragic for five hours.

Story – From heaven to the septic tank

Act I? Genuinely great. Interconnected areas, tight pacing, amazing mood.
Then comes Act II, the complete opposite: stripped of exploration, reduced to narrow corridors and dull linear missions. It feels like a different, cheaper game altogether — one that forgot what made the first act so immersive.
Act III? An existential crisis in code form. One enemy is literally a PNG sliding toward you, lighting effects included. It’s as if the devs knew no one would survive long enough to see this mess.

Performance – The true horror

And now, the death blow. Graven is broken, corrupted, unholy.
The bugs aren’t accidents — they’re a plague.
And the devs know it.

I have never once loaded a save and spawned where I left off. Every time, the game spits me back into the hub town, forcing me to replay entire zones. It’s like Graven punishes you for trying to play it.

A short list of crimes:

Floating items, downgraded weapon skins once you upgrade them, textures that vanish mid-fight.

A late-game enemy that’s literally a 2D sprite with no animations.

A boss that kills you on loop until you finally cheese it to death — no cutscene, no reward, just a teleport to the next act as the game screams “NEXT LEVEL!” and slaps you forward.

Exploration – The art of finding nothing

Exploring Graven feels like searching for the love your father never gave you: an emotionally draining task that never rewards you.
There’s nothing to find, nothing to uncover. By Act III I wasn’t even looking anymore — I just wanted the suffering to end.
When a crash finally threw me to desktop, I almost thanked it and left the game forever.

Final verdict:

Graven is the perfect case study of how a great idea can die through neglect and incompetence.
It’s stylish, it’s moody, it’s got promise… and it’s also got more bugs than a corpse in summer.
Playing it in 2025 is either an act of faith, masochism, or both.

Recommended only if it costs under 4 bucks — and even then, just for the comedy value of watching ragdolls fly like in Garry’s Mod.

A game that could have been a cult classic.
Instead, it’s a cautionary tale buried beneath the ruins of its own ambition.

Oct 19, 2025·42h·1·Verified

Steam User 6628STEAMNot recommended

w życiu nie poleciłbym tej gry nikomu

Oct 18, 2025·5h

Steam User 0621STEAMRecommended

IM BXK BbbY rhw wizTSAD RIBEROUS TABOR

Oct 16, 2025·1h·Verified

Steam User 8454STEAMNot recommended

I'm not that picky and even I can't recommend it. A pity, it lacks so much polish...

Oct 8, 2025·1h·1

Steam User 1732STEAMRecommended

Graven is the epitome of a diamond in the rough. Apparently it was tragically rushed to full release. With just another six months of development they could have polished it up for a lot better reaction. However I enjoyed all of my time playing the game. Anyone who plays boomer shooters should be used to jank. And I completed the campaign, without looking anything up, and didn't have any bugs or problems.

The atmosphere is grade A Grimdark. There are plenty of weapons, items, secrets, puzzles, gibs and crates to smash. And it's also tricky at times, you have to pay close attention to your surroundings. All the ingredients are here, it only needed a little more time in the oven. But even so I had fun with it as it is.

Oct 6, 2025·25h·3·Verified

Steam User 6483STEAMRecommended

It's a solid and challeging game, that eventually had to lose the map system completely. Yeah, oldschool, yeah retro, unfortunately in tedious ways, because there is backtracking – a lot of it. The lack of directions turned this fun title, that was originally funded via Kickstarter campaign, into an eventually unbalanced and cryptic experience.

6.0/10

Oct 5, 2025·8h

Steam User 8149STEAMRecommended

JUEGAZO! OJALA EL SEGUNDO ESTÉ DE CAMINO

Oct 5, 2025·23h

Steam User 2099STEAMRecommended

honestly its not bad. the tales of softlocks are very scary though so dont get too attached to this game.

Oct 1, 2025·2h·Verified

Steam User 9559STEAMNot recommended

A doom clone without even a hint of a doom map is a doomed release. Played through in 21 hours just out of spite and holy moly what a mess!

It was an interesting start, but slowly and surely it was going downhill. Too many small things that just annoyed me really kicked me out of the game. Maps are big and they open up as you progress the story, so half of the time I had no idea what I was doing and why, especially in the first chapter. Sometimes journal helps and sometimes it's way too vague and "just go out there and explore." Then trying to find a lever or a one damn key (oh it was in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ well I've passed hundred times, doh) was so frustrating. It would help if the interactive items would give a bit more of a "HELLO YOU CAN USE/TAKE ME!" sign, especially with the books etc.. I had to look for help and walktroughs at some point, because I was just lost and maybe missed something. (like a fooking lever in a water, which starts killing you way too fast and with these graphics? No way!)
Also that smoke effect is terrible.

Weapons and enemies were "eh, ok." Graphics are fine.

But there were good parts too, like the scenery.... Too bad it was in this game. :/
Better luck next time.

Oct 1, 2025·22h·4

Steam User 7581STEAMRecommended

Не плохая игра, похожая на Dark Messiah

Sep 29, 2025·18h

Steam User 8072STEAMRecommended

Хоть игра и сыровата но очень даже не плоха, местами скучноватый гей плей и оптимизация хромает, но я вайбик словил поэтому на скидках купить можн. 9 зарезанных девочек из 11

Sep 27, 2025·5h·1·Verified

Steam User 2051STEAMNot recommended

I wont write long. I love this game, played since the early access. But for a long time now i wanted to finish it like i should, but i cant play becouse of ue4 error on startup. A real shame. Well, if you can play its definitely a great game, but you better check after your purchase and possibly return

Sep 27, 2025·25h·Verified

Steam User 8420STEAMRecommended

неплохое сочетание бумер шутера и рпг состовляющих, думаю любители найдутся

Sep 26, 2025·2h·Verified

Steam User 4253STEAMRecommended

GRAVEN is an under-baked, torturous, bug ridden mess that suffers from a variety of head scratching creative decisions from the devs.

This game is [b]ONLY[/b] for fans of hardcore dungeon crawlers and slow-paced fantasy fps.

So why am I recommending it?

Because the world needs more fantasy fps and dungeon crawlers and the game at least succeeds in being a unique experience, even with its flaws.

And believe me, there are [b]MANY[/b] flaws.

When a game requires you to read a pinned steam forum post in order to avoid getting softlocked at multiple points, you know you’re in for a bad time. Why not just fix the game???

There is a mod that removes the stamina bar. Install that immediately. Also install the mod that makes weapons fit in a single inventory slot instead of multiple.

GRAVEN is one of those “where the eff do I go!?” kind of games. Very little direction on where to go or what to do.

The gameworld is massive yet you have no compass, [b]NO MAP[/b], not even sign posts or literally anything to help you on your way. You end up wandering around forever trying to figure out where to go and end up walking in circles.

Making this even more frustrating is discovering that the early access version had a map and a decision was made to remove it! Why!??

You come across scrolls and texts as you traverse the game but these rarely, if ever, provide any meaningful help or direction for your quest.

The combat can be both cool and frustrating at the same time, especially when you first begin.

You don’t have many weapons and are extremely under powered yet expected to face large hordes of enemies with your anemic arsenal.

Oh yea and these enemies can deal you 50% [b]or more[/b] damage with a single hit!

The melee combat is iffy. The enemies can hit you before the finish their attack animation which makes it more difficult to parry or predict. Sometimes you’ll strike an enemy and they’ll disappear from your view and teleport behind you and deal damage.

You have a sword but for some reason it does less damage than your staff which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

There are a few different spells you can cast, as expected for a fantasy fps, but these are not all that effective in combat and are used in the game more as tools instead of weapons. They are also completely ineffective against certain enemy types, something the game never explains.

Most of the puzzles are underwhelming or overly obtuse. I had to look up a guide for one totem symbol puzzle and even after seeing the solution it still didn’t make sense to me.

The checkpoint and save system is a disaster. You’ll be deep in a territory, reach a checkpoint, save and close the game, and when you return you [b]get respawned at the central town instead of your last checkpoint![/b]

So now you’re expected to waste time both traversing back to where you were and [b]figuring out how to get back there with no map!!![/b] Why cant I just respawn where the last checkpoint was!?

The entire game is just exhausting and it’s really a shame because clearly there is a lot of potential here but its wasted by poor choices by the devs and a glaringly obvious lack of polish. It feels like an unfinished game.

You’re left disappointed knowing how all the development effort was just a waste of time since the game is abandoned and will be left in this state forever when it could have been an epic game. Instead it’s a massive letdown.

Sep 25, 2025·22h·21

Steam User 4534STEAMRecommended

Отличная игра, просто песня)))

Sep 25, 2025·28h·Verified

Steam User 6734STEAMNot recommended

купил по итогу вылетает с ошибкой решения проблемы нет поэтому в пустую потратил деньги

Sep 23, 2025·1h·Verified

Steam User 7897STEAMNot recommended

Ehhhhhh?

Sep 23, 2025·1·Verified

Steam User 5868STEAMRecommended

GOOD

Sep 20, 2025·5h·Verified

Steam User 9581STEAMNot recommended

terrible

Sep 11, 2025·1h·3

Steam User 2560STEAMNot recommended

its better than expected but..

at first never pay fullprice(!) and choose sufficient difficulty to get most out the game.

i like the color palette of the game very much, its somewhat cozy and oldschool.

its like heretic but better, because u only have checkpoints (no quicksave, which often ruins other games challenge) and can loot/lose gold. also, u will smash thousands of barrels, boxes and corpses but somehow its fine

careful, if u leave game and come back:
1. you will respawn at latest checkpoint or randomly at town (and u have no map (they removed while early access because of "technical difficulties", no signposts, no fast travel while the gameworld's layout is very labyrintish)
2. monsters and containers will respawn (which is good for farming)
3. some world-mechanics like portcullis and unfolding architecture may be "inverted" or glitched, which could (so far) be fixed by reactivating the corresponding lever few times again

edit:
later ingame i changed to negative because its too much aimless wandering and guessing around where to go. at some point u notice that ur missing some items or weapons that never spawned (dont know if i ever get vibrant crystal, turf gun, boss fights; i have seen boss-like creature in library but its floating inactive). might be glitch, might be because they changed or removed it while EA and abandoned the game after final release.

Sep 9, 2025·9h·3

Steam User 6975STEAMNot recommended

The game looks great, but unfortunately the gameplay is horrid. Tier 1 enemies knock you down with 3-4 hits, navigation is bad. If you quit out of the game, and then try to resume, you won't continue from the same place you left off.

I wish i could give this game a proper try, but it's just not fun to play.

Sep 7, 2025·3h·11·Verified

Steam User 2744STEAMRecommended

Modern Heretic, zseniális

[url=https://hu.ign.com/graven/93096/review/teszt-graven-amikor-a-boomer-shooter-nem-szitokszo] TESZT [/url]

Sep 2, 2025·7h·2

Steam User 6556STEAMRecommended

I like the game despite its massive flaws. But I'm old and this reminds me of old games like Hexen and Heretic which I loved back in the day. If you want the polish and 4K graphics of AAA titles then you wont like it. Im hooked on old dungeon crawlers and there is an atmospheric quality to be lent to a game when its easy to get lost in it for hours.

Aug 31, 2025·51h·3·Verified

Steam User 1250STEAMNot recommended

This game is unfinished. Someone had good really ideas, however execution is flawed. Be prepared to encounter many bugs, unfinished animations and level design.

Aug 28, 2025·5h·11·Verified

Steam User 7469STEAMNot recommended

What am I playing?

Aug 28, 2025·1·Verified

Steam User 1787STEAMNot recommended

Если вы слепой мазохист, то игра вам может понравится. Но это не точно. Я слепой мазохист и всё ещё не удовлетворён.
Плюсы: Это мог бы быть шедевр на любителя, выйди игра лет на 20 раньше.
вы можете дохнуть и возвращаться как в соулслайк играх
минусы:
1 однако если вы упали в пропасть монетки уже не подобрать. если вы долго не возвращаетесь, то тоже пропадут. это здорово бесит
2 после прохождения босса "города" вас переносит в новый. Хотя в старом могла остаться нетронутая локация, золото, алхимики с зельями для вашего нового путешествия. Почему меня даже никто не спросил готов ли я? я же не знал кто тут финальный босс
3 графон. Я не требовательный к графике совсем: Вальхейм, готика 1, халф-лайф - запросто. Но GRAVEN это слишком. У меня в этой игре первый в жизни в очках глаз заболел и потерял концентрацию - смотрю на экран, но не понимаю что на нём. Думал всё - на паперть, но нет - стоило выключить GRAVEN и через полчаса глюк прошёл. Может, поводырь когда мне и пригодится, но не сегодня
4 геёмплей нудный. не ставьте макс сложность, если по какой то причине решили пройти игру. Может, есть красивый способ побеждать всех этих негодяев, но я не нашёл, поэтому меня насиловали 35 часов. Нет, я конечно прошёл. Прополз и перетерпел. Но лучше было бы не начинать.
5 почему у меня оружия больше чем слотов? мощное оружие занимает много слотов. и я должен отказаться от части оружия/зелий. в результате у меня нет привычки пользоваться оружием/оно не прокачено/непонятно зачем оно в игре.
6 загадки. О да. Как вам такая: в катакомбах смотришь в окошечко, там что-то слева есть и справа черная стена. не освещена. а вдалеке внизу какой то проход прямой. вниз прыжок = смерть.
-> идешь в обход,
->побеждаешь всех врагов,
->оказываешься на этом проходе, в конце которого решетка.
-> ищешь рычаг 2 часа
-> идешь на ютуб
-> возвращаешься к окошку, пуляешь электрическими искрами в тёмную стену и оО там был всё это время механизм, он зарядился и открыл ту самую дверь. Которую, даже не видно из этого окна.
-> Бежишь к двери, а она закрывается на твоих глазах.
-> заряжаешь до отказа механизм(на ваш вкус ибо он никак не сообщает о своём состоянии) , и снова бежишь, снова не успеваешь
-> заклинанием огня сжигаешь всю паутину которую мог бы зацепить по дороге, убираешь все бочки
-> фармишь где то зелья маны
-> придётся снова побеждать кучу врагов и вероятно спрыгивать в катакомбы, так как лифт теперь сломался
-> повторять до тех пор пока не сможешь и спрыгнуть и не быть добитым врагами одновременно
-> и вот мы снова у окна, но с зальями маны. паутины и бочек нет, врагов тоже. Заряжаем. Бежим. Успеваем.
-> проходим комнату, спрыгиваем на арену, там босс. в первый раз не ясно куда бежать и что у него за скиллсет - умираем.
-> повторяем уничтожение врагов, фарм зелий маны, если кончились, пробегаем в закрывающуюся дверь, спрыгиваем на арену, ломаем босса.
-> вы молодец.
-> вы узнали что в локации между дверью и ареной был тайник

Или вот загадка, которая требует играть мелодию на бар чаймс. Только они развешаны в случайном порядке на потолке. И хрен проссышь какая короче какая длиннее. и с большими паузами не канает, вроде. Стрелял по гуиду из ютуба и даже так это было сложно. Даже не стал выяснять, что там за подсказка и обязательно ли музыкальное образование.

из нескольких зубодробительных загадок, я честно сам разгадал полторы и ещё одну скипнул, найдя откуда спрыгнуть. там и застрял, но к счастью перезаход в игру возвращает в город. Главный босс - дизайнер локаций, и вам его не одолеть

Aug 24, 2025·35h·1·Verified

Steam User 0327STEAMNot recommended

I have another hour and a half online and have had to restart every time I've loaded into the game, FIX YOUR ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GAME!

Aug 20, 2025·6·Verified

Steam User 4360STEAMRecommended

don't see what the hate is. this is like half-life

Aug 19, 2025·1h·2

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