Dark Sky

Item: Dark Sky
Rating: 77
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-06

Summary

Engaging story, great characters, and appealing art.
Strategic, card-based tactical combat system.
Unique character abilities with strong synergies.
Deep deck-building and card upgrade mechanics.
Numerous game-breaking bugs severely impact experience.
Lacks meaningful progression and feels repetitive.

Reviews (sample size): 61
Helpful reviews: 93%
Unhelpful reviews: 7%
Protest reviews: 0%

77%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
23%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 156
Negative points: 87
Gameplay points: 41
Perf. points: 4
Rec. points: 40
Misc points: 7

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging story, great characters, art Description The game features an engaging story, complemented by well-designed characters, witty dialogues, and a distinctive art style. The narrative and world-building are consistently praised, making the game enjoyable and immersive. Importance 92%	The game features an engaging story, complemented by well-designed characters, witty dialogues, and a distinctive art style. The narrative and world-building are consistently praised, making the game enjoyable and immersive.	92%
Strategic card-based tactical combat Description The game's core combat revolves around strategic card play and tactical positioning, offering depth and variety. Players enjoy experimenting with different card combinations, upgrades, and character synergies to overcome challenges. Importance 51%	The game's core combat revolves around strategic card play and tactical positioning, offering depth and variety. Players enjoy experimenting with different card combinations, upgrades, and character synergies to overcome challenges.	51%
Unique, synergistic character abilities Description Characters have unique abilities and fighting styles that synergize well, encouraging players to experiment with different team compositions. Some reviewers specifically call out Norton as a valuable and likeable character. Importance 19%	Characters have unique abilities and fighting styles that synergize well, encouraging players to experiment with different team compositions. Some reviewers specifically call out Norton as a valuable and likeable character.	19%
Appealing and well-crafted visuals Description The game features appealing visuals, including well-crafted art and impressive visual effects. The overall aesthetic contributes positively to the player experience. Importance 12%	The game features appealing visuals, including well-crafted art and impressive visual effects. The overall aesthetic contributes positively to the player experience.	12%
Easy to learn, intuitive Description The game is easy to pick up and play, with intuitive mechanics and a straightforward leveling system. The tutorial effectively explains the core gameplay loop. Importance 10%	The game is easy to pick up and play, with intuitive mechanics and a straightforward leveling system. The tutorial effectively explains the core gameplay loop.	10%
Diverse builds via status effects Description Players enjoy discovering and utilizing various status effects, card upgrades, and duplication mechanics to create diverse and powerful builds. This allows for strategic depth and customization. Importance 7%	Players enjoy discovering and utilizing various status effects, card upgrades, and duplication mechanics to create diverse and powerful builds. This allows for strategic depth and customization.	7%
Exploration reveals lore, items Description The game rewards exploration by providing additional lore and useful items when examining objects in the environment. This encourages players to engage with the world beyond the main path. Importance 5%	The game rewards exploration by providing additional lore and useful items when examining objects in the environment. This encourages players to engage with the world beyond the main path.	5%
Slay the Spire meets Into Breach Description The game blends deckbuilding mechanics similar to Slay the Spire with tactical combat akin to Into the Breach. This combination creates a unique gameplay experience. Importance 5%	The game blends deckbuilding mechanics similar to Slay the Spire with tactical combat akin to Into the Breach. This combination creates a unique gameplay experience.	5%
Touching story, emotional depth Description Brae's quest and reunion with his lost love is a touching and wonderful part of the story. This adds emotional depth to the game. Importance 5%	Brae's quest and reunion with his lost love is a touching and wonderful part of the story. This adds emotional depth to the game.	5%