Dark Sky
Last updated: 2025-04-06
- 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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% |