Goblin Stone

Item: Goblin Stone
Rating: 32
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-03

Summary

Fun, addictive gameplay with charming art style.
Rewarding character death adds to the experience.
Tedious base-building lacks depth and inspiration.
Unbalanced resources severely hinder game progression.
Game plagued with bugs and poor UI.
Story is slow and disruptive to gameplay.

Categories

Turn-based Strategy Roguelike Base Building Resource Management Character Management Procedural Generation Single-player

Reviews (sample size): 160
Helpful reviews: 91%
Unhelpful reviews: 7%
Protest reviews: 2%

32%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
68%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 248
Negative points: 445
Gameplay points: 95
Perf. points: 27
Rec. points: 108
Misc points: 9

Point	Description	Importance
Fun and addictive gameplay Description The game is consistently described as fun, enjoyable, and addictive. Reviewers highlight the engaging gameplay loop, strategic elements, and satisfying progression as key factors contributing to this positive experience. Importance 42%	The game is consistently described as fun, enjoyable, and addictive. Reviewers highlight the engaging gameplay loop, strategic elements, and satisfying progression as key factors contributing to this positive experience.	42%
Charming and high-quality art Description The game's art style is frequently praised for its cuteness, charm, and overall high quality. Many reviewers specifically appreciate the character and environment designs, noting their visual appeal and how they enhance the game's atmosphere. Importance 34%	The game's art style is frequently praised for its cuteness, charm, and overall high quality. Many reviewers specifically appreciate the character and environment designs, noting their visual appeal and how they enhance the game's atmosphere.	34%
Rewarding character death mechanic Description The game features a unique system where losing characters is not entirely detrimental. Players gain resources and progression even when goblins die, and replacements are readily available, making character death a strategic element rather than a setback. Importance 28%	The game features a unique system where losing characters is not entirely detrimental. Players gain resources and progression even when goblins die, and replacements are readily available, making character death a strategic element rather than a setback.	28%
Active and responsive developers Description The developers are actively addressing bugs and progression issues based on community feedback. This responsiveness is seen as a positive sign, improving the overall player experience and demonstrating a commitment to the game's quality. Importance 9%	The developers are actively addressing bugs and progression issues based on community feedback. This responsiveness is seen as a positive sign, improving the overall player experience and demonstrating a commitment to the game's quality.	9%
Similar to Darkest Dungeon, less frustrating Description The game is compared favorably to Darkest Dungeon and XCOM, with reviewers noting similar rogue-like elements and turn-based combat. However, it is also praised for being less frustrating and grindy than Darkest Dungeon. Importance 8%	The game is compared favorably to Darkest Dungeon and XCOM, with reviewers noting similar rogue-like elements and turn-based combat. However, it is also praised for being less frustrating and grindy than Darkest Dungeon.	8%
Beautiful and relaxing music Description The game's music is consistently praised for being beautiful, chill, and relaxing. It complements the visuals and contributes to the game's peaceful vibe. Importance 5%	The game's music is consistently praised for being beautiful, chill, and relaxing. It complements the visuals and contributes to the game's peaceful vibe.	5%
Excellent voice narration Description The game's narration is highlighted as a positive aspect, with reviewers praising the narrator's voice acting and friendly tone. The elegant English narration enhances the storytelling experience. Importance 4%	The game's narration is highlighted as a positive aspect, with reviewers praising the narrator's voice acting and friendly tone. The elegant English narration enhances the storytelling experience.	4%
Fun class synergies Description The game offers fun synergies between classes, with abilities that complement each other based on turn order and crowd control effects. This allows for building different team types for each exploration level. Importance 3%	The game offers fun synergies between classes, with abilities that complement each other based on turn order and crowd control effects. This allows for building different team types for each exploration level.	3%