Chronicon

Item: Chronicon
Rating: 79
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-27

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Summary

Highly fun and addictive ARPG experience
Strong ARPG design and quality of life
Deep character build freedom
Satisfying endgame grind
Gameplay can be tedious and repetitive
Pixel graphics and visuals are unappealing

Emotions

Satisfaction29%Excitement13%Disappointment11%Frustration11%Joy5%

Reviews (sample size): 386
Helpful reviews: 79%
Unhelpful reviews: 20%
Protest reviews: 0%

79%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
21%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1484
Negative points: 516
Gameplay points: 423
Perf. points: 18
Rec. points: 159
Misc points: 121

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	183.5% Avg playtime 1h	91.7% Avg playtime 0.7h
> 2h playtime	336.4% Avg playtime 33.2h	45888.4% Avg playtime 91.6h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	0.1 rev/day
Last 30d	0.6 rev/day
Quarterly	9.6 rev/qtr
Days covered	3,621.6 days

Point	Description	Importance
Highly Fun & Addictive ARPG Description Players consistently find the game incredibly fun, addictive, and engaging, often leading to long playtimes. Many consider it a 'hidden gem' or a 'masterpiece' for its genre, especially given its affordable price point, offering excellent value. Importance 99%	Players consistently find the game incredibly fun, addictive, and engaging, often leading to long playtimes. Many consider it a 'hidden gem' or a 'masterpiece' for its genre, especially given its affordable price point, offering excellent value.	99%
Strong ARPG Design & QoL Description The game is frequently praised for effectively combining the strengths of popular ARPGs (like Diablo, PoE, Grim Dawn) while avoiding their weaknesses. It offers robust quality-of-life features such as rebindable keys, adjustable difficulty, and continuous progression, setting a high standard for the genre. Importance 63%	The game is frequently praised for effectively combining the strengths of popular ARPGs (like Diablo, PoE, Grim Dawn) while avoiding their weaknesses. It offers robust quality-of-life features such as rebindable keys, adjustable difficulty, and continuous progression, setting a high standard for the genre.	63%
Deep Character Build Freedom Description Players love the vast and flexible character customization options, with many unique skill trees, subclasses, and powerful gear synergies. The game encourages experimentation and allows players to easily create and optimize diverse builds without penalty. Importance 46%	Players love the vast and flexible character customization options, with many unique skill trees, subclasses, and powerful gear synergies. The game encourages experimentation and allows players to easily create and optimize diverse builds without penalty.	46%
Satisfying Endgame Grind Description The endgame content is a major highlight, offering hundreds of hours of satisfying grind for completionists and casual players alike. It provides clear progression and ample opportunities for build experimentation, making the continuous play loop highly addictive. Importance 38%	The endgame content is a major highlight, offering hundreds of hours of satisfying grind for completionists and casual players alike. It provides clear progression and ample opportunities for build experimentation, making the continuous play loop highly addictive.	38%
Rewarding Loot & Filters Description The game provides an abundance of loot with frequent and fair drops, leading to satisfying 'lootsplosions'. Players highly appreciate the customizable loot filters and auto-loot features, which streamline item management and make finding upgrades effortless. Importance 34%	The game provides an abundance of loot with frequent and fair drops, leading to satisfying 'lootsplosions'. Players highly appreciate the customizable loot filters and auto-loot features, which streamline item management and make finding upgrades effortless.	34%
Easy Respecs & Crafting Description The ability to freely respec skills and masteries allows for extensive build experimentation without fear of penalty. Coupled with a convenient enchantment and transformation system, players can easily customize and upgrade their gear, enhancing overall build flexibility. Importance 27%	The ability to freely respec skills and masteries allows for extensive build experimentation without fear of penalty. Coupled with a convenient enchantment and transformation system, players can easily customize and upgrade their gear, enhancing overall build flexibility.	27%
Strong Indie Dev & Art Description Players commend the small development team (often a single person) for creating a high-quality, feature-rich game with no microtransactions and active communication. The pixel art style is generally well-received, contributing to the game's charm despite initial impressions. Importance 17%	Players commend the small development team (often a single person) for creating a high-quality, feature-rich game with no microtransactions and active communication. The pixel art style is generally well-received, contributing to the game's charm despite initial impressions.	17%

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