Odd Realm
Last updated: 2025-04-08
- Charming graphics and enjoyable music.
- More accessible colony sim than Dwarf Fortress.
- Active developer provides responsive support.
- Rewarding to learn unique game mechanics.
- Unintuitive UI and lack of tutorials.
- Buggy, unfinished, and lacking content.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 247
- Helpful reviews
- 90%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 10%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 68%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 32%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 426
- Negative points
- 463
- Gameplay points
- 142
- Perf. points
- 10
- Rec. points
- 205
- Misc points
- 40
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Charming graphics and great music | The game features charming and appealing graphics, often described as cute pixel art, complemented by a beautiful and immersive soundtrack. These elements contribute to a relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere, making the game visually and aurally pleasing. | 73% |
| More accessible than Dwarf Fortress | The game is frequently compared to Dwarf Fortress, but is more accessible and user-friendly. It streamlines the experience with a better UI, helpful tutorials, and sensible defaults, making it easier for new players to learn and enjoy the colony sim genre. Despite being more accessible, it retains a lot of depth and complexity. | 66% |
| Active developer and responsive | The developer is highly active and responsive, frequently releasing patches, addressing bugs, and incorporating community feedback. This dedication fosters a welcoming community and ensures the game is constantly improving with new content and quality-of-life enhancements. The UI is also well-designed and intuitive. | 50% |
| Solid and unique colony sim | The game is a solid and enjoyable colony sim with unique elements and a fresh take on the fantasy genre. It offers a relaxing and atmospheric experience with diverse inhabitants and interesting mechanics, providing a welcome addition to the colony sim genre. | 21% |
| Fun and enjoyable experience | Despite any accessibility issues, the game is still good fun and enjoyable. The reviewer likes the direction the game is taking and considers the changes to be good. | 14% |
| Rewarding to learn mechanics | Players find it rewarding to learn the game's logic and mechanics. Figuring out how to manage the settlers and progress in the game provides a satisfying and engaging experience. | 14% |
| Good content, more planned | The game has a reasonable price tag for its current content, with more content planned for the future. The game already has a good bit of high-quality content, and there is a steady release of new content planned. | 9% |
| Solid foundation for development | The game has a solid foundation and well-structured architecture, which is crucial for future development. The game feels organic and polished for its development stage, indicating a strong base for continued growth. | 7% |
| Detailed and well-chosen settlers | There is careful detail to make the settlers feel much more detailed than they are. The default Easy group of settlers are well-chosen to handle a variety of situations. | 5% |
| Direct citizen control available | The game allows direct control of citizens, useful for managing characters during battles. Settlers and tamed animals can be manually controlled and moved, including ordering them to attack enemies. | 4% |
| High customization, QoL features | The game allows customization of all details and features loads of quality-of-life features. Players can build their buildings as they wish, adding to the creative freedom. | 4% |
| Unique take on fantasy world | Odd Realm is like a simplified version of Dwarf Fortress and successfully incorporates inspirations from the fortress-like genre while maintaining its unique aspects. Odd Realm offers a wonderful experience with its unique take on the fantasy world and race selection. | 3% |