Fit check
Is Danger Crew worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Retro RPG fans who want a short, chapter-based campaign
- Players interested in programming-themed battles and crew progression
- Single-player players drawn to office and city settings rather than traditional fantasy worlds
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a long RPG campaign beyond the stated 6–7-hour story
- Players seeking real-time action rather than command-based battles
- Players looking for multiplayer or cooperative play
- Players who prefer a conventional fantasy setting to a programmer-at-work theme
Our take on Danger Crew
Danger Crew shifts the RPG setting from a conventional fantasy world to a company and its surrounding city. Its battles make laptops and computer commands central to combat, while journal quests focus on helping people at work and in town.
What is Danger Crew?
Danger Crew is a solo, retro-inspired role-playing game centered on programmers working at a company.
During Hack Battles, the crew enters commands on their computers to challenge rival programmers. Progression includes learning scripts, improving laptops, and collecting items based on computer science. Journal quests send the team around the workplace and the city to address various problems. The campaign contains seven chapters and usually takes 6–7 hours to finish. Its play style combines elements associated with Earthbound, Super Mario RPG, and Pokemon. The developers and their friends also provide the game’s original music.
How Danger Crew plays
- 01Laptop Hack Battles
- Combat pits the crew against other programmers, with laptop commands used as attacks.
- 02Crew Progression
- The team can gain scripts, laptop upgrades, and computer science-themed items.
- 03Journal Quests
- These tasks have characters solve major problems at the workplace and around town.
- 04Seven-Chapter Story
- The single-player campaign takes an average of 6–7 hours to finish.
- 05Original Soundtrack
- The developers and their friends created the game's music.
Danger Crew compared to similar games
Danger Crew centers on programmer-themed battles, crew upgrades, and a seven-chapter story, while Hero of the Kingdom is an adventuring RPG described as having no time pressure. Potion Permit focuses on healing a town, giving it a different role and quest focus from Danger Crew's hack battles and office-and-city tasks.
Danger Crew: platforms & release
Is Danger Crew worth it?
It is worth it if: retro RPG fans who want a short, chapter-based campaign. Skip it if: players looking for a long RPG campaign beyond the stated 6–7-hour story.
Where can I download Danger Crew?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Danger Crew's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Danger Crew on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
