Fit check
Is Grimm: Dark Legacy worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want medieval survival combat with hunting and crafting
- Small groups seeking cooperative play for up to 4 Grimm
- Fans of the NBC Grimm series who want its Wesen in a game
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed campaign rather than repeated rogue-lite runs shaped by procedural mission combinations
- Players who prefer progression without character death and generational continuation
- Players looking for a climbing puzzle game, runner, or metroidvania rather than survival combat
Our take on Grimm: Dark Legacy
The generational rogue-lite structure trades individual-character continuity for ongoing progression: death ends a Grimm's run, while accumulated knowledge carries forward to a successor. Real-time area generation also favors changing encounters over a fixed, authored route through the world.
What is Grimm: Dark Legacy?
Grimm: Dark Legacy is a medieval survival game built around exploration, hunger, combat, and rogue-lite progression.
Players form a band of Grimm, hunt fauna and Wesen, gather materials, craft equipment, and raid areas across 10 countries. Online cooperative play supports teams of up to 4 Grimm, while offline mode provides single-player play. More than 80 mission areas are generated in real time from changing combinations of blueprints, Wesen, and other creatures. Defeated characters pass knowledge to a new generation, allowing the adventure to continue after death. The Wesen are based on creatures from the NBC television series and have different powers.
How Grimm: Dark Legacy plays
- 01Four-player co-op
- Online teams can contain up to 4 Grimm who work together across the countries.
- 02Offline single-player
- The game includes an offline mode for playing without an online group.
- 03Generated mission areas
- More than 80 areas across 10 countries use real-time combinations of blueprints, Wesen, and other creatures.
- 04Generational progression
- After death, knowledge passes to the next generation of Grimm for continued progression.
- 05Wesen abilities
- Creatures drawn from the television series use varied powers during encounters.
Grimm: Dark Legacy compared to similar games
Abyssus also combines cooperative multiplayer with roguelite progression, but focuses on fast-paced shooting, hand-crafted levels, and weapons modified with ancient technologies. Grimm: Dark Legacy instead centers on hunting, gathering, crafting, medieval exploration, and Wesen encounters, with offline single-player mode and teams of up to 4 Grimm.
Grimm: Dark Legacy: platforms & release
Is Grimm: Dark Legacy worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want medieval survival combat with hunting and crafting. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed campaign rather than repeated rogue-lite runs shaped by procedural mission combinations.
Where can I download Grimm: Dark Legacy?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Grimm: Dark Legacy's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Grimm: Dark Legacy on?
Windows only.
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