Fit check
Is The Summoning worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fantasy RPG players who want a maze-focused single-character adventure
- Exploration fans who enjoy puzzles, clues, and secret passageways
- Players seeking a long campaign with magic, combat, and multiple endings
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short adventure may find the 40-level structure and stated 100-plus-hour duration too extensive
- Players looking for a party-based RPG may not suit a campaign centered on one character
- Players seeking primarily cooperative or multiplayer play will not find that structure here
Our take on The Summoning
The focus on a large, single-character labyrinth makes exploration, puzzles, and alternate endings central, but leaves less room for party management or cooperative play. Its stated length also favors extended progression over a compact campaign.
What is The Summoning?
Explore a fantasy labyrinth with 40 levels, including mazes, castles, secret passageways, and dungeons.
Control a single character as weapons, magic, and problem-solving support encounters with hordes of monsters and puzzles. Progress involves gathering clues, unraveling puzzles, and meeting and speaking with numerous non-player characters. The adventure includes teleportation to alternate dimensions and leads toward a confrontation with the Shadow Weaver, whose forces threaten the world. The story contains plot twists and multiple endings. Combat, spellcasting, exploration, puzzles, conversations, and character growth form the main role-playing structure. The vendor states that the game offers more than 100 hours of play.
How The Summoning plays
- 01Forty-Level Labyrinth
- The setting includes mazes, castles, dungeons, hidden routes, and destinations in alternate dimensions.
- 02Single-Character Campaign
- The role-playing adventure follows one character through its story and encounters.
- 03Combat And Magic
- Fighting uses weapons and spellcasting against hordes of monsters.
- 04Clues And Puzzles
- Progress involves collecting clues, unraveling puzzles, and speaking with non-player characters.
- 05Multiple Endings
- The narrative contains plot twists and more than one possible conclusion.
The Summoning compared to similar games
The Summoning centers on a single-character fantasy RPG campaign across a 40-level labyrinth, with magic, puzzles, conversations, and multiple endings. Ghost of a Tale also combines action RPG elements with exploration, but focuses on a mouse protagonist, stealth, disguises, conversations, and an animal-populated medieval world. Vagante is another dark-fantasy adventure involving monsters and exploration, while Dungeon Defenders: Awakened combines cooperative action RPG play with tower defense, loot, pets, and character customization.
The Summoning: platforms & release
Is The Summoning worth it?
It is worth it if: fantasy RPG players who want a maze-focused single-character adventure. Skip it if: players seeking a short adventure may find the 40-level structure and stated 100-plus-hour duration too extensive.
Where can I download The Summoning?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Summoning's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Summoning on?
Windows only.
