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Dark Devotion
Developer Hibernian Workshop
Dark Devotion is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by Hibernian Workshop and published by The Arcade Crew. It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch. Development started in 2015, with a successful Kickstarter campaign being launched two years later. Dark Devotion follows a Templar Knight initiate who is tasked by her God with exploring a fallen temple. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
194 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
61
Fresh
114 positive · 72 negative
95% range 54–68%
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| Steam reviews | 114 | 72 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
8 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,863 of 2,514 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 194 · most liked firstI will give you all the only review you will ever need of this game. Now, read carefully. It plays like a 2D souls game, yes. It feels clunky movement wise as opposed to majority of games that fits this genre, yes. Why should you play it? Why should you ever decide to experience this over other games in this genre? Well, the answer is surprisingly simple yet inherently complex. Devotion. Yes, Devotion. That energy, that vigor, stamina, willpower that makes us decide to move rather than to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool graphics but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ quality of life is basically non existent here. You have to select your gear EVERYTIME you go into the dungeon! Why not just automatically use what you last took? Teleporting is also restricted to just one active Shrine. Just stretches revisiting old areas unnecessarily. Also unsure which room this door leads to? Oops was it the wrong one? Well better restart the run and hope the active teleporter isnt too far, since going back into a previous room is not a thing.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →might actually be good, but the control scheme is pretty awful and not having an option to change it in a modern game is enough for a "do not recommend". Normally I don't mind most control schemes, but the defaults are especially bad in this game. If you don't mind bad control schemes, or learning them, ignore this review. But if you care about the bare minimum QOL of being able to change the controls in a modern game, then I'd prolly stay away.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎮 Gameplay 🔲 Excellent ✅ Good 🔲 Average 🔲 Poor 🔲 Staring at Walls is better 🌄 Graphics 🔲 Beautiful ✅ Good 🔲 Decent 🔲 Bad 🔲 Paint.exe 🎵 Audio 🔲 Eargasm 🔲 Amazing ✅ Good 🔲 Not too Bad 🔲 Bad 📖 Story 🔲 No story ✅ Text or Audio Floating Around 🔲 Average 🔲 Good 🔲 It will replace your life 🛡️ Difficulty 🔲 Just press "A" 🔲 Easy 🔲 Average ✅ Easy to Learn / Hard to Master 🔲 Difficult 🔁 Replayability 🔲 No replay value 🔲 Maybe Once 🔲 A few times ✅ Many Times 🔲 Infinitely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review Dark Devotion is unbearable. There are excruciating problems with this thing. And I will be very, very vocal about it below, but trust me, I make no exaggerations when I state how awful it is. The Drawbacks YOU. CANNOT. JUMP. Yeah! This is a game, a platformer, with PLATFORMS, but you cannot jump. Am I crazy? Or is this stupidly absurd? I would like to meet the genius person who came up with this. Pausing the game doesn't really pause the game! Whooooa, wow, that is rich. Jesus…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I play lots of games like this, but never with *these* default controls. This game does not let me change them in game so I will not be playing it. refund / 10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea of a roguelite soulslike metroidvania actually works better than expected, but the quality of art, animation, and overall flow is just bad. Fights aren't hard, but I struggled with controls and readability of things happening on screen. And the world map is convoluted in the worst way possible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I get that the atmosphere of the dungeon is meant to be oppressive and miserable, the player experience shouldn't be. To start off, there's a lot of stuff that isn't explained in the game, if you're not willing to really examine what's going on the whole experience is going to be a lot worse. Moving quickly is harmful if not deadly, your reminded of this with your first real step into the dungeon with a trap right outside the door. You are encouraged to check below before you fall as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I usually don't bother explaining a game too much when I write reviews. However, Dark Devotion sits in a peculiar spot between metroidvanias and rogue-likes, and is also one of those games that like to leave you in the dark about as much as possible. So, since I was really confused as to what exactly I was playing during the first few hours, I'm going to elaborate a little on that. In this game, maps aren't randomized, and there's also a lot of fixed drops from structures in specific rooms.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent game with some really annoying issues. Tl;Dr: the game is fun if the RNG mechanics work out for you, but this game has a lot of RNG mechanics that can get very annoying. If the game is on sale and you have little to do then this is a decently fun dungeon explorer to play. Just now i had 9 healing items, 4 armor items, 7 holy pages and 3 keys. I kill an elite enemy that drops a lot of items that pile on top of each other. Picking up items in this game is genuinely harder than some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like soulslikes but don't like roguelikes. The game is ok, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone like me. I come to a point where I have a teleport right next to the boss, but I have no chances of beating him without a long run around to collect gear and power ups. Trying a lot of hopeless fights or run around for 20 minutes to potentially still die in a boss fight - that is exactly why I don't like roguelikes. And killing you on game exit (you can't save your current run progress)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game expecting a quick indie curiosity. Instead I became a slightly unhinged crusader wandering through a cursed temple full of traps, demons, and questionable life choices. Dark Devotion is basically a 2D dark-fantasy pilgrimage where everything wants to kill you — enemies, traps, your stamina bar, and occasionally your own greed. The game does a lot of things right: • atmosphere is fantastic • the temple feels oppressive and mysterious • combat rewards patience instead of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know it's not a helpful or fair review but how can a Game be released without Audio Settings
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could be good! I was truly desapointed with this game, specially because it starts well with an interesting cinematic that makes you think that the team actually put an effort into bringing this world to life, but unfortunally the gameplay falls apart quite quickly and so does the narrative. First of all, the controls are so bad mapped which makes the gameplay frustating to begin with and to make it worse you can't remap it. The movement of the character is also quite unsatisfying…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are kinda janky, and the fact you cant remap them really sucks. No audio settings is crazy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It had me wishing that I had better controls and the ability to jump. Unworthy pulled that off but then that game was a metroidvania unlike this one. This game had me wishing I was playing a metroidvania instead like the aforementioned or The Last Faith, Elderand etc. It's not a whole lot of fun without that additional element to the gameplay. Also, go into the tags and put a flag next to the metroidvania one, as it is not accurate.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No jump, not a Metroidvania. Also, seriously Game Devs?! you can't remap controls?!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that doesn't respect your time. combat eventually devolves into have quick weapon, roll, stab, roll, repeat ad nauseam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just... clunky, brutal, and unfair right out of the gate. Do I really want to tip-toe to dodge a trap that's hidden by the text showing you the name of the area the second I start playing right after the start? Only to then die immediately on a trap? Or after blocking an enemy? Let me get six feet into the dungeon and then teach me its a brutal game. Even when you do get past that, one-hit kills are around every corner. This is fine for a game like Spelunky or even Dead Cells where movement is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has the most awkward controls I've ever seen Even worse, there's no way to remap it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →definition of a hidden gem! at first i thought: stiff movement, few options, no real inventory, but its so great.. the dark dungeons are rly "meaningful", u learn fast to proceed very careful bc of traps, enemys and labyrintish design.. great combat and metaprogression, not too easy; in the beginning u will die a lot.. take ur time and enjoy EDIT: its insane, how good the game gets after a few hours, trust me.. the upcoming progress, loot and biomes r just awesome! at the same time, the new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Devotion has some of the least gratifying gameplay I’ve ever experienced. The core loop revolves around grinding for random gear drops and hidden permanent stat boosts (Ancient Tablets). If you don’t get lucky or explore obsessively, you’ll end up underpowered—making both combat and exploration feel like chores. The combat is real-time, but feels painfully turn-based: wait for the enemy to act, dodge, then strike. Rinse and repeat. Miss chance and crit chance add even more randomness,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While at times the game can be fun/this is the type of game i like playing, the game design is done abysmally and I can't recommend it. Big issues: - Combat is awkward, (perfect) blocking is extremely awkward and you don't get a free retaliate. - Traps don't add anything of value aside from annoying debuffs - The game has no jumping, which doesn't feel fitting for a 2D platformer where you can get locked out of picking a specific door if you fall into a pit. - The only way to return to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Devotion is an unconventional souls game that’s somewhat hamstrung by some questionable rogue-like mechanics. But it’s definitely well made and interesting enough to appeal to a certain style of souls player. Some reviewers claim that this is a roguelike which is a genre a lot of people are sick of in the indie space. But this is not really true in that the levels are not procedurally generated. The game does have a roguelike structure in that you need to do more runs in order to unlock…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everyone keeps saying "souls-like" about every game that's dark and difficult--including for this game, which I don't think is fair to Blasphemous. This is a Blasphemous-like. It's not like Dark Souls (apart from Andre the blacksmith and the Fire Keeper in Firelink Shrine where you go when you die). And sort of rogue-like, since you start all over again when you die. Ok, now that that semantic nuisance is out of the way-- Dark Devotion is not bad, but there are a few near misses that would…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game's design is generally irritating to me. There's so many things that just feel annoying. - You need to explore the map to get the runestones to boost your stats, but you can't jump, so, if you go the wrong way, you'll have to restart the run. - Gear feels pointless. Some gear copies to the blacksmith, but most gear doesn't. The good gear that give you better health and shields do not go to the blacksmith and, when you're at the end of the game doing a boss run, there's no interest in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only downside to this game is that it eventually ends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unable to remap any controls, automatic thumbs down for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know you're in deep ♥♥♥♥ once the Gothic pipe organs start blasting during the boss fight.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate to leave a negative review for such a simple issue but at the same time it shouldn't be an issue at all, the game doesn't allow button remapping and the configuration it has is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awful. I know steam has a button remapping option but first I'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dumb, second both the game and steam use the xbox layout when I use a ps4 controller making it extremely annoying trying to figure out what I'm actually trying to change based on the in game layout, none of this would be an issue if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the controls and UI are some of the worst I've ever experienced, they must have been purposely designed to be as awful as possible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the game back when I 1st got it. Played 14hrs and stopped after beating the game once. Replaying the game is awesome. The combat is clunky, but fair, hitless runs are doable and RNG is very manageable. If you liked Salt and Sanctuary, this is great. Also this game is a chill rogue-like, because you earn checkpoints and can choose where to start your run instead of re-doing the entire map, which is pretty long. The game feels very rewarding and has interesting side-stories, although they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyed this game, took around 9 hours to defeat all the bosses.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devs decided to make a game that throws away all of the basics of 2d platformers.... literally trying to rewrite how you use a controller, how a 2d platformer feels, jumping, etc etc. If the game wasn't so boring then I might like this. Why does the game continue running while I am paused? Ridiculous.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly great game. There's a handful of smaller issues you'll probably see in negative reviews like no changing controls, lack of extensive options, not the best ui, etc. But i'd say the meat and potatoes of this game are solid and it was fun. Good mechanics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clear case of trying to much stuff at once. Metroidvania Rogue-like is a fun combo when done right, but adding a souls-like difficulty and combat style to it takes 2 genres, that already have a difficult time balancing game-play without being tedious, into tedious territory. A good Rouge-like makes me want to jump right back into the game for another run, and the combat is usually quick tempo-ed to add to that feeling. This game has slow combat that just feels like a grind. Every time I die…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🕹 Treat Yourself: Poor Man's Edition 🕹 I have always wanted to play these but kept putting it off. I always buy for and play on my PS4. The Last Campfire ($1.49), Beholgar ($2.99), Dark Devotion ($4.99), and Citizen Sleeper ($5.99). I have never played a game like Citizen Sleeper and juat want to.
unlabelledView post →Good stuff. That good sh*t. Like a 2d souls game, bruh. At first you might hate it, but it's only because you aren't used to the mechanics. Once you understand the range of your weapon, the speed which it attacks and the limits of your stamina, you will be cheesing everything. I recommend getting the succubus sword in the library, running through the dungeon and killing enemies repeatedly (they re-spawn every time you come out of a cell. Fun game, challenging, you just have to get used to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished this game and I honestly don't recommend it. To be concise, you might like it if you basically enjoy doing 0 damage runs but through the whole game. The game is not difficult because of combat or mechanics. It is difficult because of annoyance, frustration and irritation. For what this game puts you through, beating it does not feel rewarding at all. I do appreciate what they tried to do here but It upsets me, because this game actually looks really good and there's moments that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is this game fun? Yes. Can you play this game with no guides? Yes. Will the start of this game confuse you for about 20 minutes? Yes Will you find a way to roll and "kill" enemies when you want to cheese something? Yes. Will you beat the game and then discover you can do missions for gear and items missing all of it that would be helpful for beathing the game? Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes. Is this game worth buying? YESSSSSSSSSSSS
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The controls are horrible; these types of games need polished controls and precise hitboxes with enemies so it feels fair when you die over and over again. All I’ve seen are tedious mechanics, and I have no desire to try again. When you look for a substitute for Blasphemous, this is what happens you get disappointed easily
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you just look aat the trailers you might think this is a soulslike, but it is a roguelike, and one that (at least for me) never gets tedious, it just has enough of everything and not too much or too little of anything, so you can spend a few hours with it and not end up frustrated or tired, overall a good and engaging experience. (Played on SteamDeck)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I see why people don't like it. it's brutally hard, in an way that isn't needed. buuuuut idk I like the atmosphere, I like that the character is a woman, I like the pixel art, I like the tiny pieces of lore they give you It's not nearly as bad as the reviews would have you think, in my opinion. Should you pay 20 buck to get smacked in the face? no, but stuff like this goes on sale all the time. I think it's worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game lacks basic options in Audio, Graphics, Controls. The game mechanics, concept, pixle art style, and story are all good. It is what it is. I'd wait for a deep, deep, deep discount... $5 max. (seriously, are the devs incompetent, mentally ill, deranged or just lazy)?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyable. Exploration is challenging. Combat, tough but fair. Soulsy stamina management. What you need to know: 1. There is no jumping. Going down is often a 1 way trip. Use your map to look for new ways to go. Destructible walls are obvious at least in the early areas. 2. You will die a lot. It's a learning curve. 3. The map is fixed as are enemies. The only variables are what drops and if elites spawn. 4. Some rogue-lite progression in purchasable upgrades but only a few. Mostly you unlock…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate games that dont have a simple options about F*CKING USER KEY BINDINGS f*ck you gamepad kids Why Hollow Knight is a good game BECAUSE IT HAS Разраб дeбил и мать у него шлюxа - все просто
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Devotion- this is a very controversial video game product that can rightfully be considered an example from the category of "don't write off exactly". According to many players, this is a two-dimensional pixel soulslike, which in fact is not, since many gameplay features point more to the genre of the roguelike. What can I say about the gameplay? I'll start with the pros: 1. Brisk pace - the game will make you think and calculate your every action. 2. Mechanics with faith, as with a key…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Devotion is a 2D action RPG that blends souls-like, roguelite, and metroidvania elements into a unique experience. The dark, atmospheric pixel art perfectly complements the game’s moody, oppressive world, drawing players into its foreboding depths. Like the Dark Souls franchise, Dark Devotion foregoes a traditional narrative in favor of environmental storytelling. The lore is revealed through scattered pages, diaries, and subtle environmental details, leaving much to player interpretation…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 This is a good game but man there were times I almost stopped playing. I would recommend it to anyone looking for some punishment. Between the Executioner, the Ritualist, and the Guardian I almost couldn't bear it. Every other boss took 1-2 attempts so I would assume they were skill check points. Very pretty looking game, fighting mechanics aren't super smooth but playable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a few unsatisfactory features and the controls may feel clunky before you get used to it, which can make the first few hours tough to get through. But once you accept its quirkiness and establish a general understanding of the various aspects of the game, the fun begins. Before long, you'll be making progress consistently and tackling the challenges of the game one by one with confidence. Beating the game for the first time while exploring most of the areas may take around 15-20…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s tricky attempting to mix a souslike with another genre. After all, soulslikes are, by definition complex and challenging games, and attempting to add a further layer of difficulty is a bit like throwing a drowning man a block of concrete. With Dark Devotion, developers Hibernian Workshop wanted to mix the repetitive grind of a rougelite with slow, soulslike combat, and while I did find some things to like over my ten or so hour playthrough, I mostly came away frustrated. You play as a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's definitely an acquired taste, but if you like old-school feeling pixel souls-likes (timing, dodging is paramount) with very little hand-holding, this has a very eery vibe, grim religious theme and cool boss-fights.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really tried to like this game but I just can't. My big gripe is traversing the map is just not good and not fun, if you die you got to go back through a lot of areas to get to where you die. Map is barely any help really leave a lot to be desired. Combat is stiff and slow and enemies have poise through your attacks. You barely have any health and armor and I haven't even found a way to upgrade them and I progress a bit killing handful of bosses without any meaningful things to help me be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →He's very good at getting across why he feels the way he does. Even when I disagree with his takes(like with Dark Devotion, I love that little game), I get where he's coming from.
unlabelledView post →Generic and unoriginal. Skip if you have little time to spare.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is hard to talk about this game. Metroidvania + Rogue+ Soulslike... No -RNG or unfair mechanics, you need to plan your route and study the rooms to identify how to proceed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was tough to start playing Dark Devotion, recall that after trying it for the first time, did not like combat at all and left game for a while. But after revisiting it, yeah, game is quite good. Dark aesthetics with good portion of horror and disgusting stuff seems to become a staple of subgenre of roguevania. Though sometimes it's so dark you wish you'd have taken that stupid light consumable from last room, but there are only 4 consumable slots, and that thing is one of most useless…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No volume options, no control rebind options without going outside the game. A clunky and amateurish game with a semi-unique take on gameplay. Reminds me of the original Prince of Persia (1989) but plays somehow worse. Not really a game I have patience for right now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basic options such as screen size and volume settings are not available in game and will never be. Yes you can turn down sound in windows but some of us play games and listen to something in the background or try having a conversation with other people. Things that even the most simple games always have. Not recommended.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is this the best souls-lite? No. Does it control amazingly well? No. Are the pixel graphics amazing? No. But this is,a s far as I can tell, the debut game of a small studio and for that it *delivers*. The graphics range from decent to great,, the sound and music do the trick, it controls ok and the world building is genuinely interesting. I can't help but feel attached to our brave templar, going face to face with all the horrors be they her own church or the monsters in the temple. What…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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