After 13 hours, Dispatch has given me hope that the tell-your-own adventure genre of video games will see a renaissance era

A screenshot of the main character and the dog Beef from the game Dispatch.

You would think the concept of a mature superhero story would be played out by now; who has room for yet another ragtag team of outcasts with questionable morals and a habit for swearing, but come together against all odds and become one messed-up found family? And yet, AdHoc Studio's episodic, choice-based narrative game, Dispatch, has proved me wrong.

Review info

Platform reviewed: PC
Available on: PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2
Release date: October 22, 2025