With Crimson Desert released, devs will shift focus to an adorable creature collector that looks like Pokémon on steroids Not quite a sequel to Kliff's adventures. Destructoid · Mar 27
Crimson Desert is great because it's a total mess, not in spite of it, and I hope Pearl Abyss doesn't change too much Let's get weird. PC Gamer · Mar 25
Players are starting to click with Crimson Desert as it climbs up to Very Positive on Steam and reaches 3 million sales—but Pearl Abyss promises more improvements It launched to Mixed reviews, but it's talked players around. PC Gamer · Mar 25
Crimson Desert is a questionable RPG but an excellent medieval life sim, and I fed Kliff bugs for 5 hours to prove it Now Playing | The only role I'm playing is village busybody GamesRadar · Mar 24
How to solve the Trembling Woods puzzle in Crimson Desert Spin the wheel, align the patterns, and solve this challenge. PC Gamer · Mar 23
Is there romance in Crimson Desert? Everything you need to know Everything you need to know about romance options in Crimson Desert. Destructoid · Mar 20
Here are 9 incredibly specific and petty beefs I have with Crimson Desert Let me have a pet goat, dammit. PC Gamer · Mar 20
Latest Crimson Desert update rolls out extra polish and new tutorial quest The day one Crimson Desert update is here and has a few much-needed tweaks. TechRadar · Mar 20
Crimson Desert's bafflingly convoluted controls are already frustrating players: 'That’s basic f*cking video game functionality' Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot. PC Gamer · Mar 20
How to read the Lost Letter in Crimson Desert What to do with the stranger's mysterious letter. PC Gamer · Mar 19
Spend your early levels in Crimson Desert getting more health and stamina instead of fun new skills that you can get for free Use your starting skill points wisely. PC Gamer · Mar 19
All Crimson Desert Twitch Drops and how to get them Free food, equipment, and even horse armour. PC Gamer · Mar 19
Destructoid · Mar 18 Crimson Desert Review – Vast, violent, and impossible to put down Adventure awaits you in Pywel.
Tom’s Guide · Mar 18 Crimson Desert is an overwhelming RPG experience — but it’s undeniably ambitious Crimson Desert is an ambitious single-player open-world action-adventure packed with visceral combat, insane vertical exploration, and tons of game mechanics.
GamesRadar · Mar 18 Crimson Desert review: "Take time to leave the beaten path and you'll find a game that's far better as a sandbox than as a story" Crimson Desert review: "Take time to leave the beaten path and you'll find a game that's far better as a sandbox than as a story"
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PC Gamer · Mar 4 After 6 hours, Crimson Desert is one of the most overwhelming, chaotic, madcap videogames I've ever played—and I'm hungry for more Pearl Abyss is engaging in a biblical act of design hubris, and it's somehow working out.
GamesRadar · Mar 4 I spent 6 hours in Crimson Desert and became a bounty-hunting banker with a dragon, but it still feels like I've only scratched the surface of this RPG's open world Hands-on | From The Witcher 3 to The Legend of Zelda, Crimson Desert's influences are plain – and the result is a sandbox-style sprawl
Windows Central · Jan 30 Crimson Desert receives a 15-minute showcase of its story and open-world gameplay — revealing additional playable characters and rideable mechs Crimson Desert's release on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC is fast approaching. So, Pearl Abyss is driving up hype for the game by releasing gameplay overviews, starting with coverage of its main plot and open-world gameplay.
PC Gamer · Jan 21 Crimson Desert secures a March release date as the ambitious Frankenstein's monster of open world fantasy games goes gold Better start practicing your swordfighting. And pro wrestling. And dragon riding. And mech piloting.
GamesRadar · Jan 12 Crimson Desert's hack and slash boss bottles "play a crucial role in shaping the game’s intensity", but there's more to the open world adventure – like fishing, cooking, and dragon-riding Big in 2026 | From MMORPG roots to an upcoming solo adventure, developer Pearl Abyss walks us through its journey
PC Gamer · Sep 25, 2025 Crimson Desert's release date trailer bravely makes it through 1 minute of serious fantasy exposition before showing you its cool clockwork dragon and mech, and I love it for that Torn straight out of teenage-me's epic fantasies.