Grimm: Dark Legacy
Grimm: Dark Legacy is a fantasy-themed survival title that draws inspiration from NBC’s Grimm. You play as a hunter tasked with keeping settlements safe, scavenging materials out in the wild, then turning those finds into tools, traps, and weapons to take down dangerous creatures.
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Developer: GAMESCO Playerbase: Low Type: Top-Down Survival Game Release Date: November 2, 2016 Pros: +Connected to the TV universe. +Distinct creature-tracking mechanics. +Quest-driven structure. Cons: -Familiar survival loop. -Not much public detail. -Always-online requirement. |
Grimm: Dark Legacy Overview
Grimm: Dark Legacy places players in a grim fantasy world where humanity survives by relying on hunters, guardians trained to track and eliminate monstrous threats. You start out inexperienced and, like most survival games, your first priorities revolve around gathering materials from the environment. Those resources are then converted into practical consumables and combat tools, including potions and crafted weapons like bombs and traps that help you control encounters.
A major emphasis is placed on hunting rather than simply stumbling into fights. The game’s detection mechanics encourage you to read the landscape by following evidence such as tracks, scent trails, and sounds to locate targets. It is not a one-way advantage either, creatures can use similar cues to find you, which adds tension when you linger too long or make careless noise. Alongside the core loop of scouting, crafting, and combat, players can pick up quests to support villages and push back the various supernatural threats roaming the region, including creatures like the werewolf-like Blutabad.
Grimm: Dark Legacy Key Features:
- Survival Crafting – gather materials in the field and turn them into potions and equipment that improve your combat stats.
- TV Show Tie-In –takes place centuries before the NBC series, using the same universe as a backdrop.
- Detection System –track prey by interpreting footprints, scents, and noise, while staying aware that enemies can also hunt you.
- Missions –complete quest objectives (including hunts like Bull Moose) that help shape progression and story context.
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Grimm: Dark Legacy Review
While Grimm: Dark Legacy is positioned as a survival game at heart, its identity leans heavily on the idea of being a professional hunter rather than a generic castaway. The top-down perspective keeps navigation readable and makes it easy to assess threats and terrain, which fits a game that asks you to observe tracks and environmental clues. When it works, the moment-to-moment rhythm is satisfying, you scout, you prepare, and you engage on your own terms using crafted items to tilt the odds.
The crafting focus is familiar for the genre, but the way it supports hunting is where it can stand out. Traps and bombs are not just optional power spikes, they are part of a toolkit that rewards planning. That said, players looking for a radically different survival formula may find the core loop recognizable, especially in the early hours when most time is spent collecting materials and building up a baseline kit.
Questing helps give direction, offering a clearer structure than many sandbox survival experiences. Rather than wandering aimlessly, you are encouraged to take on tasks that connect you to villages and to specific targets out in the wild. This approach is well-suited to players who prefer objectives and a sense of purpose alongside resource management.
The game’s biggest limitation is not necessarily what it tries to do, but what is publicly clear about its depth and long-term support. With relatively limited information available compared to larger survival releases, expectations are harder to set, especially for players who care about endgame variety or long-term progression. Additionally, the always-online requirement can be a sticking point for anyone who prefers offline play or has an unreliable connection.
Overall, Grimm: Dark Legacy is most appealing to fans of the Grimm universe and to survival players who enjoy tracking mechanics and preparation-driven fights. If you want a survival game that leans into the fantasy hunter fantasy, it is worth a look, but genre veterans should temper expectations and approach it primarily for its theme and hunting systems.
Grimm: Dark Legacy Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP 32 bit
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz or Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+
RAM: 2 GB GB RAM
Video Card: GeForce 8600 GS or Radeon HD 3400 Series
Hard Disk Space: 7 GB Free Space
Official system requirements have not yet been released for Grimm: Dark Legacy. The requirements above our based on our experience and will be updated when official numbers become available.
Grimm: Dark Legacy Music & Soundtrack
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Grimm: Dark Legacy Additional Information
Developer(s): Artplant
Publisher(s): GAMESCO
Announcement Date: February 14, 2016
Closed Beta Sign-Ups: May 11, 2016
Closed Beta: 2016
Release Date:TBA
Development History / Background:
Grimm: Dark Legacy is being produced by Norwegian studio Artplant and published by Isle of Man based GAMESCO. The project takes inspiration from the NBC series Grimm and was developed with oversight from the NBCUniversal Brand Development Group. First revealed in February 2016, the game was at the time planned for a 2016 launch window, with Closed Beta registrations opening on May 11, 2016. Artplant’s prior work includes Battlestar Galactica Online, Block N Load, and Entropy.