[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"similar-games-dark-devotion":3,"game-dark-devotion":5},{"similarGames":4},[],{"game":6,"hasUserReviewed":23},{"id":7,"name":8,"summary":9,"cover_image":10,"header_image":11,"trailer_url":12,"release_date":13,"avg_score":14,"igdb_id":15,"slug":16,"steam_app_id":17,"companies":18,"genres":30,"platforms":35,"reviews":39,"coverImage":10,"headerImage":11,"trailerUrl":12,"releaseDate":13,"criticReviewCount":241,"userReviewCount":242,"previewCount":242,"publishers":243,"developers":244,"userReviews":245,"hasUserReviewed":23,"steamAppId":17},49917,"Dark Devotion","Trapped in a dark and gloomy temple, find your inner strength and courage to face its dangers. Show your Devotion! \n \nDark Devotion invites you in a rich and peculiar universe. You will go through more and more confrontations. If you happen to succeed once, good job. But don’t even think that the next step will be as effortless as the previous one. \n \nTake part into rageous and bloody fights in which your opponents won't do you any favours. Be prepared to face foes that you won't forget. And remember, enemies as well as the Temple itself will want to strike you down : each and every fight is a duel to the death in which the slightest error may cost you your life.","49917\u002Fco2t7g_webp","49917\u002Fuf5caqr0y1owwz0pu7na_webp","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=TLhPWhNPEPA","2019-04-25",71.86,68582,"dark-devotion",718590,[19,24,27],{"company":20,"developed":22,"published":23},{"name":21},"Hibernian Workshop",true,false,{"company":25,"developed":23,"published":22},{"name":26},"The Arcade Crew",{"company":28,"developed":23,"published":22},{"name":29},"Maple Whispering Limited",[31,32,33,34],"Platform","Role-playing (RPG)","Adventure","Indie",[36,37,38],"PC (Microsoft Windows)","PlayStation 4","Nintendo Switch",[40,56,71,86,101,116,131,145,158,172,187,201,215,228],{"id":41,"author":42,"outlet":45,"summary":51,"review_url":52,"review_date":53,"original_score":54,"normalized_score":55},1012,{"id":43,"name":44},16,"William Worrall",{"id":46,"logo":47,"name":48,"website_url":49,"score_format":50},1,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTechRaptor%20Logo.png","TechRaptor","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","10","While Dark Devotion suffers from several easy-to-fix flaws that stop it being perfect, it remains a deep, dark and engaging action RPG.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net\u002Fgaming\u002Freviews\u002Fdark-devotion-review-devoted-to-darkness","2019-05-07","7",70,{"id":57,"author":58,"outlet":61,"summary":66,"review_url":67,"review_date":68,"original_score":69,"normalized_score":70},81612,{"id":59,"name":60},6538,"Bryan Vitale",{"id":62,"logo":63,"name":64,"website_url":65,"score_format":50},44,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRPGSite%20Logo.jpg","RPGSite","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rpgsite.net\u002F","This souls-inspired roguelite frustrates just as often as it entertains.","https:\u002F\u002Frpgsite.net\u002Freview\u002F8444-dark-devotion-review","2019-05-01","6",60,{"id":72,"author":73,"outlet":76,"summary":81,"review_url":82,"review_date":83,"original_score":84,"normalized_score":85},63439,{"id":74,"name":75},3920,"Richard Seagrave",{"id":77,"logo":78,"name":79,"website_url":80,"score_format":50},27,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpew-Logo.jpg","GameSpew","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","Dark Devotion is hard, then, and depending on how you play it on the Switch you might find it even more of a struggle. Along with the dark visuals making handheld play occasionally troublesome, there’s also the fact that its text is awfully small, and pretty much illegible on the map screen. There are glimmers of a good game from time to time, though. Dark Devotion does have its merits; it’s just a shame they’re buried under so much frustration as a result of considerable laboriousness and unnecessary harshness. You really do need a lot of devotion to see the game through to its end.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2019\u002F11\u002Fdark-devotion-review\u002F","2019-11-01","5\u002F10",50,{"id":87,"author":88,"outlet":91,"summary":96,"review_url":97,"review_date":98,"original_score":99,"normalized_score":100},1986144,{"id":89,"name":90},8920,"Mary Billington",{"id":92,"logo":93,"name":94,"website_url":95,"score_format":50},137,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideo-Chums.jpg","Video Chums","https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002F","From the writer of Hotel Dusk comes a new visual novel with detective elements where an unlikely cast gathers in a creepy notorious castle.","https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002Freview\u002Fdark-auction","2026-02-08","7.6",76,{"id":102,"author":103,"outlet":106,"summary":112,"review_url":113,"review_date":114,"original_score":115,"normalized_score":55},37722,{"id":104,"name":105},3505,"Jaina Hill",{"id":107,"logo":108,"name":109,"website_url":110,"score_format":111},7,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","100","Dark Devotion isn’t a difficult game to describe. It’s an indie game that takes its cues from a lot of popular genres and fuses them into a somewhat unique experience. I could lob criticism at it, nitpick certain creative decisions—and I will—but it is undeniably a competently designed game, developed by what is clearly a talented team. I want to make that abundantly clear from the top. Playing it was a different experience for me personally, and one that ultimately left me feeling pretty hollow.","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Fdark-devotion-review\u002F","2019-05-08","70",{"id":117,"author":118,"outlet":121,"summary":127,"review_url":128,"review_date":129,"original_score":130,"normalized_score":70},51515,{"id":119,"name":120},32,"Keenan McCall",{"id":122,"logo":123,"name":124,"website_url":125,"score_format":126},66,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTwinfinite.png","Twinfinite","https:\u002F\u002Ftwinfinite.net\u002F","5","Challenge can be a great driver for getting satisfaction from a gaming experience, but too much of it can drive the experience down overall. Such is the case with Dark Devotion: It is, without a doubt, one of the most challenging Souls-inspired indies to be released in recent memory, though not always in the ways that would make overcoming it more satisfying.","https:\u002F\u002Ftwinfinite.net\u002Freviews\u002Fdark-devotion-review-no-pain-no-gain\u002F","2019-10-28","3.0",{"id":132,"author":133,"outlet":136,"summary":141,"review_url":142,"review_date":13,"original_score":143,"normalized_score":144},68839,{"id":134,"name":135},2730,"Ty Arthur",{"id":137,"logo":138,"name":139,"website_url":140,"score_format":50},26,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSkinny-logo.png","Game Skinny","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com","Get ready to die with another killer 2D souls-like that flips the script in several ways for a refreshing take on the genre.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com\u002Freviews\u002Fdark-devotion-review-death-lurks-within-every-pitch-black-pixel\u002F","8\u002F10",80,{"id":146,"author":147,"outlet":150,"summary":155,"review_url":156,"review_date":68,"original_score":157,"normalized_score":55},83116,{"id":148,"name":149},6612,"Keith Mitchell",{"id":151,"logo":152,"name":153,"website_url":154,"score_format":126},128,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FThe-Outerhaven-Logo.jpeg","The OuterHaven","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F","Dark Devotion has a lot going for it. There’s a lot of interesting design choices here, albeit flawed and need to be fleshed out before the game can shine. Until that happens, this game will leave you frustrated and lost, which isn’t a good feeling.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Fdark-devotion-review-bit-rough-around-the-edges-but-serviceable\u002F","3.5\u002F5",{"id":159,"author":160,"outlet":163,"summary":168,"review_url":169,"review_date":170,"original_score":171,"normalized_score":70},1995453,{"id":161,"name":162},12923,"Samantha Lienhard",{"id":164,"logo":165,"name":166,"website_url":167,"score_format":126},153,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fmonstervine-logo.png","MonsterVine","https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F","Forced to participate in a mysterious auction for items linked to “Dictator X” to learn the truth about your father’s death, you must investigate the secrets of each participant to piece together memories of the past, in the latest mystery game written by Rika Suzuki, the writer of Another Code and Hotel Dusk.","https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fdark-auction-review\u002F","2026-02-10","3.0\u002F5",{"id":173,"author":174,"outlet":177,"summary":182,"review_url":183,"review_date":184,"original_score":185,"normalized_score":186},105631,{"id":175,"name":176},5127,"Ralph Whitmore",{"id":178,"logo":179,"name":180,"website_url":181,"score_format":50},139,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpace.jpg","GameSpace","https:\u002F\u002Fgamespace.com\u002F","Dark Devotion has been a challenging and interesting addition to the Dark Souls-like genre.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamespace.com\u002Ffeatured\u002Fdark-devotion-ps4-review\u002F","2020-02-24","9",90,{"id":188,"author":189,"outlet":192,"summary":197,"review_url":198,"review_date":199,"original_score":200,"normalized_score":186},135920,{"id":190,"name":191},11147,"Timothy \"Urthdigger\" Hyldahl",{"id":193,"logo":194,"name":195,"website_url":196,"score_format":50},148,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgamerescape-logo.jpg","Gamer Escape","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerescape.com\u002F","Overall, I really enjoyed Dark Devotion. One of the things I love about 2D action games is learning a level like the back of your hand, and what I love about roguelikes is picking a starting build and trying to go as far as you can with it. This marries the two into something that, while it may not be for everyone, is definitely for me.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerescape.com\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F05\u002Freview-dark-devotion\u002F","2019-05-05","9\u002F10",{"id":202,"author":203,"outlet":206,"summary":211,"review_url":212,"review_date":213,"original_score":214,"normalized_score":144},89241,{"id":204,"name":205},6585,"Alex Fuller",{"id":207,"logo":208,"name":209,"website_url":210,"score_format":126},65,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRPGamer-Logo.jpg","RPGamer","https:\u002F\u002Frpgamer.com\u002F","Dark Devotion may be a Souls-like, but it's not just another clone.  While nailing both the combat and atmosphere of its inspiration,  it also keeps things fresh by adding rogue-lite elements, streamlined character progression, and a forward-only exploration style to the mix that encourage replayability.","https:\u002F\u002Frpgamer.com\u002Freview\u002Fdark-devotion-review\u002F","2019-05-13","4.0",{"id":216,"author":217,"outlet":220,"summary":225,"review_url":226,"review_date":227,"original_score":54,"normalized_score":55},2237764,{"id":218,"name":219},17839,"Jemma Casson",{"id":221,"logo":222,"name":223,"website_url":224,"score_format":50},158,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPurenintendo.jpeg","Pure Nintendo","https:\u002F\u002Fpurenintendo.com","Dark Devotion is an action-adventure platformer for the Nintendo Switch. You play a Templar knight who must put her faith to the test. The term “roguelike”","https:\u002F\u002Fpurenintendo.com\u002Freview-dark-devotion-nintendo-switch\u002F","2019-12-12",{"id":229,"author":230,"outlet":233,"summary":238,"review_url":239,"review_date":240,"original_score":214,"normalized_score":144},1944016,{"id":231,"name":232},10934,"Soul Kiwami",{"id":234,"logo":235,"name":236,"website_url":237,"score_format":126},142,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FFinal%20Weapon%20Logo.jpg","Final Weapon","https:\u002F\u002Ffinalweapon.net","Dark Auction is a great mystery adventure game just short of being amazing. The story is captivating and explores trauma with a compelling cast of characters and a story full of intrigue and deception. The soundtrack by composers Yuko Komiyama and Tsukasa Masuko is ear-pleasing, and the illustrations by Kohske are expressive and beautiful. The game's inexpressive character models and uncanny images clash with the overall presentation, but there's still a lot of good going for this game.","https:\u002F\u002Ffinalweapon.net\u002F2026\u002F01\u002F30\u002Fdark-auction-game-izanagigames-review\u002F","2026-01-30",14,0,[26,29],[21],[]]