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Disgaea Mayhem

Disgaea Mayhem is light, breezy, and charming, but that isn't enough to overcome the nagging feeling that it could have been a lot more than it currently is.
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58%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
57% User Score Based on 35 reviews
Critic Score 66%Based on 10 reviews

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About Disgaea Mayhem

Disgaea Mayhem is a single player hack and slash game with fantasy, comedy and anime themes. It was developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. and was released on July 23, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and neutral reviews from players.

Disgaea Mayhem is a brand-new 3D action RPG from an all-star team consisting of director Shunsuke Minowa, character designer Takehito Harada, and composer Tenpei Sato. In this game, players will be able to experience the exhilaration of defeating enemies with overwhelming power that defies convention—unleashing flashy techniques with simple controls, completionist elements like leveling character…

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57%Audience ScoreBased on 35 reviews
story4 positive mentions
grinding11 negative mentions
  • Fun and addictive gameplay loop with satisfying item world grinding.
  • Familiar Disgaea mechanics like Item World, Cheat Shop, Reincarnation, and Chara World included.
  • Humorous, quirky story and charming characters that fit the Disgaea style.
  • Highly repetitive and simplistic hack-and-slash combat with little depth or strategy.
  • Extremely short story and overall content that does not justify the full price.
  • Technical issues including crashing and graphical bugs, especially on Steam Deck, affecting playability.

  • story

    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    14% positive mentions, 76% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The story of the game is widely seen as short, silly, and often nonsensical, with a comedic and quirky tone typical of the Disgaea series. While some appreciate its lighthearted humor and fast-paced arcade style, many find it forgettable, shallow, and less engaging compared to previous entries. Overall, the narrative serves more as a backdrop to gameplay rather than a compelling standalone experience.

    • “The story itself is what I expect from Disgaea: off the wall, quirky, innuendos, and weird reasons for literally everything happening.”
    • “The story's a comedic riot that toes a fine line, being silly but not stupid nor shallow.”
    • “The story so far is as ridiculous as you'd expect which means it's light-hearted and enjoyable.”
    • “The story is complete nonsense; it's as if they're trying to see how bad they can make the story before people will stop buying their games.”
    • “I really loved Disgaea, but Disgaea 7's story was pretty bad, and this story is even worse.”
    • “The main story here might last you four or five hours, but it only hits five hours if you spend an hour or so grinding in the item worlds.”

  • grinding

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game, especially within the item world, is generally seen as enjoyable and engaging, offering meaningful progression and fun moments despite its grindy nature. However, some find enemy movements and repetitive farming tedious, and the overall time investment for grinding may outweigh narrative benefits. Overall, grinding appeals mostly to fans of grind-heavy gameplay.

    • “I mean- it's alright I guess... feels like a game I can go braindead on, since most of the time I'll spend 99% of the time in the item world grinding.”
    • “Of course farming 1 stage for an hour to get a specific monster can be a bit frustrating.”
    • “It's not remotely worth it either, as it adds maybe ten minutes of gameplay in addition to an hour or two of grinding in the item worlds.”

  • gameplay

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay blends Disgaea designs with Dynasty Warriors-style combat, offering familiar mechanics and satisfying damage numbers, but is criticized for being short, repetitive, and bland compared to similar musou games. While weapon variety adds some diversity, the overall experience feels limited and marred by stability issues like frequent crashes.

    • “It's very fun, I enjoy a lot of the Disgaea designs being changed over to Dynasty Warriors style gameplay, and the ever-rising numbers give that dopamine hit you'd get from the original games.”
    • “Lots of mechanics and generic characters from Disgaea games makes it feel familiar.”
    • “Different weapons help with gameplay variety, but some of them are a bit underwhelming.”
    • “The mechanics are all explored in about 3 hours.”
    • “Not only is the gameplay just passable and the plot forgettable, but it has an issue with crashes. Within my first 3 hours playing, the game crashed to desktop 4 to 5 times, usually when finishing an item world or stage and loading the hub.”
    • “The gameplay is very bland; even the most basic musou-style games offer more varied combat styles than this game.”

  • graphics

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The game's graphics receive mixed reviews, with some praising the transition to 3D and the art style, while others criticize persistent bugs, pixelation, and poor performance on certain platforms like the Steam Deck. Overall, visuals are considered decent but not groundbreaking, with some technical issues affecting the experience.

    • “Graphics are pretty nice; it's quite a jump from the sprite work of the older games, and for a 3D world, it's not bad.”
    • “I adore the Disgaea art style, especially seeing them go full 3D; I swoon.”
    • “To me, these are truly some impressive feats, even if the graphics and gameplay aren't setting new high water marks.”
    • “The game does open and run, but the persistent graphical bug when rotating the camera is unacceptable.”
    • “While technically playable, it has massive graphical issues on Steam Deck making the game nauseating and effectively unplayable.”
    • “This is cheap, audio is low quality, graphics are not great, the animations are actually pretty good, and the grind is satisfying as usual in a Disgaea game.”

  • humor

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game features typical Disgaea-style comedy with quirky, funny moments and a playful premise centered around flan. While the narrative is fairly standard, fans of lighthearted, silly humor and mindless hack-and-slash gameplay will likely appreciate its charm. Some glitches add unintended humor without detracting from the experience.

    • “Has typical Disgaea humor for better or worse, depending on your tastes; obviously, I like this.”
    • “Glitches: the oversized enemies sometimes have silly collision with the terrain, I found this very funny and did not take away from my enjoyment.”
    • “So if you like mindless hack and slash with a funny story sprinkled in, you'd absolutely love this game.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game emphasizes arcade-style replayability with multiple encounters and challenges, but lacks playable character variety, focusing less on a traditional story-driven single-player experience.

    • “Obviously NIS made some choices to optimize for arcade-style replayability rather than a typical 'play it once' story-driven single player game.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is generally solid, ensuring smooth performance, though some users feel the model resolution is lower than ideal, possibly due to optimization constraints.

    • “Model resolution could (and should) be higher, but might be related to poor optimization.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is mixed, with notable bugs such as oversized enemies having awkward terrain collisions, which some players find amusing, but others are frustrated by the overall buggy experience.

    • “This game is buggy as hell.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is well-received, meeting expectations with a fitting and enjoyable soundtrack.

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Disgaea Mayhem is a hack and slash game with fantasy, comedy and anime themes. Common tags for Disgaea Mayhem include 3D, demons, trading, magic, linear and others.

Disgaea Mayhem is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Steam Deck and others.

Disgaea Mayhem was released on July 23, 2026.

Disgaea Mayhem was developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Inc..

Disgaea Mayhem has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Disgaea Mayhem for its story but disliked it for its grinding.

Disgaea Mayhem is a single player game.

Similar games include Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless, Dragon Quest Heroes 2, Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars, Gundam Breaker 4, South Park: Snow Day! and others.