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Gombo

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51%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

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Gombo is a single player and multiplayer open world action adventure game with a horror theme. It was developed by Martin Cochet and was released on June 2, 2026. It received positive reviews from players.

Explore, build, and battle your way through a magical hand-drawn worldIn Gombo, you’ll dive into a vibrant adventure where survival, creativity, and action go hand in hand. Whether venturing out solo or teaming up in seamless peer-to-peer two-player co-op, you’ll uncover a world full of mystery, danger, and charm. Are you afraid of the night?While the world appears to be friendly and b…

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83%Audience ScoreBased on 12 reviews
graphics3 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • Beautiful and charming art style with old cartoon vibes and detailed animations.
  • Fun and satisfying exploration and survival mechanics, including co-op play and turret defenses.
  • Developer is active and passionate, updating the game regularly and addressing issues.
  • Game is very rough and clearly in early access with limited content and balance issues.
  • Enemy spawning and night mechanics are frustrating, with aggressive monsters and frequent respawns.
  • Gameplay suffers from UI/UX issues like confusing cursors, missing quest logs, item durability problems, and awkward inventory management.

  • graphics

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

    The graphics are widely praised for their beautiful, charming art style and polished, detailed animations. Players find exploring the world visually satisfying, appreciating the genuine artistic talent behind the designs. Overall, the visuals stand out as a key positive aspect of the game.

    • “The art style is fantastic, and exploring the world is genuinely satisfying.”
    • “It's polished, I've found almost zero bugs. The art style is cute and charming, and I really love all the animations and the enemy designs.”
    • “The art style is beautiful.”

  • story

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The story is engaging and immersive, drawing players in quickly, though the overall content is relatively brief, with around three hours of gameplay focused on a limited number of quests. Side elements like magic scrolls add enjoyable variety to the experience.

    • “I think the story is really interesting and you're very easily immersed in the world after a very short time playing.”
    • “I think 3 hours is the max time needed for content/story in AE currently.”
    • “I think 3 hours is the max time needed for the story/content in AE currently.”
    • “First time I saw the quest marker far away, I thought: hell no, I will not travel that far with my current gear.”
    • “There's little quests for you to do, and neat little magic scrolls to find that can spice up your gameplay via offensive or utility magic.”

  • music

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

    The music is generally praised as nice and great, but some users feel it is underutilized, playing only briefly during gameplay. As the game is in early access, there is potential for further improvement and expansion of the soundtrack.

    • “The soundtrack is great but it only played for about 5 minutes during my entire 2.3 hours of gameplay.”
    • “The graphics are enjoyable, the music is nice, and the combat surprisingly feels great.”
    • “It's currently in early access, so there's still room for improvement, especially regarding the day/night cycle, monster spawning, and the soundtrack.”

  • gameplay

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

    The gameplay offers limited quests but includes interesting magic scrolls that enhance offensive and utility options, adding some variety. However, the overall activity feels sparse, leading to a somewhat repetitive experience.

    • “There's a variety of quests to complete, and neat little magic scrolls to find that can spice up your gameplay with offensive or utility magic.”

  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game is considered tedious due to the slow process of selling items one at a time to an NPC without an interface. While it can serve as a brief break from other grind-heavy activities, the overall experience is seen as repetitive and in need of improvement.

    • “The main way to get money early is by selling to an NPC, who does not have an interface; you need to sell the item in your hand to him one at a time, and it's tedious.”

  • optimization

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

    The game performs smoothly with no significant optimization issues reported after initial adjustments. Overall, users experience stable performance without major problems.

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3h Median play time
3h Average play time
3-3h Spent by most gamers
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Gombo is a open world action adventure game with horror theme. Common tags for Gombo include 2d, exploration, crafting, cartoon, early access and others.

Gombo is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Gombo.

Gombo was released on June 2, 2026.

Gombo was developed by Martin Cochet.

Gombo has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Gombo for its graphics but disliked it for its story.

Gombo is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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