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75%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
77% User Score Based on 192 reviews
Critic Score 72%Based on 4 reviews

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About Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent is a single player and multiplayer tactical role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Shine Group and was released on June 7, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

Step into the epic world of Descent with the first fantasy co-op tactical RPG forged from the legendary dungeon crawling board game. Lead a company of fearless heroes across Terrinoth®, survive against epic boss battles in turn-based combat, and settle the fate of a world facing unending darkness.

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77%Audience ScoreBased on 192 reviews
story23 positive mentions
stability10 negative mentions
  • Engaging turn-based tactical combat with meaningful synergy between characters and skills.
  • Good variety of characters with unique abilities and fun party building options.
  • Well-designed dungeon crawling with exploration, puzzles, and rewarding loot progression.
  • Multiplayer mode is plagued with bugs and instability, making co-op frustrating or unplayable for many.
  • Combat pacing often suffers due to enemy respawn waves and overly long boss fights, causing tedium.
  • The story and dialogue are generic and sometimes poorly written or awkwardly localized, diminishing immersion.

  • story

    118 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 75% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The story in this game is generally viewed as straightforward, generic, and somewhat disjointed, serving mainly as a vehicle to connect tactical combat missions rather than delivering deep narrative or character development. While some players find it engaging enough to keep them invested, others criticize it as forgettable with amateurish voice acting and limited plot complexity. Overall, the story complements the gameplay but is not the main focus, appealing mostly to those who prioritize combat and strategy over storytelling.

    • “Even though the story bits are short, it's still an interesting story and there is some voice acting to go with it.”
    • “You feel like you're being drawn into a larger story, as the cleric character turns up in the prologue to tell you about terrible things happening and you go off to help her deal with them.”
    • “The environments are well designed, the voice acting is solid, and while the story can be a bit messy at times, it remained entertaining throughout.”
    • “The story is all over the place. It feels like the 4 chapters are not really connected, and some chapters could have been the story for a whole game in my opinion.”
    • “The story is sort of confusing and didn't add much to the game. The last mission in particular had confusing guidance.”
    • “Because the game is good but not great, and the fights start enjoyable but get repetitive, and the upgrades start juicy but fade away over time, eventually the plot peters out with a weird 'but it was me the whole time!' pseudo reveal.”

  • gameplay

    39 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    41% positive mentions, 51% neutral mentions, 8% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers solid core mechanics with tactical depth and engaging turn-based combat, making for a generally fun and straightforward experience, especially in solo play. However, it suffers from numerous bugs, lack of variety in enemy behavior and mechanics, and clunky multiplayer performance that often hinders enjoyment. While some unique moments and well-designed missions stand out, the overall gameplay loop may feel repetitive and unpolished.

    • “There are enough factions and mechanics that you learn to play around.”
    • “The core gameplay loop and combats are a lot of fun though.”
    • “Very, very good turn based with turn order control mechanics super smooth!”
    • “The gameplay is really not interesting and very clunky, full of little problems showing it was not playtested enough. For a multiplayer game, it's a pain with game-breaking bugs forcing reloads or workarounds, especially with the vampire boss.”
    • “To finish the game, we had to reload multiple times due to issues like characters freezing, combat stagnating between turns, and animations not finishing, which prevented gameplay from continuing.”
    • “There is limited variety in gameplay for a tactical RPG, and while the design with shorter missions is nice, loot, puzzles, and secret doors feel too obvious and uninspired.”

  • graphics

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 31% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The game features good and appealing graphics with a charming art style, complemented by solid visuals and voice acting. However, significant graphics optimization issues cause high GPU usage and performance problems, requiring players to lower settings for smooth gameplay. While the visuals are praised, the poor optimization detracts from the overall experience.

    • “Great graphics, solid voice acting, and a true challenge on higher difficulties.”
    • “Gameplay runs smoothly, good visuals and most of the voice acting is good (there are a few comically bad voices).”
    • “Puzzles are doable without having to go to YouTube to get past them, graphics are fine and the sound effects are good, each mission for me was around 30 to 45 minutes or so to complete.”
    • “Having said this, this is still a do not recommend for me even though it's a very good turn-based tactics game, for the sole reason that they have still not fixed the horrible graphics optimization issues.”
    • “I have played much more graphics intensive games and they have never drawn so much GPU usage as this game does, and it's doing it for no apparent reason.”
    • “I'll update my review once they fix the graphics optimization issues, if ever, as it is such a shame that this is actually a good game but I am in constant fear of it overheating my GPU.”

  • optimization

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant optimization issues, with frequent severe FPS drops and excessive GPU usage even at the menu, causing overheating concerns and poor performance during effects-heavy scenes. While lowering graphics settings improves playability, many users find the current performance unacceptable and hope for developer fixes. A few note improved performance recently, but overall, optimization remains a major drawback despite the game's strong gameplay and visuals.

    • “Performance needs some work, but once I reduced the graphics settings to the lowest preset it became playable.”
    • “I do hope they improve graphical performance in the future but it still looks fine on the lowest settings.”
    • “Saw some of the older comments mentioning performance issues, feels like this is fixed though.”
    • “The game is not very optimized, especially when tons of effects are happening around the map and the FPS will drop to 10.”
    • “This is still a do not recommend for me even though it's a very good turn-based tactics game, for the sole reason that they have still not fixed the horrible graphics optimization issues.”
    • “Some people have been raising the concern that this game is massively spiking GPU usage even at the menu screen, and this is the same thing that has been happening to me, and yet these optimization concerns are not being responded to by the developer.”

  • stability

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    9% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 91% negative mentions

    The game's stability is mixed, with a generally solid single-player experience but frequent and frustrating bugs in multiplayer and co-op modes, including connection issues and gameplay glitches. Performance problems and UI frustrations are also noted, suggesting the game needs patches to improve overall reliability.

    • “Looks solid, runs great, no bugs.”
    • “Multiplayer is a buggy mess.”
    • “Randomly throws you out of the party, then rejoining is buggy, forcing you to restart the game, and in the end, not even that worked anymore for me and my friends.”
    • “Solid potential, but the game doesn't work well; multiplayer is very buggy, players lose connection and even after restarting the game, people can't rejoin.”

  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game becomes tedious over time, with repetitive combat waves and boss fights losing their appeal by the fourth or fifth encounter. Exploration also feels unrewarding and slow, especially as new gear or skills become scarce, making map navigation and puzzles dull and repetitive.

    • “Overall pretty fun, but combat quickly becomes tedious as everyone starts expecting the next wave or gimmick, which gets boring by the 4th or 5th time.”
    • “Boss fights can also be super tedious.”
    • “Exploration started to feel tedious and unrewarding, especially towards the end of the game when you aren't finding new gear or skills to replace what you already have.”

  • humor

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is generally well-received, featuring pleasant voice acting and narration that avoids cringey or obnoxious elements. While some dialogue can be laugh-out-loud funny and enjoyable with others, occasional cringe-worthy moments are balanced by the communal experience. Overall, the humor is light and effectively delivered.

    • “Because the dialogue is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny and it's great to have somebody else to laugh with... but it's sometimes cringe-inducing bad and it's also great to have somebody else to laugh with then.”
    • “The voice acting is good too and there are some funny moments.”
    • “And thankfully light with the humor.”

  • music

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

    The music is well-crafted, providing ambient and fantasy-accentuating tracks that complement the cute art style without overwhelming it. Overall, users found the music enjoyable and fitting for the game's atmosphere.

    • “The music is well done.”
    • “Though the art style is cute, the music was ambient but accentuated the fantasy vibes without taking over.”
    • “Most voice actors were fun and engaging, complementing the music and overall atmosphere.”

  • atmosphere

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

    The game's atmosphere receives mixed feedback, with some finding it engaging and well-crafted, while others feel it is basic and unremarkable, contributing little beyond a standard experience.

    • “Atmosphere is great.”
    • “The game's turn-based combat started out fun, while the story is forgettable standard fare, with extremely basic cut-scenes and rote atmosphere.”

  • replayability

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

    The game offers a moderate playtime of around 30 hours but lacks significant replayability for those seeking prolonged engagement. However, maps can be played independently of specific story characters, adding some flexibility.

    • “I played through in about 30 hours and probably could have gone a little faster and not missed much, so keep that in mind if you are looking for something that will keep you occupied for a while or has a lot of replayability (this probably isn't it for you).”

  • character development

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

    Character development is described as basic but functional, adequately supporting the combat mechanics.

    • “Items and character development are very basic, but serve the combats.”
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72%Critics’ scoreBased on 4 critic reviews
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Play Times

28h Median play time
25h Average play time
20-30h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent is a tactical role playing game with fantasy theme. Common tags for Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent include turn-based, gaming, narrative, tactical rpg, isometric and others.

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent is available on Xbox Series X|S, PC, Mac OS, Windows and others.

On average players spend around 25 hours playing Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent.

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent was released on June 7, 2026.

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent was developed by Shine Group.

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent for its story but disliked it for its optimization.

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Stolen Realm, Dark Envoy, Tower of Time, The Bard's Tale IV, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story and others.