Gloomhaven

"It’s a generally appealing game with decent graphics. Gloomhaven appears to be a fun turn-based adventure but requires a significantly higher amount of strategy than expected. Assigning unique quests to heroes, and having an ever-changing party when they finish their …"

"Gloomhaven is a challenge for a specific niche of fans of high-difficulty strategy games. With over 120 scenarios and countless hours of dungeon exploration, it&s;s a solid choice for those who want an immersive and challenging experience."

"A high-quality adaptation of the board game with plenty of content and rich replayability."

"The conversion from tabletop to video game seems somewhat successful, and I can see how the board game has been broken down and reconfigured as a successful interactive gaming package. While it was repetitive in places I could undoubtedly see …"

"How Deep is Your (board gaming) Love?"

"Gloomhaven&s;s gameplay is deeply challenging and dense, and it almost always manages to provide a satisfying payoff in equal measure if you are able to look past its menus and control flaws (and can stomach its load times on Switch). …"

"undefined.The common Gloomhaven community standard is to keep things secret - particularly the per-map side quests, which the game only reveals at the end of the map - so the Switch is fundamentally a great platform to play the digital …"

"Gloomhaven is a solid version of the classic tabletop experience that offers turn-based combat, unique classes and abilities, and detailed quests."

"Now that the Flaming Fowl Studios has laid the groundwork, I am eagerly looking forward to see what other Gloomhaven content gets added in the near future."

"Gloomhaven&s;s jump from board game to PC keeps the game as strategic and satisfying as it ever was, all while streamlining the experience and opening it up to new avenues of play. The genuine effort of the creators shows through …"

"It&s;s still one of the best dungeon crawlers ever made, but now it&s;s on PC."

"While you get a sense of the depth and excellence of the table-top game that it adapts, digitally Gloomhaven is a bit of a mess"

"Gloomhaven offers hours of mental challenges with a sophisticated battle system."

"That aside, Asmodee continues to demonstrate why it is the best digital board game developer going around. Gloomhaven itself is a little insular compared to the likes of Game of Thrones, Arkham Horror, Ticket to Ride, Pathfinder and Lord of …"

"By all accounts Gloomhaven does a solid job of translating what&s;s apparently a very deep and complex TTRPG to video game format."

"The core gameplay is fun, but the digital version brings all the problems from the board game with no solutions. The single-player mode misses out on the social aspect that makes the board game worth playing, without making up for …"

"Gloomhaven is a highly successful digital adaptation of the globally popular and acclaimed board game. The game offers hours of mental challenges with a sophisticated combat system and fairly interesting stories and objectives for each mercenary. However, the Guildmaster mode …"

"All in all Gloomhaven is still the game people either know and love, or the game that will welcome those looking for a dungeon crawler with open arms. Why then choose the digital version? Well there are many reasons to …"

"Gloomhaven as a video game is a faithful recreation of the board game into the digital world. This is both commendable and detrimental. It is a good game, but there is also a reason no one sits around a table …"

"While I enjoyed Gloomhaven in the end, I found the tutorials and general usability to be lacking. I also found myself missing being around a table with friends and playing with board game components. Apart from that, Gloomhaven offers a …"

"The console release of Gloomhaven continues the trend of making it one of the best board game-to-video game adaptations out there, and there are a lot of deep combat mechanics for players to sink their teeth into. Inconsistencies in the …"

"If you love Gloomhaven, the Steam version is a no-brainer. It seamlessly translates the physical game to a digital platform."

"An excellent digital version of a very good boardgame. Good for both veterans of the tabletop version (due to new content like the Guildmaster campaign) and newbies willing to try a peculiar fantasy experience (and manage a lot of cards)."

"Gloomhaven was a tough one to review not because the game itself is bad, despite feeling clunky to navigate using a controller; no, it’s just after playing for many hours I realized that it’s just not for me. Its systems …"