Darwin's Paradox!
Dive into the adventure with Darwin, an octopus as endearing as he is ingenious, torn from the ocean and trapped in a vast and mysterious industrial complex. Harness his unique talents and abilities to help…
Darwin's Paradox! is an adventure developed by ZDT Studio, released 2 April 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $19.49 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 9.5 hrs to finish.
What Darwin's Paradox! is
Darwin's Paradox! is an adventure game developed by ZDT Studio and released in 2026. It was published by Konami. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal. It carries an ESRB E10+ (Everyone 10+) age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Darwin's Paradox! is a 2026 platform video game developed by ZDT Studio and published by Konami. In the game, players take on the role of an octopus named Darwin, who must use his intelligence and ability to survive and make it back to the ocean. The game was released on April 2, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X and Series S.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Darwin's Paradox! holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $19.49, that works out to about $2.05 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD or Intel quad-core CPU, 2.5GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB | AMD Radeon RX-5600 XT 6GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $19.49 at Fanatical, 22% below its usual price. Across the 10 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $28.08 — a spread of $8.59 for an identical product. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Turkey is the cheapest region we track at $19.99 (about $19.99), while South Africa pays R 478.99 — 46% more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 20 on Steam, which is about $19.99.
What it launched against
Darwin's Paradox! launched on 2 April 2026, within three weeks of Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced and Mouse: P.I. For Hire. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced, Mouse: P.I. For Hire.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Darwin's Paradox! yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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