Legend of Grimrock
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Legend of Grimrock is an adventure developed by Almost Human Ltd., released 11 April 2012 on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $2.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 23 hrs to finish.
What Legend of Grimrock is
Legend of Grimrock is an adventure game developed by Almost Human Ltd. and released in 2012. It is available on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on In House Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mount Grimrock: A towering spire looms above the clouds; a weathered rock that has stood tall for ages, longer than written history. It is a desolate place now, only remembered when things need to be discarded and forgotten. An airship struggles to gain altitude as it floats towards the peak... Four prisoners, bound by heavy chains, emerge from the ship. The court accuses them of terrible treasonous deeds -- but, by the grace of the king, their crimes shall be forgiven atop Mount Grimrock. Their final trial is at hand. Numerous prisoners have received their pardons here, yet none have returned to live their life in freedom. They are at the very top of the world -- below them only darkness…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Legend of Grimrock holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 107 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 23 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 34 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.13 per hour of the main story, or $0.09 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core 2GHz Intel or 2.8GHz AMD, 2 GB RAM and ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or better (256MB graphics memory or more. Shader Model 3.0 needs to be supported). Minimum supported resolutions 1280x720 and 1024x768.. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. 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 $2.99 at Steam, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Legend of Grimrock launched on 11 April 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Fire Emblem Awakening. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Fire Emblem Awakening.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Legend of Grimrock yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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