Grim Tides - Old School RPG

Monomyth

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this game

Grim Tides tries to blend tabletop RPG vibes, familiar dungeon crawling and roguelike mechanics, and a classic turn-based combat system into an accessible and entertaining package. Because of its attention to written storytelling, detailed worldbuilding and abundance of lore, Grim Tides can be similar to a solo Dungeons and Dragons campaign, or even a choose your own adventure book.

Grim Tides is a single player game and can be played offline. It has no lootboxes, energy bars, overpriced cosmetics, content locked behind endless microtransactions, or other modern monetization schemes. Just a few unobtrusive and removable ads, and completely optional in-app purchases, for those who wish to support the game and its development.

*** FEATURES ***
- immerse in a rich fantasy world with its own history and lore
- defeat enemies and fight boss battles in a classic turn-based combat system
- customize your character with many unique spells, as well as active and passive skills
- select one of 7 character backgrounds and personalize your character with 50+ special perks that each affect gameplay in their own way
- experience the game world through a variety of interactive, text-based events
- manage your own ship and crew as you explore a wild tropical archipelago
- acquire weapons, armors, accessories, consumable items, crafting ingredients and more
- complete quests, collect bounties and find scattered pieces of lore
- relax or add suspense with 4 difficulty levels, optional permadeath and other adjustable settings

* Grim Tides is the second game in Grim Saga and a prequel to Grim Quest; regardless, it is a standalone title, with a self-contained story, which can be experienced before or after Grim Quest, as per player preference

Ratings and reviews

Addictive. Only at level 4 so far but I'm enjoying my time with it. The battles have simple mechanics that give the fights a little more strategy. I can see the irritation with the ads taking a while to show their close X but it does show up after about an extra 10 seconds. Very well done for a quick little sit and run campaign.

Fun at first but it gets grindy quickly. Sadly the first dungeon progresses to a point where you have to grind one level over and over again to have any chance of real progression, a seemingly endless loop due to the fact that LEAVING a dungeon costs you money, pretty much all the money you've picked up, and money is required for all areas of progression. This means you MUST find equipment to sell. I've now uninstalled it as a consequence.

Update: changed from 5 stars to 4 because its very annoying to keep getting prompts to leave a review after I already have. Also, even tho I do prefer to support the Dev via watching optional ads, these vids are the super annoying extra long ones that require clicking multiple times to dismiss. This is also why I wont be making any purchases. Annoying your customer is bad business sense. Your game is great tho.

What's new

* 1.6.8
- minor bug fixes & typo corrections