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Developer(s) | Ctrl Alt Ninja |
Publisher(s) | Ctrl Alt Ninja |
Designer(s) | Petri Häkkinen |
Programmer(s) | Petri Häkkinen Jussi Sammaltupa |
Artist(s) | Juho Salila Jyri Leppänen |
Writer(s) | Petri Häkkinen |
Composer(s) | Perttu Vänskä |
Platform(s) | Windows |
Release | May 15, 2019 |
Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Ctrl Alt Ninja for Windows on May 15, 2019.
Druidstone is a story driven, party-scale isometric tactical role-playing game with a focus on grid-based combat. [1]
The game takes place in the fantasy world of Elo Sphaera and follows main characters Leonhard, Aava, and Oiko on their journey. [2]
Ctrl Alt Ninja was founded by the co-creators of the Legend of Grimrock series in 2015. [3] [4] The development of Druidstone started in autumn 2016. [3] The game was announced on April 15, 2017. [3] In November 2018, the release date was announced for spring 2019. [2] In April 2019, a release date was announced for May 15, 2019. [5] The game was originally planned to be procedurally generated but was changed to handcrafted missions. [1] The game was also released with a level editor and modding tools. [6]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 79/100 [7] |
Publication | Score |
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4Players | 80/100 [8] |
RPGFan | 85% [9] |
RPG Site | 8/10 [10] |
Druidstone received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. [7]
Nate Crowley of Rock Paper Shotgun said that "As it is, this is a perfectly reasonable portion of carefully planned fantasy stabbing [...]" [11]
Greg Delmage of RPGFan summarized: "Although the story and characters are nothing new to RPGs, the strategy gameplay systems truly stand out in their seemingly simple execution." [9]
Bryan Vitale of RPG Site said that "It's a strong overall package that, while brief, was a joy to play through." [10]
Rock Paper Shotgun ranked Druidstone 35th on its "best strategy games on PC" list in 2020. [12]