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Deathloop (2021)

Arkane Studios

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

3.62 from 811 ratings

3303 members have it in their collection · 133 playing now · 1479 backlogged · 693 wish listed

How long? Main story 26h · with extras 32h · 100% 28h (from 61 logged playthroughs)

Deathloop transports players to the lawless island of Blackreef in an eternal struggle between two extraordinary assassins. Explore stunning environments and meticulously designed levels in an immersive gameplay experience that lets you approach every situation any way you like. Hunt down targets all over the island in an effort to put an end to the cycle once and for all, … Read more
Deathloop transports players to the lawless island of Blackreef in an eternal struggle between two extraordinary assassins. Explore stunning environments and meticulously designed levels in an immersive gameplay experience that lets you approach every situation any way you like. Hunt down targets all over the island in an effort to put an end to the cycle once and for all, and remember, if at first you don’t succeed… die, die again. Read less

Details

Developers
Arkane Studios
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Genres
Adventure, Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Stealth
Events
Tokyo Game Show 2022, The 2019 Bethesda E3 Showcase
Steam
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Release dates

  • Sep 14, 2021 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
  • Sep 20, 2022 (Worldwide) Xbox Series X|S

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Top 20: 2020s (ongoing) by SIGINT · 20 games · 6
The Chronolog: From History To Sci-fi by Jevnation · 360 games · 2
2021 Favorites by SIGINT · 10 games · 0
Best Games (2021) by RehRomano · 10 games · 0
GOTY 2021 by LarsFrukt · 36 games · 0
Game in progress by Shot9292 · 52 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
160
4 stars
327
3 stars
206
2 stars
95
1 star
23

Community All Reviews Statuses

SIGINT

Status SIGINT Oct 13, 2025

While this got an amazing reception at launch, the world seemed to collectively cool on it, something that I kind of saw coming and naturally went along with. But I don’t know, I’ve been thinking about it again recently and think I would love something like this right now. I read back on how enthusiastic I was about it and …

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While this got an amazing reception at launch, the world seemed to collectively cool on it, something that I kind of saw coming and naturally went along with. But I don’t know, I’ve been thinking about it again recently and think I would love something like this right now. I read back on how enthusiastic I was about it and am just like yeah, that actually was so much fun. I guess the game is doomed to a mix of “hidden gem” and “overrated” comments for the foreseeable future. Hopefully the ideas are revisited at some point.

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Silves

Status Silves Jun 21, 2025

The fact that it doesn't have manual saves makes it impossible to play for someone short on time. And when Julianna "is on the hunt", it's impossible to avoid her; she moves too fast and sees you from a distance. Uninstalled after 5 hours of play that felt eternal. I really wanted to like it.

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travisyager

Status travisyager Mar 18, 2024

I gave it a try, I just couldn't carry on. The concept was neat. I think it could have been good? But it plays more like an FPS that you just keep respawning with different clue/trails to follow, but no end in sight! When I realized that almost NONE of the things I was reading, whether it was a document, …

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I gave it a try, I just couldn't carry on. The concept was neat. I think it could have been good? But it plays more like an FPS that you just keep respawning with different clue/trails to follow, but no end in sight! When I realized that almost NONE of the things I was reading, whether it was a document, or the ghosty writing on the wall, meant anything to what I was trying to accomplish... Then I knew my criticism would overcrowd any chance of this experience improving. Novel idea, just not for me.

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Arcade

Status Arcade Jun 30, 2023

Came out of this vaguely unsatisfied. I don't really have much else to say.

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xDadinho

Status xDadinho May 26, 2023

OMG! Why can't I rebind the "Scrap" key?! I'm playing on a PC and there's no way to rebind the Unequip/Sacrifice key from "DEL" to anything else. This game is completely broken and makes no sense! Jokes aside, it's a great game! I just wanted to share the most minute criticism I have about Deathloop.

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Bigdaddyred

Status Bigdaddyred Apr 18, 2023

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Fuck I loved this damn game. Something finally unique instead of cut and paste. LOVED LOVED LOVED IT. Great achievements to boot.

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BMO

Status BMO Dec 12, 2022

Having completed Colt's portion of the game, I'm now running into an issue playing as Julianna. Namely queuing for an online session always fails to return an active session. I suppose it's possible that a year later no one is really playing the game anymore, but I'd be surprised if that's true. Plenty of real players (with usernames) invaded my …

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Having completed Colt's portion of the game, I'm now running into an issue playing as Julianna. Namely queuing for an online session always fails to return an active session. I suppose it's possible that a year later no one is really playing the game anymore, but I'd be surprised if that's true. Plenty of real players (with usernames) invaded my session when I was playing as Colt, so I can't imagine no one else is playing as Colt. Regardless, no luck finding an active Colt on PS5. I might play the intro of the game on Xbox to unlock "Protect the Loop" and see if I have more luck there. Its availability on GamePass might mean there are more active players on Xbox than Playstation, especially also because Dealthloop is newer to Xbox players.

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BMO

Status BMO Dec 5, 2022

Well, I'm enjoying this more than I thought I would. I don't know if the loop mechanic is as strong as it was in Mooncrash but it's working for me. I love the lack of high/low chaos in an Arcane game that is essentially rogue-like Dishonored, although I wouldn't give that mechanic up in the Dishonored series. I'm not …

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Well, I'm enjoying this more than I thought I would. I don't know if the loop mechanic is as strong as it was in Mooncrash but it's working for me. I love the lack of high/low chaos in an Arcane game that is essentially rogue-like Dishonored, although I wouldn't give that mechanic up in the Dishonored series. I'm not at a place to say it's my favourite Arcane game, as that is still jointly held by Death of the Outsider and Prey but I do think this is more enjoyable than either mainline numbered Dishonored games thus far.

Ugh, I keep adding games to my list of favourite games from any previous year. This will be a tough year to sort out.

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doonee63

Status doonee63 Dec 2, 2022

Trying out steam link on my N23 Chromebook...

it worked just fine (with a little bit of lag)

intriguing (and messily explained) mechanics. combat seems dumb. voice acting is overdone in an annoying way.

I do wanna see where it goes, though

finished the first "mission"

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vadimienne

Status vadimienne Oct 6, 2022

This piece reminds me of two games. Biomutant - because of overly talkative narrator(for BM)/main character (for DL). And this is a bad thing. And Watch Dogs 2. Both WD2 and DL try to picture scientists'/programmers'/hackers' work like a lifestyle. Like if you're scientist, this means you're just a regular extraverted person with uncommon job/hobby of inventing things. And …

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This piece reminds me of two games. Biomutant - because of overly talkative narrator(for BM)/main character (for DL). And this is a bad thing. And Watch Dogs 2. Both WD2 and DL try to picture scientists'/programmers'/hackers' work like a lifestyle. Like if you're scientist, this means you're just a regular extraverted person with uncommon job/hobby of inventing things. And being a hacker is just something you chose as a hobby and you just do it, and it's as easy as playing mobile games.

I don't like rouge-anything and repetitive content, I don't like revisiting same places over and over again. And a lot of lvl design and even assets are taken from Dishonored. Looks... weird.

However this game has style, I really appreciate the design, effects, UI. And I'd play this game to the end, but unfortunately I got buried under tons of text tutorials in menu. Yes, even after couple of hours in the game you skip through 10+ windows that tell you what's what and ask you to press this button and click there. Just like in mobile games. However I sincerely believe that publisher or some manager made game designers do this. I have no other explanation.

2/5 for good visuals.

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whalee

Status whalee Sep 23, 2022

Waited for this to come to game pass so been hanging to play it and it has not let me down.

Definitely one of their best, after The Outer Wilds and now this, I really enjoy the time component in these "loop" style games. It is incredibly satisfying slowly piecing together timings and the like. Definitely worth checking out if …

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Waited for this to come to game pass so been hanging to play it and it has not let me down.

Definitely one of their best, after The Outer Wilds and now this, I really enjoy the time component in these "loop" style games. It is incredibly satisfying slowly piecing together timings and the like. Definitely worth checking out if you like Arkanes games.

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ace_always

Status ace_always Sep 21, 2022

I heard the song from this game's trailer minutes ago and immediately reminded how disappointing this game was when I beat it months ago. Anyway here's my thoughts.

Pros:

  • cool aesthetic and art direction
  • awesome soundtrack
  • great performance from protagonist and main antagonist
  • invasion mechanic

Cons:

  • dumbed down gameplay
  • copypasted abilities from Dishonored
  • repetitive missions to get upgrades
  • small and …
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I heard the song from this game's trailer minutes ago and immediately reminded how disappointing this game was when I beat it months ago. Anyway here's my thoughts.

Pros:

  • cool aesthetic and art direction
  • awesome soundtrack
  • great performance from protagonist and main antagonist
  • invasion mechanic

Cons:

  • dumbed down gameplay
  • copypasted abilities from Dishonored
  • repetitive missions to get upgrades
  • small and less varied locations
  • only one enemy type
  • messy UI and tutorials
  • dumb enemy AI
  • only one way to actually kill all targets

I came in expecting the usual Arkane immersive sim goodness and all I got is disappointment. How this game got nominated for GOTY is beyond me.

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BMO

Status BMO Sep 15, 2022

I enjoy that as of 20 September this is on both PS Plus Extra/Premium and on Game Pass. I wonder if Sony would have put it on PS Plus if it wasn't hitting Game Pass on the same day.

Glad to have choice, but I think I'll go PS5 on this one so I can make use of the DualSense.

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BMO

Status BMO Sep 8, 2022

Though to play this to break up my weird little Far Cry adventure, but it won’t hit PS Plus until 20 September, so I need to find something else before my used Xbox copies of Far Cry 4 and Far Cry Primal arrive and I fall back down into that hole.

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