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Darwin Project
Summary In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.

Darwin Project

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Jan 13, 2020
Metascore
74
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Mixed or Average
6.8
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Metascore
74
80% Positive
8 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Jan 30, 2020
90
Gaming Nexus
Darwin Project takes the battle royale formula and turns it on its ear with simple survival mechanics and visceral axe combat. While hunting down your peers, be sure to keep warm, or else you will freeze to death all by yourself. With a tight map, fun and unique classes, and little in the way of intrusive monetization, Darwin Project feels fresh in a quickly crowding market. A battle royale game for those that didn't get hooked on the big titles, Darwin Project is an enjoyable competition with a great community.
Jan 31, 2020
80
Edge Magazine
This is a fresh take on the battle royale that deserves to be experienced. [Issue#342, p.106]
User score
Mixed or Average
6.8
48% Positive
35 Ratings
34% Mixed
25 Ratings
18% Negative
13 Ratings
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Aug 22, 2023
10
Quazder
I loved that game, sadly it died (+) Unique experience (+) Unique combat (+) Unique game
Sep 22, 2020
10
louislol123
Darwin Project is a Battle Royale game and it is AMAZING, so I will tell you why YOU should play it before it shut down. Darwin Project is a Battle Royale Game made Scavengers Studio a small Indie Studio based in Montreal, Canada. Unlike Pubg, Fortnite or Realm Royale this game has only 10 players per game. In the Darwin Project there is only Axe, Bow/Arrow, and Snowballs which is way more simple than a game like Apex Legends or Fortnite. Now lets talk about surviving because it is a BIG part of this game. In Darwin Project you will need to destroy trees to make a camp fire to warm yourself from the cold since the game is taking place in the north of Canada. You can also upgrade your weapons with Darwinium that you collect like wood. The Darwin Project map is great and i think that it is the best in all of the battle royale games But now lets talk about.. THE SHOW DIRECTOR, the show director is the director of the game and decide which zone will close and can give players challenge or many other sort of things. I played Apex Legends, Fortnite, pubg , free fire and Realm Royale but the Darwin Project is way more FUN. 10 on 10 scav good job!!!
Jan 23, 2020
80
Screen Rant
Its lean content may reflect the same kind of problem that many young multiplayer games have, but Darwin Project makes a little go a long way. All of its mechanics and features feed into one another extraordinarily well: the condensed, shifting map with a smaller number of players, the rapid pace leading to high-intensity close-range battles, and of course the Director role and spectator involvement all make for a thrilling and defiantly different battle royale. Darwin Project likely has a bright future ahead of it, and this is definitely a show worth checking out - especially since admission is free.
Jan 21, 2020
78
Digital Chumps
Taking only 10 people into a medium-sized map and letting them go at it is honestly a really great start for someone new like myself. The colors are a cool futuristic look and the map landscape is honestly cool itself, no freezing and snow puns intended. Some of the processes like buying ramen and just how exactly all your special abilities are hard to understand fully at times, but that is OK as the more you go the more you unlock. The way this made me feel was that this is a good starter. If you want to get into the Battle Royale landscape and have no clue how or where to start, Darwin Project is a good ‘starter kit’ for anyone. There are times where its hard to understand and figure out, but that’s OK. It’s a really good game to get you into the genre.
Feb 11, 2020
75
God is a Geek
The Darwin Project is a fun experiment with some solid ideas, but doesn't quite feel fleshed out or feature-rich enough to entirely recommend without caveat.
Jan 19, 2020
64
4P.de
Solid battle-royale with comic visuals and stronger survival influences than the competition, but also a serious lack of variety.
Jan 25, 2020
60
IGN
Darwin Project is a battle royale that doesn’t properly reward the time you put into it, lacking in both incentives to keep playing and variety when you do. It definitely has a few clever new ideas and combat that’s fun, if repetitive – but that’s about it. As it stands now, without a Battle Pass to reward playtime, actual loot to make scavenging more exciting, or additional modes and maps to mix things up, it’s hard to recommend over the competition.
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Mar 2, 2020
10
pedcrdoso
três palavras descrevem esse jogo: bom,divertido e viciante. baixem que não vão se arrepender.
Jan 17, 2020
10
Celsius91
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
Nov 22, 2025
9
STARC-Ratings
This is the most detailed Preview you will get here: Darwin Project is a Game it‘s Potential is waiting to be used, The Game offers a Game experience no other Battle Royale game does its system with coldness which forces you to get wood so you can warm you up with fire is unique in a battle Royale also its small players size per match makes it leds chaotic and more competitive in many 1 vs 1 in the match till you finally beat the final opponent and survive The 3 Gadgets you can choose before each match makes it more interesting and fun they all have its own advantages and disadvantages which makes it pretty balanced. You unlock new Abilities of the gadgets by playing and leveling up which rewards the players time in the Game, but since the Game doesn’t get the attention it deserves there’s no money to develop more gadgets and bring new wind to the game The Mechanic to play as a Show director is also a thing no other Battle Royale game has which makes the Game even more Unique and rises its potential in the Market even more As a Show Director you can influence the flow of the Match by Closing zones which is like moving the death zone in regular battle Royals this on its own is a very unique feature but thats not all, you can turn the tables of the Game by giving wood to a player, speed them up and heal them but also make some trouble by revealing the position of 2 players they can see eachother for 1 min them which mostly leads to closing the distance to them and leads to a fight at the end oryou can reveal all positions with a blood moon. The legendary cards of the Show Director really change the whole match by changing how players play that makes every game Unpredictable. Legendary Cards are: Open a Zone again, Lighter Gravity, Trees and Darwinium give 2x Ressources, A Nuke that will Kill all players in that Zone if they don’t manage to escape, Target a single Player by revealing its position and giving a huge reward of resources to the player managing to eliminate him, The floor is Lava in a zone, Blood Moon. Yes i am highly recommending this Game for players which want a challenge and unpredictable Matches and unique Mechanics no other game offers but please consider that it could take 2min - 30min to find a match but it mostly just starts after 5min - 15 min and often only with half full lobbies (5 players) cause as said it needs more attention but i am sure if we get more ppl playing Darwin Project, it has alot of potential to rise again and the developers also didn’t gave up on it yet
Jan 20, 2018
9
Shperax
AMAZING. This game is going to change Battle Royal as we know it. There is so much that makes this game good its nearly impossible to explain it to people. You need to play this game. The only issue i can see in the future is that without Battleye anti cheat support the game will be over run with cheaters (aimbots) and that will lead to its destruction. The shooting mechanics are VERY skill based and this will lead to a massive influx of people wanting aimbots. In its current state of Beta I give this 9/10. When they release the full game with custom matches and teams its a for sure 10/10. This easily has the potential to be a massive e-sports game. Wow I just can't believe it. Very exciting times to be gaming right now.
Apr 29, 2020
7
TotalyNormalGuy
Cool unique take on a battle royale that I really enjoy, but gets a bit old after a few games. I honestly can't bring myself to play another battle royale match anymore so that has influenced my review.
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