100
Dusk is a mixture of everything good that the 1990s gave to action games. The fun returns in a form of a straightforward retro shooter, which is intense and dynamic like a ride in a sport car with manual gearbox. Great experience not only because of nostalgia. [Issue#293]
65
Dusk does a decent job at recreating elements that were fun in Doom, Quake or Wolfenstein 3D, but as a whole it lacks a direction other than being a love letter to classic FPS games, a homage assembled out of components that do not always fit together well. [02/2019, p.42]
80
Dusk does not reinvent the wheel and has no intention to do so. It offers wonderfully fast-paced and robust first person action that mostly lives up to classics like Doom or Quake. Add some great level design and a bold art style, and you get a retro experience that would have been an instant classic, if it had been released 23 years ago.
10
Fantastically old school FPS that feels like something from the elden days really fun!
8
Great world-building. Fantastic music. Creative level design. They nailed the feel of bouncing around in games like Quake, and built a genuinely creepy and fun game around it. My main complaint is that some weapons are objectively much better than others, so as things get harder you pretty quickly get forced into using the same couple of weapons while ignoring the rest. The games of this genre that I've enjoyed the most have revolved around switching between well-balanced weapons to take advantage of their various strengths, but that aspect just isn't here. Still a great game.
8
One of the best boomer shooters of nowadays. Some levels have pretty meh level design, but that's it!
DUSK
Released On:
Dec 10, 2018
Metascore
Generally Favorable
88
User score
Generally Favorable
8.3
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Apr 4, 2019
100
Dusk is a mixture of everything good that the 1990s gave to action games. The fun returns in a form of a straightforward retro shooter, which is intense and dynamic like a ride in a sport car with manual gearbox. Great experience not only because of nostalgia. [Issue#293]
Dec 14, 2018
92
It’s the closest you’ll get to that feeling of shooters from yesteryear, and you’d do yourself a disservice as a shooter fan by missing it. Buy Dusk. Beat Dusk. Then ramp up the difficulty or dive into the Endless mode or multiplayer to get your fill. It’s been too long, my friend. Far too long.
User score
Generally Favorable
8.3
77% Positive
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Feb 16, 2026
10
Fantastically old school FPS that feels like something from the elden days really fun!
Sep 7, 2025
10
After a little over 3 hours on DUSK, with having finished the first episode; I could confirm this game is incredible. The presentation is on point! The sound design, the soundtrack, the colour grading and general art style sells you the game's rural horror lovecraftian-ish **** combat design too are amazing. It took everything that made Quake worked and made it it's own thing! From the non-linear level design as well as the enemy boss fight **** easy 10/10 from me. An amazing addition to my gaming library, and a must-play for any fan of Boomer shooters.
Dec 14, 2018
90
While Dusk is a throwback to an older type of game, it’s excellent in its own right, loaded with content and an absolute blast to tear through from start to finish.
Sep 29, 2017
90
Dusk has the backwoods setting of Blood and Redneck Rampage, the forbidding atmosphere and murky palette of Quake, the tight, sharp action of Doom, and the subtle sense of place and interactivity of Duke Nukem 3D. Essentially, Dusk is a retro shooter fan’s dream come true.
Dec 13, 2018
88
The first-person shooter has evolved a great deal since Doom popularized the genre in 1993, but, in spite 25 years of innovations, Dusk proves that many of the old tricks still work incredibly well. Dusk might look and feel like a Quake mod, but it's so polished it feels modern. Anyone with even a hint of nostalgia in their bones for classic shooters should dive headfirst into Dusk.
Jan 11, 2019
80
Dusk does not reinvent the wheel and has no intention to do so. It offers wonderfully fast-paced and robust first person action that mostly lives up to classics like Doom or Quake. Add some great level design and a bold art style, and you get a retro experience that would have been an instant classic, if it had been released 23 years ago.
Mar 25, 2019
65
Dusk does a decent job at recreating elements that were fun in Doom, Quake or Wolfenstein 3D, but as a whole it lacks a direction other than being a love letter to classic FPS games, a homage assembled out of components that do not always fit together well. [02/2019, p.42]
Jul 14, 2025
10
Good boomer shooter. A little simple gameplay wise but it has a really cool horror flavor
Nov 21, 2022
7
Everything was put together really well, but...
Episode 1 is great, Episode 2 is fine, Episode is mostly good. Levels are either the size of a stadium or a McDonald's playplace. Gunfights are fun, that grenade launcher Weapon is awkward to use. I believe a 7/10 is good, but metacritic doesn't.
Nov 17, 2020
7
Eski doom usulü aksiyonu ve müziğiyle oynaması zevkli, bölüm tasarımlarıyla sıkıcılıktan uzak kalmayı başaran dikkate değer bir eser.
Feb 13, 2025
2
Retro FPS style is nice, but clunky controls, repetitive combat, and lack of innovation make it feel outdated and dull
Oct 1, 2021
0
Boring and bland. got passed ep 1, and the only thing I got out of that was mild motion sickness. It's suppose to be a doom shooter but I don't see what the fuss is about with this game. it's a hard pass for me.
SummaryBattle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
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- PC
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date:Dec 10, 2018
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