After patch 1.01.00, Steam reviews turned very positive

On the day patch 1.01.00 shipped, Crimson Desert’s Steam reviews moved from mixed to very positive. The same curve is on Metacritic: the user score reached 8.7 and, in the note, rises almost daily.

Players write that the shortcomings remain, but inside a large world and the exploration they move to the background. The one flaw the text singles out as admitted by the studio itself is the story.

The writer already places the game closer to a 2026 game-of-the-year conversation, without naming it the winner. This is a reaction to the patch, not a new trailer.