Disgaea 5 Complete

Disgaea 5 Complete

Steam Deck Verified

Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. · Strategy · Oct 22, 2018

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $19.99.

88%
Very Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 143 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
64% of themes are praise18% are divided18% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Thanks to these points, Disgaea 5 can have over 100 characters.
143 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Disgaea 5 Complete is one of the most ambitious and content-rich entries in Nippon Ichi Software’s long-running tactical RPG series, offering a massive blend of chaos, charm, strategy, and grind-heavy progression.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack features energetic tracks that fit the series’ identity, and both Japanese and English voice casts bring personality to every scene.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
-Disgaea 5 is a turn-based tactical RPG game that focuses on cartoony graphics, over-the-top effects and mechanics, and comedy about the afterlife and otherworldly powerful creatures and parody of anime tropes and other RPG games.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Please buy this when it gets patched (if it gets patched) or for steam deck/switch!
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
May Windows rest in Peace, because it looks like I will be using Linux in the near future.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters143 reviews
Gameplay68 reviews
Audio22 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Steam Deck16 reviews
Linux compatibility8 reviews
Controls6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat22 reviews
86%
Difficulty11 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes27 reviews
44%
Bugs9 reviews
78%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
51
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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