Game Information

Game Title: Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

Platforms:

  • Xbox Series X/S (May 23, 2025)
  • PlayStation 5 (May 23, 2025)
  • PC (May 23, 2025)

Trailers:

Developer: Questline

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 81 average - 95% recommended - 19 reviews

Critic Reviews

COGconnected - Mark Steighner - 80 / 100

Despite its lack of refinement, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is entertaining and addictive. It has a sprawling story and world to explore with dozens of hours of content. Its combat is more effective and engaging than you might expect. It’s a bit messy to be sure, but fans of classic RPGs are almost certain to enjoy Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon’s take on Arthurian mythology and old-school roleplaying games.

Digitally Downloaded - Matt Sainsbury - 4.5 / 5

There’s a real heart and soul to this project, and Poland has produced yet another developer that is well worth keeping an eye on.

DualShockers - Christian Bognar - 8 / 10

It’s a project where passion is on full display and I can’t wait to see what Questline does next.

Game Rant - Josh Cotts - 8 / 10

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon delivers a bleak, immersive RPG experience, though its clunky combat and unbalanced gear system hold it back.

Game8 - Michael Gerra-Clarin - 72 / 100

While dark fantasy open-world RPGs are nothing new, Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon is an ambitious open-world RPG that backs up its comparisons to the greats and is a worthy newcomer in a saturated market.

GamingBolt - Matt Bianucci - 8 / 10

Despite major technical issues, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is an exciting “Scrolls-like” that offers a tightly-scoped RPG experience that shows a ton of potential for the franchise and genre.

Hobby Consolas - Miguel Ángel Sánchez - Spanish - 82 / 100

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon achieves its ambitious goal: to follow in the footsteps of Skyrim and Oblivion, with a game that looks squarely at the classics. Tremendously fun and varied, it offers complete freedom to experience all kinds of adventures in Avalon, and its epic scale is a testament to the hard work of this independent team.

IGN Spain - Rafa Del Río - Spanish - 8 / 10

With a free exploration that works and a combat system that takes the best of the genre, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a new step in the western RPG. The Arthurian myth serves as the basis for a lore riddled with legends, fantastic creatures and mythical characters that merge with the story to create something with its own personality. Large areas to travel through, solid mechanics and unforgettable moments that take all the good things from the board game to create a title that, despite its budget problems, manages to shine within the current catalog.

Impulsegamer - 4.9 / 5

I’m always keen to dive into an RPG and open RPG’s provide a satisfying level of freedom but if the story telling isn’t there then interest can fade quickly. Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon doesn’t just hold that interest… it keeps piquing it. When you build your world upon an established legend it can be tempting to let the existing elements do all the heavy lifting… here that legend is simply the starting point and helps colour the world, but the new Lore is what really brings it to life! If you are a fan of the Arthurian legend you might well enjoy this furthering of the stories. If you enjoy open world RPG games… then definitely grab a copy!

Loot Level Chill - Mick Fraser - 8 / 10

Despite some obvious influences, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon manages to be an excellent action RPG with an interesting, dark world to explore.

Merlin’in Kazanı - Murat Oktay - Turkish - 87 / 100

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a dark fantasy open-world RPG inspired by Arthurian legend. With deep character builds, rich lore, and tactical combat, it’s a must-play for RPG veterans-despite some technical flaws.

PSX Brasil - Bruno Henrique Vinhadel - Portuguese - 80 / 100

Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon follows its inspirations to deliver a unique and excellently structured work for an open-world action RPG inspired by Skyrim and Oblivion, with a strong focus on freedom and an excellent dark fantasy presentation. Even so, several technical issues on the consoles will diminish the overall experience in its current state.

PlayStation Universe - John-Paul Jones - 8.5 / 10

A welcome surprise, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon really clicked with me. The Euro indie Skyrim that could, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon might not be as technically sound as other genre efforts, but across its 60-80 hour playtime there’s a lot to enjoy here, while its inventive take on Arthurian legends and surprisingly effective writing all add up to make it a compelling prospect for RPG fans everywhere that don’t want to wait 89 years for the next mainline Elder Scrolls title to drop.

RPGamer - Ezra Kinnell - 3.5 / 5

Not everyone is going to resonate with the creepier, darker tone, and the game’s technical state leaves much to be desired. However, those that do resonate with it will find an interesting, complex, intelligent narrative with the player being used both as a framing device and a driving force.

Shacknews - Lexi Luddy - 5 / 10

There are things I respect about Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. Its soundtrack, for one, is uniformly pretty good, and the game’s ambition is undeniable, but I can’t really say I enjoyed much of my time playing it, moment to moment. Occasional striking vistas and questlines can’t make up for a world that feels pretty inauthentic in its representation of a fictionalized version of Celtic culture, and the way you are forced to constantly wander it to complete straightforward missions makes it a space that is hard to enjoy exploring. And while there are interesting roleplaying narrative beats, that is rarely reflected in gameplay that railroads you into one of two playstyles.

Slant Magazine - 3.5 / 5

Despite these technical hiccups and the sense of artificiality that creeps into the open world on a macro scale, The Fall of Avalon’s intimate moments remain resonant—and, at their most evocative, enthralling.

Spaziogames - Italian - 8.5 / 10

While Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon may not shine from a technical standpoint and can feel like a patchwork of successful ideas reassembled in a new way, pulling off such a feat was far from easy. The developers never hid their (notable) sources of inspiration and have instead crafted a love letter to open-world role-playing games, brought to life through a compelling and well-executed dark fantasy atmosphere-one capable of winning over genre enthusiasts and, perhaps, drawing in newcomers as well. It took some time in early access to reach this point, but it was undoubtedly worth the wait.

The Games Machine - Emanuele Feronato - Italian - 8.5 / 10

The developers of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon call it a love letter to open world RPGs as if the game were just a tribute to the masterpieces of the genre such as Skyrim or Oblivion, when in fact we are dealing with a production with great personality, spectacular from an artistic point of view and with a plot entangled enough to stick us to the monitor for quite some time. The gameplay does not aim to innovate the genre, but it offers everything you could want from a modern role-playing game, reinterpreting the story of King Arthur in a dark key full of compelling combat.

Video Chums - A.J. Maciejewski - 8 / 10

With an impressive RPG throwback core game and oodles of high quality physical extras, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Collector’s Edition offers one nostalgic package that any fan of dark fantasy role-playing will absolutely adore. 👑