Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, a 2025 sport with severe Skyrim vibes, has simply introduced that it is offered a complete of 1 million copies. Although Skyrim remains to be thought-about to be the most effective RPGs of the trendy age, followers have been taking part in it for nearly 15 years at this level. With that in thoughts, it is nice to see a form of continuation of Skyrim‘s essence in video games like Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon.
Again in 2021, developer Questline and writer Awaken Realms launched Tainted Grail: Conquest, a roguelike deckbuilder primarily based on a dark fantasy version of Arthurian legend created by Polish fantasy and Sci-Fi author Krzysztof Piskorski. Tainted Grail: Conquest obtained a really sturdy reception from critics upon its 2021 launch, with it getting an 80 Prime Critic Common on OpenCritic.
In March 2023, Questline and Awaken Realms launched Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon by way of Steam Early Access. Whereas set in the identical darkish fantasy universe as Conquest, The Fall of Avalon is a primary/third-person action-RPG by which gamers create a customized character and set off to discover an open world crammed with monsters. After simply over two years in early entry, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon launched in full on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X/S, the place it gained speedy consideration on-line for sharing many gameplay and presentation qualities with Skyrim, comparable to an identical fight system and an identical UI structure. Although it did not rating fairly as extremely as its deckbuilding predecessor, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon nonetheless obtained a 77 Prime Critic Common on OpenCritic, with 71% of critics recommending the sport.
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Hits 1 Million Copies Bought
On January 20, 2026, Questline and Awaken Realms formally introduced that Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon had offered 1 million copies throughout all platforms. It managed to achieve this spectacular milestone in round eight months, which is not any small feat for a single-player RPG hooked up to a reasonably unknown IP. That determine is very spectacular given the sheer quantity of competitors Tainted Grail was going through final 12 months, with Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Trails within the Sky 1st Chapter, and Oblivion Remastered all releasing in 2025.
To have fun reaching 1 million copies offered, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is at present 20% off on Steam, dropping its value from the same old $44.99 to $35.99. Although it does not look like a part of this particular celebration, The Fall of Avalon can be on sale by way of the PlayStation Store, with it receiving a 30% discount, dropping it to $31.49. These utilizing Steam can even get a 20% discount on Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon‘s ‘Sanctuary of Sarras’ expansion, which provides round 15 hours of recent content material to the RPG together with the titular new space, new characters, new development techniques, and new gear to unlock.
What’s Subsequent for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon?
Developer Questline has been pretty tight-lipped about what’s subsequent for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. When the Sanctuary of Sarras growth launched, Questline acknowledged that this was Tainted Grail‘s “first growth,” which might counsel that there are plans to make at the very least yet another. That stated, provided that Sanctuary of Sarras solely launched on December 15, 2025, it is unlikely that followers will get to expertise one other full-sized DLC for fairly a while. Within the meantime, followers can take a look at the Tainted Grail board video games or the Tainted Grail TTRPG, the latter of which has a brand new chapter that is at present being funded by way of Kickstarter.
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Might 23, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Use of Medicine
- Developer(s)
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Questline
- Writer(s)
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Awaken Realms
Supply: Steam
