Demigod

Demigod
76
Metacritic
75
Steam
78.894
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Price
$4.99
Release date
14 December 2011
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Steam reviews score
Total
75 (890 votes)

Set in a magical world where gods walk among mortals, Demigod blends action, strategy and role-playing elements into a thrilling new experience.

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Demigod system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS:Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista SP1 / XP SP3
  • Processor:2.4 GHz Processor
  • Memory:512 MB RAM
  • Graphics:128 MB DirectX 9.0c 3D Video Card
  • DirectX®:dx90c
  • Hard Drive:8 GB HD space
  • Sound:DirectX 9.0c Compatible
  • Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection, also to activate this game you must create a Stardock account while launching the game on Steam.
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ButterflockeimMorgentau
Butterflockeim…

Way better than Dota 2 or LoL. More ways to win, better gameplay and more fun for me at all.
A secret pearl for this kind of games. i can just recommend it.
Stardock made with "Sins of the Solar Empire" another big one.
Both games are a little older but still winner :)

CRUSHDEBULLET
CRUSHDEBULLET

Classic strategy game, fun game mechanics. Infinitely better than League of Legends. However, it is an old game, so no one really plays it anymore.

Monsieur Tourette
Monsieur Tourette

I bought that game years ago and played a little. Now its says my CD key is registered to another account. And no obvious way to reset. What a scam.

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Kaiser Nizza L…

It's a refreshing break from more modern MOBA style games. It's not perfectly balanced, and it lacks a little of the variety of some other games, but it's fun to play, and easy to learn.

earl_of_omaha
earl_of_omaha

Got a lot of joy out of the game. Sadly, if you fall behind, there isn't really much you can do to catch up making the game feel inevitable.

Iggy
Iggy

TLDR: if you play against AI in mobas, get this. Otherwise move along

Can I recommend this? It's a good idea, but there are so many Quality of Life issues.This is a dead moba. If you have dual screens it will clip to the other monitor and if you click you'll exit the game. The itemization is basic but extremely expensive under normal rules. There's no training mode, no campaign, you just play matches. The heroes are pretty cool, seriously check rook out.

They're divided into generals and assassins. If that 2nd class is censored, the word is killers. Generals get minions, which you buy and summon and can get higher tiers of, the latter is like...more killing and utility oriented. Each hero is very well thought out, but by modern standards the roster is hilariously small. Maps are full of capture points, which include things like mana, health, and damage buffs for your team. You can even lock captures with purchased equipment. Almost every ability has a use time, so stuns are super crucial.

The camera sucks majorly. Also you have no Attack-move.

I like that you can boost your team. You want more tower HP? You want tower regen? More team XP? Faster respawns? More gold per second? All modifiable.

Again, this game keeps pullin you in just a little, then you realize "oh, man if this was modern it would suck".

The wiki is dead, user builds are pretty definitive, there's no competitive scene I care to look for.

Again, a lot of very well thought out ideas. No way would this have ever caught on as an esport game. If you play vs AI, this game rocks. If you play dota or LoL, stay the hellllll away.

Spikedpunchwolf
Spikedpunchwolf

Interesting skirmish style game. Rather underappreciated when it was first released. Certainly a must have for your collection.

Gray Grim
Gray Grim

wow this game is shit. it's like the developers looked at the EOTA warcraft mod then bashed their heads against a wall until the brain damage was just enough to make this.
The control scheme for this game is frustratingly awful. AT no point in a battle will you have any idea of what is happening or who is attacking you. All the minions are roughly the same size and have similar looks to the demigods, and they all throw sparkly particle effects. and that's not even counting the hugely massive demigods that block your field of view entirely. and even more wonderfully there is no attack move common to every other game A+Left click
Everything, everything has a seconds long cast time. And none of the heroes are balance against each other or their effect on minions

Bender
Bender

great game

only 13 hours on record but alot more hours playing offline

great game to play with a friend or 2

QueenlyVenomous
QueenlyVenomous

MEH, its OK nothing to write home about. My mother always said "if you dont have anything nice to say about something dont say anything" SO this is just like middle of the road. BUT has potential i just cant think honestly of anything creative they have done with this not already done. So MEH I mean its worth it if on sale but i cant recommend otherwise. THe replayability factor is a 1/10. With tons of bugs in game that doesnt allow you to place pillars or anything else to defend flags other than constant swarms of minions.

bolter1
bolter1

One of the original MOBA's featuring great maps, hero diversity and (with some of the mods) a challenging AI.
There are some path-ing issues on some of the maps and the AI struggles at times with the base game but never enough to diminish the enjoyment. Wish they had continued on with the game.

vamoosen
vamoosen

Used to work fine, but now after reinstalling its wants a Stardock account with some wired txt file upload. There is no online community and no option to play offline without an account

Good game. Garbage 3rd party account management. No online community

Jaimiee Boo
Jaimiee Boo

This is a fun dota type game. bot AI isnt entirely great but if you can get a full lobby of friends to play against, rounds can last for hours of fun and hold enjoyment for any good nerd :)

LEmpereur
LEmpereur

Well, that one is strange. It's MOBA, but without a good multiplayer :) Anyway, the developers did not copy DOTA and tried to bring something new.

tglaus1
tglaus1

Great MOBA. The best part is the simplicity in character selection. Other MOBA's charge you for new characters. This game picked 8 and got them all right

Wraith319
Wraith319

Easy game that can be played without internet for solo play. Visually appealing when settings turned up.

onewithout771
onewithout771

Solid game a groups of friends can jump onto for some quick fun. low learning curve, for fast cheep fun.

Vlade
Vlade

the game can be ok but there is a bug where when the mouse moves, the entire game freezes (windows 10, amd threadripper with 64 gb ram and Nvmes) this bug needs to be fixed before it can be recommended

Mr Tristan
Mr Tristan

The first game I ever purchased almost 10 years ago, will always hold a place in my heart. Heroes are interesting but combat a bit too slow and a dead community makes me sad.

skynetdrezden
skynetdrezden

I remember first seeing the banner for this game in a Walmart as a kid. "A god has fallen," and will you take his place? Now years later, I take up the challenge, slaying my demigod brethren and sistren (I never liked them, anyways), to claim my rightful mantle. (Not my mantel, had to look that one up to be sure. Fireplaces are groovy and all but maybe not worth killing over...)

At least, that's the background. The actual gameplay is not the story-driven RTS I'd thought, but rather a fun little MOBA.

It's got good looking maps, several game modes, a cast of heroes and villains with cool backstories and unique powers, and a suitable soundtrack. I just played a few bot matches, but this would be great fun with a group of friends, for sure.

*| Lion Heart |*
*| Lion Heart |*

If you ever played dota...this is much better, without the toxic player base, and it allows for global map upgrades, as well as team upgrades, thus creating more depth, and positive team support mechanics.

Rick O The Terrible
Rick O The Terrible

Took the recommendation of a friend from back in the day on this horrible atrocity. I was a huge fan of the Black and White Series that came out, decided to give it a whirl on a friends heavy recommendation. Realized that friend had terrible taste in games and this was one of them. Please do yourself a favor, it's a novelty.

Xeonzs
Xeonzs

Still love this game, had it on DVD when I was younger, still come back to this every now and then to play a few singleplayer games or play with my wife against the AI.

Game is 12 years old but still looks beautiful and the pacing is just right, none of this ADHD stuff you see in dota, LoL or that kind of shite.

Also for you people calling it a clone, perhaps you should stop talking trash, this was released before LoL and HotS did, the only inspiration it could've had were WC3 custom maps like dota and they took a different direction.

oushn
oushn

One of the most promising games back in the days, too bad it had died before even making it to the scene.
It's still a fun game to play singleplayer from time to time, although even the Nightmare difficulty is not so "Nightmare".

ZENNI
ZENNI

Join the Demigod community on steam to play games together. Great game if you play with other people!

Demigod Players is the group name.

lorddrakmord
lorddrakmord

Amazing wish theyd made a series of these. or like idk added more characters. Oculous is a thing of beauty though Koodos on that character add. guess ill go start searching the interwebs of netting to see if the company made any new titles related too Demigod. Play this game fr, like league or smite, but funner XD

EnigmaticAJ
EnigmaticAJ

The game is rather old so expect it to be dead. It only has Skirmish vs A.I for singleplayer. But that set aside besides some development issues with A.I and pathfinding etc. This game is actually really neat and fun. If you can get some friends to join you then it will be better. Only buy it if it is on sale but it isnt a garbage game or anything. Just an old game that never got the kickstart it needed so it died before it got out of its early stages. I got it because I remember playing it when it first came out and it was a blast. Nothing is more satisfying than killing with a rook 1. If development were to ever happen again (I doubt it ever will due to how old it is) then I would easily pay full price again. But since it is abandoned only buy it when it is on sale.

wtf, Blink au Telemanus
wtf, Blink au …

I've never been able to play this game since buying it years ago. The Stardock key registration does not work. A quick Google search reveals I'm by no means alone. As far as I'm concerned Stardock Entertainment has stolen my money, and they deserve to be out of business.

Whatever you do, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. It's a scam.

xXRasta_TeaXx
xXRasta_TeaXx

This game is an absolute, underrated gem of a masterpiece. the only thing that saddens me is so few people know about it, it's hard to find any online lobbies. I'm always hoping the day comes where this game blows up like it should have.

idojenkem
idojenkem

this game should have been a MOBA classic. it had so many pioneering features for its time that even now would be great in a new game.

Flabber
Flabber

I played this game back in the days of games for windows - live.
and holy moly was that the nightmare of PC gaming but I won't go into detail about that trash bin of ass

this game here, yes is older, but it's fun if you want a decent RTS/moba hybrid.
the A.I. is a little FullT but that's par for the course?
best games I could compare it to are starcraft/warcraft for rts and maybe dota/lol for the moba aspect.
for 5.49 and a handful of friends it's well worth the price.

a few modes where you can have 4v4 or 5v5 is intense and chaotic like the card game! RIP
thanks for coming out to my mischief. 🐭 🐁🐀🐀🐀

Dan Debauchery USA
Dan Debauchery USA

Demigod

Pros-

#1.Fun MOBA / RTS game

#2.Multiple Demigods to pick from

#3.The single player experience on a hard enough difficulty

#4.Some reviews claim we can play a LAN version with friends

#5.You can make the game much harder or easier

Cons-

#1.Graphics looking old

#2.DRM makes it a pain to play the game for first time or on a new computer.You will need to open a stardock account

Once you get past this it is no longer an issue and it ran fine on windows 10.

#3.Online multiplayer is dead

As I said some reviews claim we can play a LAN version with friends though.

#4.No story

Single player content is just skirmish with the computer

The Bottom Line -

I like Demigod even just to kill an hour with bots.They should have made the game free on steam because it would have really helped the popularity and had DLC.

I like Demigod more than Dota 2.I just could never get into that.

If you interested in trying it wait for it to go on a 75% off sale and that should be around $3 with tax.

I hope a new version of the game is made with 2022 graphics.

lanceosaurus
lanceosaurus

Great and classic tower defence game with a twist in that you get to control a demigod and crush your enemy!

mikki_yusi
mikki_yusi

As a guy, who had played this game, even before Steam got popular, I can say that this is the best game for those who only starts to play Dota2, but doesn't know how the mechanics work. But because it is old enough, there is no online. However, even playing with bots can be annoying, because in Nightmare mode they are invincible. Thank you for nostalgy, Stardock Entertainment.

tkchurm
tkchurm

Graphics and videos were extremely misleading in the previews. Game doesn't play at all like it was advertised.

GhastlyPompano
GhastlyPompano

Has some fun characters. It's much slower so it's not as much about reaction time and mechanics as league of dota. Very nice!

Nightbringer
Nightbringer

A broken product

Even with community patches game is a mess. AI randomly stops playing. Game balance is non existent.

It is the only moba where... heroes can dive into nexus and be only slightly annoyed by turrets. They can easily heal themselves to full. Teleport out themselves out of a battle.

It is the only moba where... trying to damage enemy hero is meaningless. You can dps him for all eternity, you will do slightly more damage than a minion to the point it is not even worth it. Game is made solely on late game scaling where some generals simply get insane. Mostly not because of their own kit or build, but due to getting percentage bonus from minions.

It is the only moba where... early to mid game does not matter. Turrets have insane amounts of health and can be cheaply improved even more. Trying to rush opponents with offensive minions only results in feeding them. You can destroy few towers if you are lucky, out of several layers of defence. In a grand scheme of things, it is nothing as turrets do little damage and can soak up a lot of damage. Late game revolves solely by coming in massive waves of creeps and overwhelming enemies. You on the other hand spend first half of a game doing pretty much very little. Just standing and soaking and constantly recapturing flags. Anything else like ganking would see you quickly falling of xp race and becoming useless.

Pacing is not fine, it is atrocious. There is very little to do. Heroes are imbalanced between each other. Some can just kill other heroes while good portion of a roster simply doesn't have neither dps or abilities to defend themselves. Assassins can just go past all towers and kill them. Game is a complete mess from gameplay perspective. From technical side, game can't handle alt-tab. It always has a massive lag spike during first blood. Some heroes are locked away from a player for no explained reason. It lacks character, heroes are literally just saying 1 phrase.

Being the first did not translated into being better

Even if it was the first commercial moba, it doesn't mean that it was good. There is a good reason why there isn't any dedicated following for this game and why nobody remembers it. It is a primordial moba game one who builds on previous mod experience by improving it in every way. However, it does not improve it enough and the things which it added to be unique are unrefined and ultimately takes away from the experience.

Even back in 2009, I had played League of Legends which was vastly superior. It had working wave mechanics, working turret mechanics, a lot more dynamic gameplay via ganking and jungle. Heroes were a lot more responsive. Leveling was a lot more meaningful. This game tries to be a lot more strategic and focus on overall long term team strategy. However, that is not exciting. Creating strategies which would give you 1000 more gold after 10 minutes than your opponent is not an exciting gameplay. Getting 10% more turret damage is not an exciting gameplay. Game is too slow, too tedious, too unresponsive.

Conclusion

Even with community support this game is an unfinished products. Developers had screwed themselves with a poor launch, poor monetization model. They also did not had resources to provide content and longevity which realistically only online game would need in order to keep players engaged. That is more, its own mechanics do not work. It is not more fun to play, it is inferior to its competitors in most ways. Even if it was a first, it is a game which is rightfully forgotten by history as an insignificant stepping stone to modern mobas.

kekmclolz3
kekmclolz3

If you buy this game you will likely be unable to even play it. The registration system is completely broken. This is essentially a single player dota game inferior to LoL with less polish. The gameplay is so-so, but even being able to play the game under the current verification system is near impossible. I couldn't have a more negative opinion of a game.

Rainbow
Rainbow

A ten year old game got a mean new drm, better get an old drm free version, the game itself is very good, this version is VERY bad.

ΔPEX™
ΔPEX™

I have plalyed this game for years is a ton of fun and in its hayday was a blast online . I suggest you check it out maybe we can return it to glory

whocares916
whocares916

bought this game in 2013
cant rember any acct or pw i might of used back then
just want to play single player offline but cant

that alone i rate this game as nothing more than garbage

Timevans999
Timevans999

gas powered genius major thumbs up. If this game got adopted it could be amazing.

Meynolt
Meynolt

Registration process is quite weird and took me a few attempts to get to work.

Otherwise it's a good game.

The Stranger
The Stranger

Such a fun, awesome MOBA style game. Bought the physical copy way back when it first came out and had so much fun with it.

I like that you not only upgrade your own hero\demigod, but can spend money improving your troops, towers, how much experience all demigods get in your team, etc. You can also play it offline and as a singleplayer experience (the bots are quite good, imo). A shame it never got the chance to shine.

Highly recommend this title!

jacob_gray
jacob_gray

I first played this game not long after launch on, let's be honest, a cracked version of the game at a friends place (university=poverty). I have since purchased the game and it is one of my default let's-kill-some-time games. Not overly complex but with enough strategy that after all these years I still get smashed sometimes.
A fun game to one player tournaments or even better played with friends.

emeraldempire
emeraldempire

It is League of Legends before League of Legends. No one plays multiplayer anymore, but single player is still fun.

ZebraFox
ZebraFox

R.I.P. Demigod I loved you so much
you will always live on in my memories

Tempheror
Tempheror

Iunno. Game's a bit standard if I remember. Plays alright, but most lane mobas are all the same to me. Modding scene is pretty active, or so I here.

vertebrotherapie
vertebrotherapie

First and original moba. Sadly its only offline.

Wheat Rat
Wheat Rat

Actually pretty enjoyable, but the community is long gone and it always worked a little janky. Fun with a friend.

dcf2
dcf2

It wasn't working and i couldn't figure out why the other day, it kept crashing. Tried it today and it worked. I had steam closed when the game was open this time so maybe it has something to do with that.

Good game if you can get it to work.

Azaghoolio
Azaghoolio

just make sure that you have no troubles/difficulties in your internet connection. Superb game, some connective challenges apply.

bigbrojosh
bigbrojosh

Not a real big MOBA guy, but this game's something special. A hidden gem. Gotta love it.

Anonymous
Anonymous

The graphics and gameplay are vibrant and fluid.

Unfortunately, it does not have a single player campaign and you are unlikely to find a game in multiplayer.

Arie
Arie

its really focking hard to get running correctly it seems

Undeadsniper714
Undeadsniper714

my first ever moba , its ight, could use some work but still enjoyable

edwardwinters2009
edwardwinters2009

Great game. Many different charcetrs much to do and enjoy. lots of maps doesnt get boring
i would reate this 10 ou tof 20

Sand Dune
Sand Dune

First moba i ever played, without relizing it was a moba.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Good combo of team play and solo responsibility. Coming back after 7 year break

kogar
kogar

An annoying game that seemed fun but was unbalanced, took multiple tries over years to get it to even work which by then had all of it's multiplayer servers down so it was just bots and other moba's are far better anyway.