- Role-playing (RPG), Action
Disgaea Mayhem is a brand-new 3D action RPG from an all-star team consisting of director Shunsuke Minowa, character designer Takehito Harada, and composer Tenpei Sato.
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Unpretentious, plot-driven, contemporary and warm.
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The Outerhaven ProductionsScott AdamsJul 20264/5 starsDisgaea Mayhem is a fun time and adds a new gameplay style to the mix of Disgaea. You still work on pumping up your numbers, but in a Musou-style engine. It is a load of fun, but it is not the Disgaea Warriors many Musou lovers might be wanting.
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GamingBoltVarun KarunakarJul 20267/10Disgaea Mayhem is light, breezy, and charming, but that isn't enough to overcome the nagging feeling that it could have been a lot more than it currently is.
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DualShockersMurillo ZerbinattoJul 20266.5/10Disgaea Mayhem is a solid entry into the action RPG genre for the franchise, successfully carrying over the nonsensical plot, core mechanics, and boundless progression that the series is celebrated for.
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Nintendo LifeEthan ZackJul 20265/10Playing Disgaea Mayhem almost feels like peeking into an alternate universe where NIS' flagship series began life as an action RPG, rather than a tactical one. Plenty of the franchise's iconic, over-the-top RPG systems are present and accounted for, and they graft surprisingly well onto Mayhem's core hack-and-slash loop.The problem is that said loop isn't fleshed out nearly enough, with shallow and repetitive combat that loses its lustre quickly. Couple that with a forgettable story and a bizarrely short runtime, and Disgaea Mayhem barely ends up making much of an impression at all. It's an interesting novelty, but I'm fine staying in the timeline where Disgaea keeps tactical battles as its bread and butter.
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Pure NintendoKirk HinerSep 20265/10Disgaea Mayhem does a great job of presenting the loveable Disgaea vibe in an action RPG setting. But that setting is pretty thin and unrewarding, especially considering the limited content provided for the asking price.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Nippon Ichi Software
- Publisher
- Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America
- Released
- January 29, 2026
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 6.3/10 from 1 ratings.
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