DOM RUSALOK
Skip · Narrative · 2021
The verdict
SKIP IT.
The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.
- Length
- 3.2h 4.5h to 100%
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 79% of 239 positive
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Russia in the ‘90s. A provincial town at the edge of the crumbling Soviet Empire. A group of kids faces the disturbing horror they are unable to comprehend – the DØM RUSALOK. This is a place where the worst nightmares come true.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Against its own genre it lands in the top 30 percent on value. Among the games that feel like it, Amanda the Adventurer 2 ($9.99, scores 54) beats it on value, while it beats Truberbrook / Trüberbrook ($29.99, scores 24).
The drop-off
84% start to 18% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I really wanted to like this game. The story is fine (if vague), the gameplay is basic but serviceable, but the atmosphere/aesthetic is very strong and that sort of thing is usually enough to carry me through a game like this. Unfortunately, DØM RUSALOK has one fatal flaw that makes it almost unbearable to play - the walk speed is abominably slow. It took nearly two months for me to try the game again after my first...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's kinda neat, but hard to recommend. Lot's of nostalgia all over the place. Kinda neat atmosphere. Gameplay is a bit janky though. Story builds up, but feels unresolved.
I always struggled to buy this game cause it was rather expensive But now, that it's FREE forever, I finally played it It's really fun I'm not a big fan of side scrollers but this one got me You play in old Russia as a Teen and have to do things Move to grandma, meet new friends, discover secrets... it's all a lil weird It was really a pleasure to see all the different characters that you play, their own stories and...
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Cite this score
DOM RUSALOK scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1281420/dom-rusalokReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.