Diablo III
Diablo III is the third installment in Blizzard's franchise. The game, like its predecessors, is a dungeon crawler in which the player fights against hordes of enemies ranging from beasts and undead to actual…
Diablo III is an adventure developed by Blizzard Entertainment, released 15 May 2012 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 66.2 hrs to finish.
What Diablo III is
Diablo III is an adventure game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Havok Physics.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game takes place in the dark fantasy world of the Diablo series twenty years after the events of Diablo II. Deckard Cain and his niece Leah are in the Tristram Cathedral investigating ancient texts regarding an ominous prophecy. Suddenly, a mysterious star falling from the sky strikes the Cathedral, creating a deep crater into which Deckard Cain disappears.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Diablo series
Diablo III is the seventh of 27 entries we hold in the Diablo series. It arrived 11 years after Diablo: Battle Chest. The next entry was Diablo III: Collector's Edition in 2012. Its critic score of 83 is 2 points below the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred at 91.
How it was received
Diablo III holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 961 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 66.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 161 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Diablo III launched on 15 May 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead, Max Payne 3, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition and Prototype 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead, Max Payne 3, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Prototype 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Diablo III yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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