Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM. It is set in the fictional city of Revachol, where players assume the role of an amnesic detective investigating a murder. The game…
Disco Elysium is an adventure developed by ZA/UM, released 15 October 2019 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $7.89 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 33.1 hrs to finish.
What Disco Elysium is
Disco Elysium is an adventure game developed by ZA/UM and released in 2019. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the impoverished district of Martinaise within the city of Revachol, a detective wakes up in a trashed hostel room with no memory of who he is. A severe hangover and what appears to be drug-induced amnesia have erased his identity entirely. He is met by Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi, who informs him they have been assigned to investigate the death of a man found hanged in an empty lot behind the hostel. The victim's identity is unclear, and the scene suggests he was lynched by a group. As the amnesiac detective and his partner explore the district, following leads and helping residents, the detective gradually learns he is Harrier ""Harry"" Du Bois, a decorated officer of the Revachol…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are drama, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 45 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Disco Elysium holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 91, across 1,213 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 33.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 44.6 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $7.89, that works out to about $0.24 per hour of the main story, or $0.18 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 11 compatible video card (integrated or dedicated with min 512MB memory). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.89 at IndieGala, 80% below its usual price. Across the 5 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $10.00 — a spread of $2.11 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Disco Elysium launched on 15 October 2019, within three weeks of The Outer Worlds, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Outer Worlds, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Disco Elysium yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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