GRIM TRIALS REVIEW

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Gold Pact Goblins Publisher Soft Source @SSourcePublish Developer Glory Jam @rollinggloryjam.

This is released in the UK on the 20/08/2026 and in the UK is priced at £15.99.

INTRODUCTION

Prove your worth. Hack and blast your way through the Grim Trials. Explore the (after)life of the Academy – a training ground for aspiring Grim Reapers. Befriend fellow Reapers, learn from your mentors, and uncover the secrets of your life and love before your death.

FEATURES

COMING OF AGE IN THE AFTERLIFE Play as Avelin, a young woman who has met an untimely end, and found herself recruited as one of Death’s many Reapers. Tasked to hunt down impure souls, face her demons, and fight her way through an underworld of her own making, Avelin must endure these trials to become a full-fledged Reaper and see her still-living love once again.

REAP THEIR SOULS Endless hex-grid arenas filled with monsters, traps, sinful souls, and 7 sacrilegious bosses await. Slay them all with a variety of customizable scythes, crossbows, and powerful Blessings from the Gods of Death around the world. Master the scythe and crossbow to maximize damage to your foes with a unique combat system that rewards clever use of your dual-wielded weapons.

GATHER MATERIALS + CRAFT EQUIPMENT The spoils of battle are the tools of your trade. Gather materials from the battlefield and work with your mentors in the arcane arts to craft new and ever more powerful weapons, armor, and consumables.

CUSTOMIZE GEAR + CREATE PERSONALIZED BUILD Every reaper carves their own path! Mix and match your crafted equipment with skills gained from investing in an expansive skill tree at the start of every run, then choose carefully from the randomized Blessings you obtain mid-run to create powerful builds!

A NEW LIFE AFTER DEATH Explore The Academy, built for the training and arming of Death’s various Reapers. Seek enlightenment from mentors, take on quests to build your relationships, and unlock sage advice, knowledge, and powerful support from your peers. Learn the stories of the dead by interacting with the Academy’s denizens.

LOVE CONQUERS DEATH Coming of age in the afterlife was certainly not the plan, but dying means little to the already-dead, and love unyielding wields power no god can rival. Every time Avelin falls in battle, the experience and materials you’ve earned stay with her. Live, fight, die, then live again, over and over until the promise is kept.

FAN ART

Story is fun and interesting.

Enemies own look, attacks to learn and some very aggressive.

Art style nice and detailed.

Characters that you meet all have own look and own personality to them.

Skills cool make own builds to suit own playstyle.

Items, Gear all have own look, uses, stats.

Level up perks, help during runs to try new styles and all own feel.

Difficult as easy to die in fights.

Can be daunting as alot of items need make stuff such as potions and much more.

Can be annoying as easy to get mobbed and die, especially in boss fights.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall the story is fun and the characters all have own look, personality with nice art style, skills cool as make builds to suit own playstyle and the items and gear all have own look, uses and own stats with tons of level up options to try new builds with own feel. However for £15.99, it difficult as easy die in fights and can be daunting as alot of items need to make stuff like potions, more and can be annoying as easy as get mobbed especially in boss fights.

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Story is fun and interesting.
Enemies own look, attacks to learn.
Art style nice and detailed.
Characters own look, personality.
Skills cool make own builds playstyle.
Items, Gear own look, uses, stats.
Level up perks help runs and all own look, feel.

Difficult as easy die in fights.
Can be daunting as alot of items need make stuff like potions, more.
Can be annoying as easy get mobbed and die, especially in boss fights.