Dinkum on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
G'Day there! Get ready to start a new fair Dinkum life. Explore an island inspired by the wild Australian outback, featuring tropical eucalyptus forests, scorching deserts, and cool billabongs.
Dinkum is a early access, open world survival craft and agriculture game
developed by James Bendon
and published by KRAFTON and Inc..
Released on July 14th 2022 is available only on Windows
in 14 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Indonesian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil and Korean.
It has received 23,129 reviews of which 21,434 were positive and 1,695 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Dinkum into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-13100 / AMD Ryzen 3 4100
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1650 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
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This is not Animal crossing from down under. This game is actually A cozy looking version of Diablo Yeah, you kinda help out town folks and some fruits. But your main game loop is dive into this Mouth-of-Hell-in the-Middle-of-the-Village dungeon, each level more infernal, so you loot, come back, and upgrade.
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Nice game, fun and low-stakes, though it admittedly hasn't held me as much as I was hoping for. That said, I'm finally leaving a review to try and balance out the overblown reaction to Krafton's involvement. Fair's fair, the announcement was very opaque and poorly handled. On Steam. Out of nowhere there's a news update about personal information transfer, suddenly invoking the name of a new company instead of clarifying that, "Hey, Dinkum has a publisher to take care of some of the overhead now!" It's made much clearer on Discord what is actually going on, for those like me who might have had their hackles raised by the announcement. Here are the important points you're looking for: - Krafton is now the game's publisher. They will be handling the game's socials (Discord, YouTube, etc.), though not exclusively; there will be additional language support; and a mobile port. Yes, it's entirely possible the mobile port will be reduced to an MTX-fueled nightmare, but that is there, not here. - Krafton will be receiving about as much user data as James had to begin with; which is to say, whatever Steam shares with any publishers and anyone you've ever bought something from on Steam before. We're not talking about a game that had any invasive telemetry to begin with, here. - James Bendon is still the developer. He has not passed the reins on to anyone else. If you're too lazy to read the privacy policy, it's actually one of the more digestible ones I've seen and here is the section on exactly what data is collected: 1) Identifiers such as, SteamID64, nickname, IP address, email address, language, nationality, etc.; 2) Device or Network Information such as, OS version, etc.; 3) Game information, such as information about crash report and system activity details(game setting, play date/time, etc.); and 4) Purchase information, such as purchase date, items, etc. This is effectively the bare minimum. This is about what you're sharing simply by running a game on Steam in the first place. So if you are extremely opposed to a bog standard publisher based in South Korea having access to that data then hey, more power to you, genuinely. But what are you doing on Steam in the first place if you're the gamer equivalent of a vegan and Itch and GOG exist? I would wager a car that 80% of the people I see screeching about this arrangement just saw the words "user data" and went berzerk, despite having a dozen far more invasive games in their library already. Otherwise, this is just a poorly-communicated and completely unremarkable revelation that the game now has a publisher and is going to be getting more language support.
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Dinkum is really fun! It's not perfect (will get to that later) but if you are addicted to farming/crafting/foraging gameplay loop like me then you owe it to yourself to give Dinkum a try. It doesn't stray so far from the normal things you are used to (yes you donate to a museum, yes you try and make friends with all the villagers, yes you have a stamina bar) but I think it leans enough away from other games to hold it's own well enough. The look of the game is great and it's forgiving in many ways that other games are not. The Good: -When you run out of time you are not forced to sleep, you are in a "Late Night" status that means you have basically no stamina but you can spend all the time you like decorating, crafting stuff, etc. at the end of the day if you want. This really helps remove the stress of rushing back home that is anti-relaxation -Once you unlock power tools being able to change the landscape and make a town is a treat -I like that they keep the entire game on theme with the Aussie outback and it's a great change of pace from other games -Fishing game is not annoying (to me) and pretty intuitive, lots of different fish but not too many -Vehicles and tele-pads are amazing I love riding around on the jetski -Wishing well is a great add -Lots of great outfits and tools The Mid: -The stamina system was changed recently which I hated at first but with food being buffed it kind of works better now, if you stack different readily available meals you can get a lot done. That said it does kind of take a lot of setup to get there and I think the game really would benefit from a leveling system that can IMPROVE BASE STATS over time so you feel like you are actually getting stronger -Trapping animals is a fun mechanic but having to get two separate in game letters (one with your trap being returned and one with the money is kind of meh). They should give you your trap back immediately and then send you be money later in one letter -It feels a little bad that most my income is RNG stuff like finding fossils/rubies/amber and not more normal day-to-day things. I go from being broke to totally rich so fast The Bad: -Skill leveling is very poorly balanced with how fast/slow they level. Mining levels up like crazy because of the incentive for getting ore for crafting and fossils for huge easy money. Farming, which takes way more money, effort and time to setup and maintain, levels up pitifully slow... it's an absolute joke. They say that seed makers are a better way to get farming XP but that is stupid as hell; farming should be the biggest gain to farming XP -No romance options; NPC friendships are pretty surface level in general -Cooking sucks because most meals need ingredients from part of progression that take quite a while to unlock so by the time you can craft interesting meals you are basically done unlocking the game -I should be able to put tiles under the edges of places buildings -I should be able to more easily move buildings late-game to make a perfect town... I don't want to have to pay for it or wait a day -Planting seeds and trees is abhorrent, it's so awkward having to dig a hole, swap to a seed, drop a seed in the hole, and go back to the shovel to fill it again I absolutely hate it Still got Dinkum it's pretty great!
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This game is an absolute delight to play! As you can see, I have a lot of hours invested in this game for a reason. I love the adventure at the beginning when you are just surviving and collecting items and getting everyone moved in and set up. I also love the wonderful decorating aspect of the game once you are ready to create the town just the way you want it. I love the treasure hunting aspect as well in the mines and at the islands. The developer has added wonderful new things and new experiences with each update. The quality-of-life things he has added make this game even better! I even love the new stamina system. It prevents you from accidentally passing out from too much exertion. This game draws me back in constantly because you can always create new islands when you choose, you can play with family or friends, be creative and build the town a whole new way. I especially love that you can fly helicopters and hot air balloons. I absolutely love this game!
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It is Animal Crossing on steroids come to life on PC, what is not to love about this game. I have spent an ungodly amount of time decorating and just relaxing in this beautiful little game. I love this thing. Thank you James.
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Online players
3,041
Developer
James Bendon
Publisher
KRAFTON, Inc.
Release
14 Jul 2022
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