On Thursday, the long awaited RPG from Pearl Abyss, Crimson Desert, launched to the world. The opinions, from Metacritic's initial critics review score of 78 to Steam's user score of Mixed on almost 7200 reviews, didn't bode well for Pearl Abyss.
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| As seen on 20 March 2026 @ 5pm UTC |
The price of Pearl Abyss stock fell by 29.8% in Thursday's trading and another 9.8% today in heavy trading. Since the launch of Crimson Desert, the South Korean video game maker has lost ₩1.48 trillion in market cap value. That translates into $985 million according to the exchange rate on Google at the time I post this article.
I didn't bring up the game's reception just to downgrade the game. According to an article published by Seoul Economic Daily:
Metacritic scores aggregate multiple critic reviews, with 75 or above generally considered positive. However, the market had expected a score in the mid-to-high 80s, and the lower-than-anticipated result appears to have weighed on the stock.
We'll see if users on Metacritic find the game a lot more enjoyable than the critics or those on Steam. After all, Crimson Desert just may play a lot better on a console with a controller than on a PC with mouse and keyboard.
Update: I wonder if this will have an impact on the market come Monday.
We are incredibly humbled to share that #CrimsonDesert has sold through 2 million copies worldwide. Thank you so much to our fans, community, and everyone who has joined us in Pywel. We will listen closely to the wide range of feedback shared by the community and work to make… pic.twitter.com/AivMESKWpu
— Crimson Desert (@CrimsonDesert_) March 20, 2026
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