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RWBY: Grimm Eclipse - Definitive Edition

RWBY: Grimm Eclipse - Definitive Edition

Released: 5/13/2021

The definitive RWBY experience is now on Nintendo Switch™ - including three years of content updates and DLC, eight all-new outfits, and two-player couch co-op. RWBY: Grimm Eclipse is a co-op, hack-and-slash game for up to four players based upon Rooster Teeth’s international hit series RWBY. Join your friends in intense combat action as one of eight students of Beacon Academy and stop the evil forces of the Grimm and Doctor Merlot. Level up your favorite RWBY character and traverse Remnant in new storylines or the Grimm Gauntlet mode. BECOME THE ULTIMATE TEAM Team up with your friends in either two-player couch co-op or four-player online co-op and utilize powerful team attacks. PLAY AS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS Play as Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Team JNPR and unlock each character’s unique abilities and upgrades. CUSTOMIZE YOUR STYLE Want to fight in the new Volume 7 outfits? Wonder what it’s like to run around Remnant in pajamas? Maybe you’d prefer to try out the exclusive, never-before-seen Power Armor? No matter your style, there’s plenty of outfit options for every RWBY fan. IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF RWBY Experience an exclusive and fully canon storyline with full voiceover from the cast of the show and an original score from RWBY’s composer. CONQUER THE GRIMM GAUNTLET & HORDE MODE Prove you’re the ultimate Huntsman or Huntress by defeating waves of enemies and building defense turrets in challenging alternate game modes. Recruit your friends and team up to save Remnant!

The definitive RWBY experience is now on Nintendo Switch™ - including three years of content updates and DLC, eight all-new outfits, and two-player couch co-op. RWBY: Grimm Eclipse is a co-op, hack-and-slash game for up to four players based upon Rooster Teeth’s international hit series RWBY. Join your friends in intense combat action as one of eight students of Beacon Academy and stop the evil forces of the Grimm and Doctor Merlot. Level up your favorite RWBY character and traverse Remnant in new storylines or the Grimm Gauntlet mode. BECOME THE ULTIMATE TEAM Team up with your friends in either two-player couch co-op or four-player online co-op and utilize powerful team attacks. PLAY AS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS Play as Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Team JNPR and unlock each character’s unique abilities and upgrades. CUSTOMIZE YOUR STYLE Want to fight in the new Volume 7 outfits? Wonder what it’s like to run around Remnant in pajamas? Maybe you’d prefer to try out the exclusive, never-before-seen Power Armor? No matter your style, there’s plenty of outfit options for every RWBY fan. IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF RWBY Experience an exclusive and fully canon storyline with full voiceover from the cast of the show and an original score from RWBY’s composer. CONQUER THE GRIMM GAUNTLET & HORDE MODE Prove you’re the ultimate Huntsman or Huntress by defeating waves of enemies and building defense turrets in challenging alternate game modes. Recruit your friends and team up to save Remnant!

The definitive RWBY experience is now on Nintendo Switch™ - including three years of content updates and DLC, eight all-new outfits, and two-player couch co-op. RWBY: Grimm Eclipse is a co-op, hack-and-slash game for up to four players based upon Rooster Teeth’s international hit series RWBY. Join your friends in intense combat action as one of eight students of Beacon Academy and stop the evil forces of the Grimm and Doctor Merlot. Level up your favorite RWBY character and traverse Remnant in new storylines or the Grimm Gauntlet mode. BECOME THE ULTIMATE TEAM Team up with your friends in either two-player couch co-op or four-player online co-op and utilize powerful team attacks. PLAY AS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS Play as Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Team JNPR and unlock each character’s unique abilities and upgrades. CUSTOMIZE YOUR STYLE Want to fight in the new Volume 7 outfits? Wonder what it’s like to run around Remnant in pajamas? Maybe you’d prefer to try out the exclusive, never-before-seen Power Armor? No matter your style, there’s plenty of outfit options for every RWBY fan. IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF RWBY Experience an exclusive and fully canon storyline with full voiceover from the cast of the show and an original score from RWBY’s composer. CONQUER THE GRIMM GAUNTLET & HORDE MODE Prove you’re the ultimate Huntsman or Huntress by defeating waves of enemies and building defense turrets in challenging alternate game modes. Recruit your friends and team up to save Remnant!

Critics
58
Steam
81

Score Breakdown

58.0

Critic Average

6 reviews

81

Steam User Score

11,589 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-22.8
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-22.8

Average of both sources

Review Timing

6 launch window (100%)0 late (0%)

Review summary

Updated Apr 10, 2026

Based on 6 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 58.0/100. Critics score this game 22.8 points lower than Steam users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 6)+
  1. Courtney EhrenhoflerviaTechRaptor
    Jul 5, 2021·Launch window
    70/100View review
    Steam 80.8/100 · -10.8 pts
  2. Audra BowlingviaRPG Fan
    Jul 3, 2021·Launch window
    70/100View review
    Steam 80.8/100 · -10.8 pts
  3. Rachel PoliviaPure Nintendo
    Jun 30, 2021·Launch window
    40/100View review
    Steam 80.8/100 · -40.8 pts
  4. Sequential Planet StaffviaSequential Planet
    May 25, 2021·Launch window
    63/100View review
    Steam 80.8/100 · -17.8 pts
  5. Drew SherrattviaVGamingNews
    May 24, 2021·Launch window
    40/100View review
    Steam 80.8/100 · -40.8 pts