Similar to Titan Quest, the player can initially choose one out of several different classes, known as 'Masteries', each focusing on different gameplay styles. The unnatural powers of these survivors, occasionally called 'Taken', are feared by some, but also give a new hope of launching a resistance to fight the 'outsiders' and reclaim what is left of their world. A few survivors have begun to exhibit strange new abilities after surviving possession or exposure to the Aetherials. These humans have quietly watched the warring invaders destroy one another and have become wise to the strengths and vulnerabilities of their otherworldly foes.

Small enclaves of human survivors exist scattered throughout the world, holed up in refuges. For humankind, it is the dawn of a grim new age where iron has replaced gold as currency and the great civilisations of old are nothing but a memory. Their war has brought the world of Cairn to the brink of destruction.

Grim Dawn takes place in the world of Cairn, where humanity is caught in between an eternal war between two otherworldly forces: the Aetherials, who seek to use human bodies as a resource to take over the world and the Chthonians, creatures from the void who seek to wipe out humanity before the Aetherials can use them.

Grim Dawn is an Action RPG game developed by Crate Entertainment, a company that includes veterans of Iron Lore Entertainment, the makers of Titan Quest.

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