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ActionAdventureCasualIndieStrategyChoices MatterStory RichSexual ContentNuditySuperhero

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Game description

Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!

Basic info

DeveloperAdHoc Studio
PublisherAdHoc Studio
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateOct 22, 2025
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (64-bit) or later
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-6402p CPU / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or higher
Memory2 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX960 / AMD Radeon RX560
Storage15 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 421 reviews from the past 1 year

92.1/ 100
Top 10%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (97%)

Metacritic: 87 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

205 reviews praise the story of Dispatch, and the most upvoted of them says it has never been more invested in any fiction.

👍 Strengths

Story & World ranks 55th of 1096, and comes up in 84% of analyzed reviews. 67 reviews say they enjoyed it and recommend it, some comparing it to Telltale games and a few adding This is the Police and Invincible, and 60 say they came for the cast and stayed for the characters, even without liking the genre. Visuals & Sound ranks 80th of 1249, and players call the dispatching itself creative and entertaining. Its score is 92.1, which ranks 84th of 1447 among the games we analyzed.

👎 Where it falls short

Content Volume ranks 945th of 1351, and 53 reviews find the episodes too short with too little gameplay. 20 wish some decisions had more impact, and 20 found the writing basic and corny. Others say moving the cursor with a controller during dispatches feels imprecise, and a few note that dialogue timers are too short for dyslexic players.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“never been more invested in any fiction or media than this game” · 205 reviews
“recommends the game as Telltale crossed with This is the Police and Invincible” · 67 reviews
“episodes too short, insufficient gameplay” · 53 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +2.15 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “dispatch mechanic with unique character abilities engaging” · 4 reviews
Negative “some decisions don't have as much impact as wished” · 20 reviews

Progression 3% · Difficulty 4% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 3% · Controls & feel 9%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 84% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Story +3.97 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “never been more invested in any fiction or media than this game” · 205 reviews
Negative “story had pretty basic writing and corny” · 20 reviews

Characters 54% · World 26%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 40% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -1.10 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “episodes too short, insufficient gameplay” · 53 reviews

Variety 3% · Replayability 14%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +4.22 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “dispatching gameplay described as beautiful creative visually fun and entertaining” · 33 reviews

Audio 37%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +3.66 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 8% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.04 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “buy-once model with weekly chapter releases feels unfair” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 0% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 9% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.06 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “dislikes episodic release schedule” · 7 reviews

Stability 3% · Performance 2%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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