Diablo IV

Diablo IV is an action-RPG from Blizzard Entertainment, the fourth main part of the iconic series. It first released on 6 June 2023 on Battle.net and came to Steam on 17 October 2023. It has an open world of Sanctuary instead of separate acts, public events, world bosses, and full official Russian voice-over from Blizzard, a rare positive case for a large studio after 2022.

The current content as of May 2026 is the Lord of Hatred expansion (27 April 2026) and Season 13 "Season of Reckoning". Lord of Hatred completes the Age of Hatred story arc: the finale of the Wanderer's story, the new region of Skovos (volcanic wastelands and flooded valleys), and two new classes, Paladin and Warlock. That makes 8 classes in total: the five base classes, plus Spiritborn from the first expansion and both new additions. Blizzard has not yet announced the next main game.

Season 13 raised the maximum level from 60 to 70 and the Torment difficulty from IV to XII. The skill trees were reworked: more than 40 changed branches and 80 new options across all 8 classes. The Horadric Cube returned (a nod to Diablo II) with gear crafting through a new system. Long-requested improvements finally arrived: Loot Filter, Map Overlay, and proper Pathfinding.

The endgame suits any pace: Pit (similar to greater rifts), Helltides (open events every 1.5 hours), Nightmare Dungeons (modified dungeons for leveling glyphs), Tormented Bosses (the strongest bosses in the game), and Dark Citadel, a three-stage co-op raid for four players from the first expansion. Cross-play and cross-progression are supported (PC / PlayStation / Xbox through one Battle.net account). Co-op supports up to four players, with fair shared loot and open PvP in the Fields of Hatred.

Business model: a paid game (about $70 at launch) plus paid expansions (Lord of Hatred from $40) plus a cosmetic store and a Battle Pass. There is no pay-to-win: gear is earned in the game, and Platinum is spent only on cosmetics and on speeding up the Battle Pass. The community consistently criticizes the aggressive prices of skins (packs at $25-30 each). Since March 2024 the base game has been available through Xbox Game Pass; expansions are not covered by Game Pass.

All online content requires this account; offline single-player works without it.

Scores: Metacritic 86 (base game, 2023), Lord of Hatred 88+ based on early reviews. Steam "Mixed" overall (74%, 17,686 reviews), the story of an online service: launch hype, a "content drought" in seasons 2-4, recovery in 5-7, Spiritborn nerfs from Vessel of Hatred, and a rise with Season 13. Recent reviews are "Mostly Positive" (76%). An alternative in the genre: Path of Exile 2 (free, unofficial Russian subtitles); choose Diablo IV for the narrative, cross-progression, and official Russian voice-over.

Diablo IV is an action-RPG from Blizzard with full official Russian voice-over: 8 classes (the new Paladin and Warlock from the Lord of Hatred expansion, April 2026), the Skovos region, Season 13 "Season of Reckoning" with a maximum level of 70 and Torment XII difficulty.