Overview
- After its late October 2025 launch, Dispatch sold over 3 million copies by year‑end and holds about 97% positive ratings from more than 165,000 Steam reviews.
- Developers disclosed that actions showing above a 76% success chance auto‑succeeded with a three‑use buffer before reverting to true odds to prevent streaks of bad luck.
- Choices showing just 1–14% were quietly raised to a flat 15% success chance, with all invisible boosts switched off in the final episode to deliberately increase difficulty.
- QTEs were reintroduced by design as optional and forgiving—limited to two prompt types, allowing button mashing without penalties, avoiding surprise prompts, and tuned so most players hit roughly 80% of inputs.
- AdHoc shaped its animated‑TV look by hiring concept artist Lap Pun Cheung from ArtStation and partnering with Thailand’s Igloo Studios, while weathering publisher skepticism, a mid‑development partner exit reported by Bloomberg, and ultimately self‑publishing with visibility helped by Critical Role.