Darkest Dungeon
Best Roguelike Games You Can Play Right Now
There’s always a healthy dose of masochism associated with most roguelike games. Their punishing difficulty, brutal disregard for the player, and few yet tantalizing victories attract a certain kind of gamer. Darkest Dungeon plays on this to incredible results, crafting both a complex RPG and daunting roguelike experience.
In the game, the player controls a party of warriors through a Lovecraftian hellscape, battling all manner of messed-up beasties. The genius, and definitely the scariest, part of the game is that members of your party have a tendency to get sick, develop weird character traits, and, well, go a bit mad.
You’ll be soldiering on through the game when it suddenly becomes clear that someone has rabies, another is speaking to himself, and another is suffering from a complete psychotic collapse. These incidents are brought on by simply existing in Darkest Dungeon’s world, a stark indication of its sheer cruelty.
