Dungeon crawler Demeo brings monster hordes to PC with a goofy ’80s trailer
Console cowboys can now join in with their VR jockey pals.
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One of the games we wanted you to keep your eye onfrom the last Steam Next FestwasDemeo, a dungeon crawler first made for VR and now released for regular-screen PCs. Demeo: PC Edition has the same stuff as the VR edition, and those who own the VR version can play cross-platform with the PC edition, so if your buddies already play there you can just jump in.
Demeo is a fast and furious dungeon crawler where you and a family of three other adventurers smash your way through lots of baddies to accomplish your goals. It’s relentless dungeon crawling, as waves of enemies will constantly appear from the shadows to kill you. Our Jody Macgregor described it as “like having the Monster Manual thrown at your face.”
It’s one of those games I love because it’s hard, even at times unfair, but the rules are very consistent. You and your buddies learn to hedge your bets and work around what you know is coming so that you can win. It’s wave-based survival dungeon crawling.
As of now, Demeo has five different heroes, and each hero is controlled with a deck of cards with their abilities and equipment in it. The release verrsion has three full adventures, but developers Resolution Games intend to release more adventures and heroes in the future.
You can findDemeo: PC Edition on Steam.
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Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he’s not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.
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