DEMONSCHOOL
Developer Necrosoft Games Publisher Ysbryd Games Format PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series Release 2023
With the fourth season of Stranger Things having wrapped up and Persona 6 some way off, Necrosoft Games’ latest is well-positioned to fill the ‘teen schoolkids battling demons’ void. The central foursome here are Faye, Destin, Namako and Knute, who will have to work together to survive. Isometric grid battles allow you to take time to plot each character’s movements, before ending your turn and watching your plan play out. Since dashing into enemies or objects can move them, you can set up devastating chain attacks: Faye can barge a demon into the path of Destin, for example, who is handy with his fists. There will be 15 characters to build relationships with, which in turn will have an effect on how the story ends; given the size of the game’s memorably grotesque bosses, we wouldn’t bet on them all making it to the end credits.