Interestingly, the player’s character never takes a direct role in Darkest Dungeon. He ends the letter by committing suicide, but before he pulls the trigger, he implores the player to come to the manor and clean up the eldritch mess he’s made. Such pursuits rarely end well, and he unleashed all manner of nasty things from excavations beneath his mansion. The old man had become bored with his life of luxury and began dabbling in the black arts. This side-scrolling, turn-based roguelike RPG begins with the player receiving a letter from an eccentric uncle.

That hope held true, and after making its debut on the PS4 and Vita, this grim dive into shadowy horror is also available on Nintendo’s Switch. However, I’m not much of a PC player so I held hope that it would come to console. The stylish graphics, Lovecraftian inspirations and turn-based combat all caught my attention, and I followed it closely. I first saw Darkest Dungeon when it appeared on Kickstarter a few years ago. WTF Why doesn’t the DLC come standard with the base release? LOW It’s tough on the eyes in portable mode.

Darkest dungeon (nintendo switch)