Underplayed Gems

Monsters' Den: Book of Dread (2016)

Monsters' Den: Book of Dread cover
Developer
Monstrum
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Rating
4.6 of 5, 291 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 10 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A methodical, old-school dungeon crawl where careful party composition and tactical turn-based battles are rewarded, but permadeath keeps tension high.

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What players say

Players praise this as a nostalgic flash game from Kongregate days that still holds up. It is a very simple, no-frills tactical dungeon crawler with minimal story, focused on party composition and turn-based loot grinding. Some find the random starting setups unfair.

Screenshots

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