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Book of Demons

Book of Demons is a deck-building hack and slash adventure, with a dark theme reminiscent of classics of the PC ARPG genre.

90 13 December 2018

Book of Demons is an adventure developed by SONKA, released 13 December 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.

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What Book of Demons is

Book of Demons is an adventure game developed by SONKA and released in 2018. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

- Procedurally Generated Dungeons - Roguelike Mode for fans of extreme challenge - 70+ different types of monsters, with different traits and custom mechanics - Xbox and Steam controller support - 3 underground realms and epic Quest Boss battles - Monthly and all-time Leaderboards, 200+ Achievements Book of Demons is the first installment of Return 2 Games - a series of original mid-core titles, inspired by the early golden days of PC gaming.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 202 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Book of Demons holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.7 GHz Dual Core or Greater, 2 GB RAM and 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Book of Demons launched on 13 December 2018, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk and Ashen. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk, Ashen.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Book of Demons — frequently asked questions

When did Book of Demons come out?
Book of Demons was released on 13 December 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Book of Demons?
At minimum, Book of Demons needs 1.7 GHz Dual Core or Greater, 2 GB RAM, 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Book of Demons?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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