When you see that matter-of-fact, red-text ‘You Died’ screen, naturally the first thing that comes to mind is Dark Souls, or any of FromSoftware’s punishing RPGs. Similarly, when you think pixel art and dungeon crawling, you think Darkest Dungeon, and all its macabre esotericisms – the slow descent in mental anguish and soul death. But there is a place more brutal, more terrifying, than even the world of Lordran or the bleakest depths of Red Hook’s ancestral manor: Reddit. Available to try right now, an experimental puzzle game is only playable via the internet’s infamous front page, and incorporates the social experience to both heighten and soften your struggle.

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