Netflix’s gaming lineup keeps getting better with dreamy roguelike Desta: The Memories Between

Screeenshot from Desta: The Memories Between featuring the titular character Desta lying on their bed in a disheveled dark room tossing a ball into the air
Image: Ustwo Games / Netflix

The quality of Netflix games has gone from simple, cotton candy-like fluff suitable for short bursts in a waiting room to bespoke, narrative experiences that require hours of strategic thinking. Desta: The Memories Between is the latter.

Now I’m going to say some words that make sense independently but seem confusing when smashed together: Desta is a dreaming dodgeball roguelike friendship simulator. I promise you, it works.

That’s the thing that enamored me of this game: those disparate words and genres, when put together, frickin’ work on a level that I simply have not seen in a mobile game, let alone one brought exclusively to mobile via Netflix — whose first crop of games included such BAFTA hopefuls like Shooting Hoops and Teeter...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378549/netflix-desta-the-memories-mobile-ustwo-games

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