Adventure Games: The Dungeon

Name: Adventure Games: The Dungeon
Brand: KOSMOS
Rating: 6.24346 (2828 reviews)

A cooperative story adventure in a fantasy dungeon with no timer: explore, combine items and choose your path.

Designers: Phil Walker-Harding, Matthew Dunstan
Published by: KOSMOS
Editions by: IELLO, Korea Boardgames, Devir, 999 Games, Giochi Uniti, Piatnik, Zvezda, Dino Toys s. r. o.

Adventure Games: The Dungeon (2019) is part of KOSMOS's cooperative story series, set in a fantasy dungeon. You explore locations together, talk to people, hunt for clues and combine items to uncover the secret of the story. What you decide changes where the story goes, and there's no going back. Unlike the EXIT series, there is no time pressure: the focus is on telling and discovering the story, and many different paths are possible. It plays solo or up to four, best around two, and you should plan an evening of about 90 minutes. A choose-your-own-path puzzle adventure on the table.

Choices that change the storyNo time pressure, no timerCombine items to open the plot

Who it's for

You like story-led puzzle adventures and want an unhurried fantasy dungeon to explore with a friend or two.

Not for you if…

You love ticking clocks and fast escape-room panic. This is slower and driven by story.

Vibe's take

Unhurried and curious. You pore over a scene, swap theories and then commit to a choice you can't undo.