Fit check
Is Descenders Next worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Extreme-sports fans who want snowboard and mountainboard gameplay
- Solo players who prefer changing routes and jumps between career sessions
- Groups seeking multiplayer riding across parks and tracks
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly scripted course structure rather than procedurally varied worlds
- Players who want a traditional vehicle racer instead of trick-focused board riding
- Players looking for a broad open-world mountain-bike game with very large connected areas
Our take on Descenders Next
The store emphasis on varied parks, customization, and multiplayer leaves the progression structure less prominent: career sessions center on collecting REP, completing challenges, and reaching higher ranks while facing boss jumps at world endings.
What is Descenders Next?
Descenders Next is an extreme sports game built around snowboarding and mountainboarding.
Players can ride alone or join multiplayer sessions, navigating snowy slopes, dirt terrain, races, slopestyle courses, and parks. Its career mode generates new worlds with different jumps and inclines, ending each world with a boss jump. Sessions award REP that can unlock equipment. Riders can control movement and tricks through physics-based systems, record and present their plays, and customize their character with gear, boards, and branded items. Parks offer varied activities and environments, while challenges and ranking systems provide longer-term progression. The soundtrack comes from Monstercat.
How Descenders Next plays
- 01Procedural Career Worlds
- Career sessions vary the jumps and slopes, with a boss jump concluding each world.
- 02Snowboard And Mountainboard
- The game supports riding on snowy descents and greener dirt terrain with two board types.
- 03Multiplayer Riding
- Players can join friends and other players for shared track sessions.
- 04Rider Customization
- Character progression includes clothing, equipment, boards, and gear from real brands.
- 05Park Activities
- Parks contain races, slopestyle sections, and other terrain-based activities.
Descenders Next compared to similar games
MAVRIX by Matt Jones focuses on a 100-square-kilometre open world of downhill tracks, slopestyle lines, and bike parks, while Descenders Next uses procedurally generated career worlds alongside separate parks, races, and slopestyle activities. MAVRIX centers on mountain bikes and player-created lines; Descenders Next uses snowboards and mountainboards with character gear, REP progression, and boss jumps.
Descenders Next: platforms & release
Is Descenders Next worth it?
It is worth it if: extreme-sports fans who want snowboard and mountainboard gameplay. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly scripted course structure rather than procedurally varied worlds.
Where can I download Descenders Next?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Descenders Next's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Descenders Next on?
Windows only.
