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Is Desta: The Memories Between worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based tactics fans who prefer planning throws to continuous action
- Narrative adventure players interested in stories about memories and relationships
- Players who enjoy team-based games with companions who have distinct abilities
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players expecting continuous sports action may hit a wall when encounters pause for turn-based throws.
- Players seeking a low-pressure challenge may find Nightmare Mode demanding when each throw matters.
- Players looking for a conventional dodgeball sports game may not want its dreamworld story and conversation-focused framing.
Our take on Desta: The Memories Between
The clearest sticking point is the turn-based encounter system: players expecting continuous sports action will have to slow down, plan throws, and account for physics. Nightmare Mode raises that pressure further, since each throw matters.
What is Desta: The Memories Between?
Desta enters a surreal dreamworld each night, where fragments of past places and troubled relationships frame a team-based tactical adventure.
Encounters use turn-based, physics-based dodgeball: players aim throws, attempt trick shots and use hits to affect conversations and the world’s future. As the nights progress, Desta gains experience, develops abilities and meets friends with distinct powers and personal connections to the dreamworld. The game includes a full voice cast. Challenge Mode and Nightmare Mode are among the included game modes; Nightmare Mode raises the tactical challenge so every throw matters. The Dream Team Edition also includes the game soundtrack and a digital art book.
How Desta: The Memories Between plays
- 01Physics-based throws
- Trick shots and hits affect both encounters and conversations.
- 02Growing abilities
- Desta gains experience over successive nights and discovers new ways to win.
- 03Distinct companions
- Friends bring individual powers and stories tied to the dreamworld.
- 04Nightmare Mode
- This mode makes each throw count in a higher-challenge tactical run.
- 05Digital extras
- The Dream Team Edition includes a soundtrack and a digital art book.
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Desta: The Memories Between: platforms & release
Is Desta: The Memories Between worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based tactics fans who prefer planning throws to continuous action. Skip it if: players expecting continuous sports action may hit a wall when encounters pause for turn-based throws.
Where can I download Desta: The Memories Between?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Desta: The Memories Between's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Desta: The Memories Between on?
Windows only.
