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Also Board Game and Tabletop, like Descent: Road to Legend.
- Free
- Deck Playable
- 2021
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The closest matches to Descent: Road to Legend: Descent: Legends of the Dark, The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, Mansions of Madness, Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance, and Demeo: PC Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Same atmospheric mood as Descent: Road to Legend.
- Free
- Deck Playable
- 2019
Rank 03- Free
- Deck Verified
- 2016
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Descent: Road to Legend
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Fantasy Flight Games
- Price: Free to play
- 90% of 201 reviews
- Genres: Adventure, RPG
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Campaigns with long playtimes
- Fully cooperative without an overlord
- Random encounters keep strategy fresh
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Epic
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About Descent: Road to Legend
The closest matches to Descent: Road to Legend: Descent: Legends of the Dark, The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, Mansions of Madness, Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance, and Demeo: PC Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Descent: Road to Legend is your kind of game, the closest matches are Descent: Legends of the Dark, The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth and Mansions of Madness — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and epic, and single out its campaign driven progression and dungeon crawl tactics. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Descent: Road to Legend: Road to Legend is a companion app for the Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition board game. When you play with Road to Legend, the app assumes the role of the overlord player, controlling monsters and inviting you to explore the dungeon in entirely new and unexpected ways.
Is Descent: Road to Legend worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 90% of 201 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 16 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 10 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Campaigns with long playtimes
- Fully cooperative without an overlord
- Random encounters keep strategy fresh
- Streamlined progression and tracking
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This would be great, but it seems to have nothing in it to do with the actuall board game you purchase. We were all excited about playing the game we purchased with this ap, but there is nothing included that has to do with the campain you…”
“This application is awesome, BUT there is only one campaign for the base game. How expensive is it to write a couple campaigns with all the existing software in place. Sure, I could by another expansion in order to play another campaign…”
People who play it also play: Descent: Legends of the Dark, The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, Mansions of Madness
Frequently asked about Descent: Road to Legend
Can I run it?
Is Descent: Road to Legend free to play?
Yes — Descent: Road to Legend is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does Descent: Road to Legend have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Descent: Road to Legend supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Descent: Road to Legend?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Descent: Road to Legend are Descent: Legends of the Dark, The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, Mansions of Madness.
Who developed Descent: Road to Legend?
Descent: Road to Legend was developed by Fantasy Flight Games.