
Love it or hate it, Stranger Things has the vibes. I'm no diehard fan, but even I can admit the Upside Down is a near-perfect backdrop for the Halloween season, and when I booted up the Steam Next Fest demo for Kingdom of Night, my only expectation was that it would serve the same purpose. It's the '80s. You're a high schooler. There are demons abound. Hell yeah.
What I wasn't expecting is the competent, polished, and impressively deep action RPG at the core of Kingdom of Night. I only spent about half an hour toying around with the game's Rogue class, which granted me the ability to sneak through the haunted streets of Miami, Arizona, an actual Western copper boomtown about three hours from where I live, and I can't wait to play more.