In 'Demon Quest 85,' you play as a high school student who playfully summons demons by choosing food items, music, and companions that will appeal to the demon of interest. These are chosen according to the clues found in a book of demonology and gleaned from conversations with other demons. It is a very quick game and there seem to be many different paths to completion, so it might warrant a few playthroughs. After my first, I can say that this was a fun and genuinely funny Playdate experience. No lie, I laughed out loud. The humor comes from the ridiculous dichotomy of your high school life and your developing relationships with these powerful agents from hell. Great time. Not to be missed if you own a Playdate.

Demon Quest '85 is a Playdate visual novel where you gather a group of your schoolmates and together summon demons to try to solve your problems. It's a short but sweet affair, where most of the gameplay entails trying to match which people, music, and items the given demon is likely to appear before, and then asking them a series of questions. These questions both reveal how to summon the subsequent demons, as well as play into an overarching story about a beyond-the-scenes war for Hell itself. The artwork is the game's strongest aspect, although I did also quite enjoy the writing. Your character can be fairly flippant about the situation they find themselves in, which I found charming. It can be a bit frustrating trying to figure out what element you got wrong when trying to summon, especially since that's basically the only gameplay, but there's enough hints to allow you to figure it out in the end.