Dungeon Crawler
Dwerve Dungeon Crawls onto Steam May 31st
Last year Half Human Games revealed their upcoming title, Dwerve. Dwerve combines tower defense dungeon crawler and RPG elements into a glorious pixel-art aesthetic. Today, Half Human Games confirms a May 31st release date on Steam.
The Ascent Review (Xbox) – Slumming It Up For The Corporations
It’s not often that I go into a game with absolutely no expectations and find myself completely blown away with what I find; however, The Ascent is a game that absolutely caught me off guard, out of the left field, and is an absolute gem on Xbox Game Pass. I’m guilty of not reading every single email I get. As a games writer, there’s a ton of games, so it’s hard to give the...[Read More]
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth Infinite Combate (Switch) Review
Since the early ’90s, anime-themed video games have been a steady corner of the video game industry. Sadly over the last decade, the quality of most anime titles has dwindled. Nowadays, Anime-themed games fall within the 50/50 range; however, the percentage of good anime games vs bad ones has begun to lean towards the negative end of the spectrum a bit more. So what is causing this shift in ...[Read More]
Darksburg Releases Later This Month on Steam
At PAX East 2019, we met with Shiro Games to preview their upcoming cooperative zombie roguelite action game Darksburg. Since then, Darksburg has sat in our steam library hidden away until its release. Earlier this week, Northgard and Evoland studio Shiro Games announced Darksburg would be departing from Stream Early Access and reanimating as a full official Steam title later this September. The g...[Read More]
Minecraft Dungeons (Windows 10 / Xbox One) Review
Minecraft Dungeons, a top-down dungeon crawler utilizing Minecraft’s established world and characters, was announced in Fall 2018. Information about this new title has been limited since that announcement, mostly consisting of reassurances that the game was still in development. Fast forward to 2020 and the anticipated spin-off is set to release on May 26th, 2020. Over the past few weeks, we...[Read More]
“Tank and Spank” – An Interview With Kitfox Games about Boyfriend Dungeon
For some time I’ve been keeping a keen eye on Kitfox Games future release of Boyfriend Dungeon since its announcement as well as successful funding on Kickstarter. At times I’ll admit to see how soon I can more hands-on time with the game. Why? In the past, I’ve had the chance to play a build of the game at PAX East. You can read my hands-on preview with Boyfriend Dungeon over he...[Read More]
Torchlight II (Switch) Review
Being a big fan of dungeon crawlers and spending countless hours playing through the Diablo games, 2012 was a pretty exciting year for the genre! Diablo III definitely was the heavy hitter but it ended up having a lackluster launch with its controversial auction house and underwhelming loot system. In comes Torchlight II only a few months later boasting pets, maps filled with enemies, a wide varie...[Read More]
Lapis x Labyrinth (PS4) Review
Lapis x Labyrinth is a visual and auditorial assault on the player and it is freaking glorious. Wrapped in a straightforward 2D action RPG where the main drive is to get further and further into a huge dungeon is this casino-like cacophony of light, sound, and most importantly screen-filling showers of jewels. In a world where games are putting in literal casinos and games are getting micro-transa...[Read More]
NES Dungeon Crawler Candelabra Estoscerro Hits Kickstarter in time for PAX East
While the world of gaming continues to explore graphical limitations, virtual realities, and the question-laden streaming of games through a Chrome browser, many players are enjoying whatever system they happen to own whether it be a modern unit or one of the past. There is a whole subset of players that enjoy older consoles and with that comes a group of developers creating games for those system...[Read More]
Hands on with Chocobo Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy
The Final Fantasy series shows no signs of stopping, between its core series, its concepts appearing in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and of course, the tons of spinoffs. One such spinoff is Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy, a modern console remaster of a Wii title in the series of games starring everyone’s favorite golden bird. We recently got a chance to try the game out before...[Read More]
“Wizard of Legend” Dungeon Crawler Released!!!
Today marks the cross-platform release of Kickstarter game Wizard of Legend by the developer Contingent99! This 2D dungeon crawler is geared toward fast-paced action and boasts over 100 different spells. Furthermore, you can combine those spells for a multitude of devastating effects, as you cast one after another in rapid succession.
Hyakki Castle Reveals 2-Party Split Combat, Monsters of Japanese Myt
“Never split the party.” It’s wisdom handed down from generations of RPG experience, and reinforced in almost every horror movie, and every episode of Scooby Doo. Now upcoming 3D real-time dungeon runner RPG Hyakki Castle has decided to flip that bit of time honored advice on its head, with an entire combat system built around splitting the party. Madness!
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