Dungeon Crawlers
A classic genre, dungeon crawlers spawned directly from tabletop role playing games such as Dungeon & Dragons, with early games in the genre often requiring just as much imagination to fully immerse yourself into the worlds they conveyed. Many a franchise got its start in this genre, including The Elder Scrolls.
- Diablo is an action RPG series that takes place throughout the dark fantasy world of Sanctuary. You play a hero who engages in fast-paced combat that tests your reflexes and rewards tactical decisions. Represent entire series of Diablo games.
- Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a Roguelike RPG, with pixel art graphics and lots of variety and replayability. Every game is unique, with four different playable characters, randomized levels and enemies, and over 150 items to collect and use.
- PlayCanvas is the world’s easiest to use WebGL Game Engine. It’s free, it’s open source and it’s backed by amazing developer tools.
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- Torchlight is an action role-playing game. The fantasy-themed game is set in the fictional town of Torchlight and the expansive caverns and dungeons nearby, which adventurers explore to collect valuable loot and battle hordes of monsters. Represent entire series of Torchlight games.
- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is an open-source, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting in dungeons filled with dangerous and unfriendly monsters in a quest to rescue the mystifyingly fabulous Orb of Zot.
- From the co-creator of Age of Empires, Brian Sullivan, comes an all-new action role-playing game set in the mythical worlds of ancient Greece and Egypt. Amazing visuals and fast-action gameplay deliver a true cinematic gaming experience.
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- Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.
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- Brogue is a Roguelike game for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux by Brian Walker.
- The Binding of Isaac is a top-down 2D dungeon crawler game in which the player controls Isaac or one of six other unlockable characters as they explore the dungeons located in Isaac's basement. Represent entire series of The Binding of Isaac games.
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- Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM for short) is a roguelike game which means that it is a single-user game featuring the exploration of a dungeon complex (and in the case of ADOM a few other games of this genre: the exploration of a large wilderness area with villages and many...
- Desktop Dungeons is a quick-play roguelike puzzle game that gives you roughly 10 minutes of dungeon-crawling action per serving.
- After stopping the demon invasion in the Kingdom of Valenthia, the world remains shattered - crumbling at its very core. Only the warriors of the Bounty Hunter guilds keep the peace now. Represent entire series of Dungeon Hunter games.
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- The Dungeons of Dredmor await. Are you ready for them? Key features: - Classic Roguelike gameplay with the sweet, refreshing taste of point-and-click interfaces. No longer must you press CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-x to drink a potion.
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- Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) is an open-source, single-player, tactical role-playing roguelike and action game set in the world of Eyal.
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- In the Moonshades' fantasy you can roam through an adventurous, labyrinthine underground world loaded with ancient magic and myths embedded in a compelling story.
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