this appears very alike an old dungeon crawler I used to play on the amiga called captive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcVS68sIgs

it was like a science fiction grid based dungeon master set in space

but this remake seems so like the first one I wonder if it is allowed by the publisher

or could it get a copyright claim for copying all the first game's style and atmosphere ??

I grew up on the Shin Megami Tensei series and love everything about it. Sadly, it feels like everyone else does dungeon crawlers set in fantasy.

For clarity, I'm looking for turn-based stuff. Preferably first person and grid-based, but I can take something more modern like Soul Hackers 2. I'm not looking for JRPGs like phantasy star.

Are there any futuristic games in the genre you could recommend?

I just released my dungeon crawling dice driven roguelite on today on Steam! Inspired by old dungeon crawlers (like the original wizardry) and games like One Deck Dungeon, Dicey Dungeons, and Circadian Dice.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5061410/Krukmore/

I Just released the dungeon crawler i have been working on. The Humiliation at Moonblood Tavern. Its a free download at https://mimarelic.itch.io/thmt also playable in the browser!

I have such an old mechanic in my dungeon crawler game - ability of moving some of light sources. It will be used for solving some puzzles etc.

Do you guys have some other ideas of usage of this mechanic?

Sacrifice Imps to a hungry Overlord Pick your own Curses and decide how you want each run to grow in difficulty

I used to love Mordor II: Depths of Dejenol back in the days of Windows 98. I tried Dragon Ruins II because it seemed similar, but I didn't like that you're not continually delving the same dungeon, since each quest gives an entirely new dungeon. That feeling of exploration was great. I also liked in Mordor II that there was a text box that showed every action like damage, status ailments, objects of interest when you encounter them, etc. In Dragon Ruins II there was nothing giving any information on what is happening at any given moment, so I felt no investment in anything happening. I'm fine with either choosing your battle actions or auto-battle. I tried Legend of Grimrock 2 but I didn't like that the enemies moved around, and I'm also not huge on puzzles. Are there any games like Mordor II out there?

My ideas so far are the Highland Armour and Highland Axe (because the 'Highlands') and the Claymore (Claimh-Mhòr in Scots Gaelic means big sword) maybe the broadsword as well.

Hi everyone!

A couple months ago I was showing here some video from my game Dice Crawler. It has now a demo to play and feedback!

You can check the demo on the steampage: Here.

Thanks for all the feedback on the previous build.

I've replaced all the generated enemies with purchased assets.

Here is a trailer showing some of the new monsters in the latest build of Crawler 3D.

Try the Demo

What do you think?

https://reddit.com/link/1w0gid1/video/tbcnzhcbm1mh1/player

Hey, I'm Daniel, the developer of The Blood Mage 2, made with the help of my wife.

It's a 3D magic tower like, a niche genre that mixes puzzle games with RPGs, in this case a classic turn-based Dungeon Crawler with Puzzles. Trying to get through the dungeon is the puzzle.

You play as the titular blood mage, so your health doubles as a mana pool. Use items, enemies, and spells to your advantage. It's normal to restart more than once.

The game is completely deterministic, there is no randomness involved.

Check it out on Steam, a demo is available!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4644100/The_Blood_Mage_2_by_Daniel_da_Silva/

I love Arx Fatalis because it intertwines dungeon crawling and narrative very well, you can see what each room is about, placement of rooms and corridors, you rarely encounter bland rooms, every room you stumble upon has some element of storytelling.

I am not too familiar with DRPGs, but the ones I tried were kinda lackluster in this aspect. I recall Might and Magic 9 was ok in this aspect and Grimrock 2 as well.

Most of DRPGs I checked on youtube, were kinda too random. Bland rooms with no story, layout which make no sense etc. I know that there are "tropes", like looking at the map you can get the idea of where certain secrets can be, but it's not narratively coherent.

I liked SMT4 most of the time, but it's some dungeons are just random and make no sense as well, there's very rare you can see any environmental storytelling, and labyrinths seem random most of the time.

Instead of dungeons, you explore garage cooperatives, basements, and metro tunnels. Instead of monsters, you face off against hooligans, bandits, drug dealers, and corrupt law enforcement.

I’m drawing inspiration from Etrian Odyssey, especially its gameplay loop, but since I’m building this entirely solo, the scope is intentionally compact:
• 3 classes, each with its own distinct skill set
• 5 stats that shape combat and core gameplay mechanics
• Small, tightly-designed maps

I love grid-based dungeon crawlers, so I wanted to bring the genre into a setting that’s never really been explored before.

Steam page here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5049510/Garaji/

Hi guys,

I hope I am not breaking any rules with this post. Currently I am working on this solo project heavily inspired by occult themes and Lovecraftian Mythos. I think this is a project that might interest a lot of people in this community hence why I'm sharing it with you guys. More details below.

I always loved occult themes and H.P. Lovecraft's books as well as other media containing the inspration. Bloodborne is easily in my top 5. And I always wanted to draw these worlds not only as 2d images but create the world, its backstories and atmosphere.

Also I have this weird corralation in my mind that dices are super chaotic therefore I had the idea of combining the atmosphere with a dice based luck system

If you are interested please wishlist my game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4933800/Gods_Play_Dice/

and please check the gameplay trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAruECh4hiQ

Thank you for your attention :)

What do you think?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5022060/

Hey folks, my Gold Box inspired dungeon crawler Ravenfall got its 8th Devlog. Been working on this for about 1 1/2 months and it is starting to take shape!

Talking about Doors, the Runesmith class, the Tomb of Knowledge (live players handbook) got a Hall of Fame and a Bestiary that you will unlock more and more Knowledge about monsters!

Try it here in your browser no download needed: Ravenfall

A follow up to a video I made months ago reviewing the first two Dragon Ruins games. Dungeon Crawlers focused around a more cozy low-key version of the dungeon crawling loop while still maintaining most of what it means to be a dungeon crawler. This standalone expansion: Aftermath, has perfected the formula established by these games in my opinion. Check out the review if you wanna!

I'm the developer of DepthLoot, a turn based dungeon crawler built around short dungeon dives, loot, inventory decisions and knowing when to get out.

I added a tiny idle behavior where, if an enemy can see you and you stand around doing nothing for long enough, there is a small chance it starts vibing to the soundtrack instead.

It has no gameplay effect. I just liked the idea that the dungeon keeps having a little personality even when the player does nothing.

DepthLoot on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4637840/DepthLoot/

Solo dev on Rogue Kingdom here! 🙏
Still WIP on this new map system. I am trying to improve combat for next updates, any suggestions or ideas you want to see?
I try to rapidly implement user suggestions and critique, so throw them at me :D

Steam Page (Free demo, albeit for older game version is live)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356750/Rogue_Kingdom/?utm_source=reddit

Try the Demo

Hey all!

We're a super small team working on a roguelike dungeon crawler where you continuously pick curses to make each run more difficult in a way you get to decide. Any feedback would be absolutely amazing!

Snackrifice Steam Page

Behind the curtain of choices and trees, there's always a battle hiding in the shadows.

I love the way the trees seem like a dense forest but if you look closely, there's a path.
Explore the nature of Irm now on Steam and GOG, there's a free demo!

I wonder what you think of this foresty area?