IAmRei
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Hey that's neat, gonna check it later on, thanks for the info
The Dungeon Crawler thread.
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Hashassin
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Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Trapped in the Great Abyss!
You are an old dreamer who, through unforeseen circumstances, has found himself trapped in the Great Abyss, the vast underworld beneath the Dreamlands. Use the resources at your disposal, weapons, armor, supplies, and any alliances you have with the locals, to explore and learn the secrets of the underworld, in order to make your way back to the upper Dreamlands, or back to the Waking World.
A Variety of Strategies
Although combat plays a big role in the game, it is not the only means of achieving one's goals. Players may opt to use a combination of combat, stealth and/or dialogue to deal with the other inhabitants of the nether realms. Manage your gold, health and sanity as you traverse the Great Abyss.
Old School CRPG
Cyclopean follows the tradition of early CRPGs like Ultima, Questron, and Legacy of the Ancients (among others) in that it presents two differing views of the game world. Outside of dungeons, you see your character from the top down in a 2D display of the map. Whereas, in dungeons, the view changes to a 3D, first person perspective.
Choose Your Dreamer Carefully
When you start the game you will be presented with a random dreamer, with basic abilities and equipment, and any alliances they have. You can choose to play as that person, or "reroll" to see if you can find a better option. Cyclopean gives you the freedom to choose from a wide variety of stodgy sounding English upper class gentlemen to play as.
Turn Based Gameplay
The gameplay and combat is all turn based, allowing you to make strategic decisions. Enemies are dangerous, but polite, and will wait their turn.
Alliances
Some characters will start the game with an alliance in place. This can be very helpful in the early stages, especially for new players. Alliances allow you to have some of the various denizens of the Great Abyss join your party, and help to fight other enemies. New alliances can be formed during the game by finding and reading the right books.
Roguelike Mode
As of Version 0.9.936, you can now opt to play Cyclopean: The Great Abyss as a roguelike game with perma-death. The game will now prompt you when you first start it, whether you want the traditional CRPG experience or Roguelike Mode. You can always switch back by using the Options menu to restore the default settings. Games played in Roguelike Mode are not accessible via normal mode, and vice versa.
Game Manual
There are many other game mechanics and other things that are described in the game manual. The manual has been fully integrated with the game, so you can bring it up at any time, to learn about the various game mechanics available.
Use the options menu to change game settings including the color...
Anyone tried this one? Looks like my kind of game, had it's full release a few days ago. I'm busy with Skies of Arcadia & Front Mission 3 atm, but this looks like a contender to get bumped up the to-play list.
I've played this one. It's pretty cool, but still suffers from some bugs and annoyances. Definitely unique.
This one is also a great SMT clone with kick ass music. The shmup part is only when trying to catch demon's, and I think you can unlock stuff to make it easier.
John Bilbo
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From the UFO 50 game collection Valbrace is a cool dungeon crawler. It has a real time combat with a mix of punch out and stamina management. Also the spell casting system is quite unique.
UFO 50 is a no brainer for retro minded gamers.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Just heard about Dinosaur Resurrection for the first time. A Falcom DRPG that got it's translation announced in 2021, but no idea if there has been any updates ever since. Some dude on 4chan claims it's coming out later this year, but who fucking knows since he provided no source.
Looks cool, I love the art and graphics.
Looks cool, I love the art and graphics.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Loved Thunderscape!!
John Bilbo
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I just noticed the developer of Lunacid has released a free Lunacid spinoff made with the From Software developer tool for Kings Field. If you can look past the pronoun bullshit this could be a sweet relic of the past.
I'll give it a shot. Lunacid is great.
Hudo
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Can confirm. Valbrace is one of my favorites in UFO 50.
Hudo
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John Bilbo
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That is the way in.
Good lord.
John Bilbo
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Wizardry 8 is in deep discount currently on Steam. Only 1,50€. Also worth mentioning it has some affiliation with Nightdive. Maybe some sort of remastering?
Save 85% on Wizardry 6, 7, and 8 on Steam
Includes 3 items: Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant, Wizardry 8
Also a package of Wizardry 6, 7 and 8 for very cheap.
John Bilbo
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Their name is also on the Wizardry 6 and 7 pages. Maybe they are just the publishers?
Comandr
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Opened this thread to cry that there will never be another game like wiz8. I would kill for a remaster of 6 and 7 to actually make them... playable. Go the extra mile and give me a low poly remake to match wiz8, polish up the three of them to make them a little easier without requiring a guide. Wiz8, mechanically, is so good, but often requires such arcane knowledge to figure out, what to do with certain items, where to go, etc. I'd really love to see a proper update to D.W. Bradley's Wizards and Warriors.
Wizardry 8 is in deep discount currently on Steam. Only 1,50€. Also worth mentioning it has some affiliation with Nightdive. Maybe some sort of remastering?
Save 85% on Wizardry 6, 7, and 8 on Steam
Includes 3 items: Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant, Wizardry 8store.steampowered.com
Also a package of Wizardry 6, 7 and 8 for very cheap.
Hudo
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Eye of the Beholder 1 and 2 were mentioned. I am happy. RIP Westwood. Fuck EA.
SomeNorseGuy
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Bought it on a recent sale and have it loaded on my Switch¹, glad to hear it's enjoyable. Now to find the time to play it.
Hashassin
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How does one have an Indian and German accent at the same time? Sounds like Arnold nahasapimapetilan.
Roberts
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It's a Swedish accent. Thicker than usual, but instantly recognisable.
Hudo
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Surströmming
ReyBrujo
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So jelly, I know it's on Switch but it's not physical and my store doesn't have it (and Nintendo has been known shadowbanning consoles that changed region when one involves a protected store like Argentina or Turkey).
orfax
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Here is a Undercroft for PC. I played it first on the iPhone, but I don't think its available there anymore.
www.rakeingrass.com
UNDERCROFT
An epic fantasy adventure that brings together atmosphere of classic RPGs with modern gameplay, plenty of original features, easy-to-use interace and great game design.
www.rakeingrass.com
SomeNorseGuy
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Good of them to release it for Windows instead of it becoming lost media. Definitely putting this on a handheld, looks like a fun little crawler.Here is a Undercroft for PC. I played it first on the iPhone, but I don't think its available there anymore.
UNDERCROFT
An epic fantasy adventure that brings together atmosphere of classic RPGs with modern gameplay, plenty of original features, easy-to-use interace and great game design.
Hashassin
Member
Here is a Undercroft for PC. I played it first on the iPhone, but I don't think its available there anymore.
UNDERCROFT
An epic fantasy adventure that brings together atmosphere of classic RPGs with modern gameplay, plenty of original features, easy-to-use interace and great game design.
Did any of you actually visit the website?
They had the best choice of colours. Unless this is my phone's problem, how does one get away with such tomfoolery.
ssringo
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Not sure if this something ya'll would be interested in but here's a VR dungeon crawler thats more combat focused with little to no story; just explore randomly generated dungeons for loot and upgrades. Can play solo or co-op up to 4 people. Currently out on Quest but the PC release will have updated visuals and, I believe, cross play and save transfer.
I played a bit on the Quest 3 and it was pretty fun but am holding off for the PC release to sink time into it.
I played a bit on the Quest 3 and it was pretty fun but am holding off for the PC release to sink time into it.
orfax
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Something funky is going on there. Doesn't look like that on my desktop browser, looks normal.Did any of you actually visit the website?
They had the best choice of colours. Unless this is my phone's problem, how does one get away with such tomfoolery.
Hashassin
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I see. Must be forced dark mode on my phone or something.
Krathoon
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Apparently, you can't save in those games. So, it is best to use an emulator for the save states. I may be wrong. I notice there is a data disk on the PC-98 version. You might be able to save to that.
I kind of wonder if it saves after you clear a floor of the tower.
I eagerly await the limited edition of the new game in the series. Here is an old lady reviewing it.
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WhamBamThankYouMaam
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All you need to do is hook up your trusty old C64 and load up Eye of the Beholder.
Diseased Yak
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I bought this the other day for PS5, having not played the older versions/prequels(?), and it's one of the funniest games I've played in a long time.
Hudo
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That's awesome.
TerribleAtThisGame
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Does Labyrinth Of The Demon King count because that's one of my favorite games this year.
_Ex_
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I've been playing Lightning Warrior Raidy III lately. It's a ecchi/hentai laden first person dungeon crawler. I've already beaten the first two games in years past. It's fun to crawl a dungeon with actually sexy women in 2025. If that sounds like something you're interested in, the first three games are available in English from Jast:
Lightning Warrior Raidy
The first all-female yuri fantasy dungeon crawler RPG! Face an army of sexy monster girls and punish them.
Lightning Warrior Raidy II: Temple of Desire
The second game in the Lightning Warrior Raidy series takes her to new lands, with new monsters, weapons, and beautiful women.
Lightning Warrior Raidy III
The third part of the popular yuri hentai RPG series is the best yet! Win or lose, sex is always on the table.
I'm not affiliated with Jast. I am affiliated with playing games that piss off modern sensibilities, though.
Davevil
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I've been playing Lightning Warrior Raidy III lately. It's a ecchi/hentai laden first person dungeon crawler. I've already beaten the first two games in years past. It's fun to crawl a dungeon with actually sexy women in 2025. If that sounds like something you're interested in, the first three games are available in English from Jast:
Lightning Warrior Raidy
The first all-female yuri fantasy dungeon crawler RPG! Face an army of sexy monster girls and punish them.jastusa.com
Lightning Warrior Raidy II: Temple of Desire
The second game in the Lightning Warrior Raidy series takes her to new lands, with new monsters, weapons, and beautiful women.Lightning Warrior Raidy III
The third part of the popular yuri hentai RPG series is the best yet! Win or lose, sex is always on the table.
I'm not affiliated with Jast. I am affiliated with playing games that piss off modern sensibilities, though.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
We are one step away from discussing Rance IV lmao.
midasmulligan
Member
Grabbing the demo for thisDoes Labyrinth Of The Demon King count because that's one of my favorite games this year.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
A fair warning, the combat feels very weird at first and the gane is a ball breaker early on. BUT once the combat clicks, it's a really satisfying system. Imagine Condemned and Dark Souls 1. The kick and "parry", it's really a block, are crucial. Spend some time in the tutorial.Grabbing the demo for this
Game is legit killer imo. Kings Field x Silent Hill.
PS: If you die you just respawn at the last save point with all your progress intact. No reloading and redoing necessary. I died A LOT lol
WhamBamThankYouMaam
Member
Which are good in steamdeck? Bonus if the look lile the old sgi games 
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I don't know what this means.Bonus if the look lile the old sgi games
IAmRei
Member
I have enjoyment with this game, kind of hard as nail, like whole game system hate me and tried to kill me in a good way : ))
I don't know what this means.
though that hard part is part of fun just like other dungeon crawler, but this one had one punch guts in the story, best in DC/Crpg in my honest opinion.
the story is far darker than usual people said about "Japanese RPG" and that's a good start for those who tired for good adventurer vs evil usual in almost all RPG
the gameplay is also very unique, facet and what is it called, i forgot, covenant or such, is refresher, like a whole guild comes around in one dungeon.
I never knew if there is other games like this series.
truly unique experiences, hidden in cuteness art (but disturbing story and disturbing monster design)
Takehito Harada arts in here is very inspiring me
SomeNorseGuy
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SGI? Are you sure you don't mean SSI of Eye of the Beholder and Pool of Radiance fame?Which are good in steamdeck? Bonus if the look lile the old sgi games
Anyway a good starting point for modern dungeon crawlers inspired by the classics I'd recommend these ones:
Or have a look at these titles and see if anything carches your fancy:
Steam Search
I can't imagine many of these will habe amy trouble of running on the Deck, but text readability can be an issue in some cases.
Hudo
Member
Stupid question: Is there a dungeon crawler where you can see your party form third-person? I've always wondered why almost all of them opt to show the exploration and combat in a sort-of first-person view. I kinda like what Wizardry: Daphne is doing in that regard. I wish more dungeon crawlers would do something like that. Also one of the reasons why I think Valbrace (UFO 50) is great.