Hello, I made this community as a place for a subset of RPGs that usually end up in the shadow of more popular open-world RPGs, JRPGs and Souls-likes.
My definition of dungeon crawlers (that’s, admittedly, stretching the definition a bit), is as follows:
- it takes place in a confined space (doesn’t need to be a literal dungeons!),
- it puts a strong emphasis on combat and looting,
- and it offers little to no story.
This includes a broad variety of games and genres, such as:
- Blobbers (first-person party-based RPGs like Dungeon Master)
- Traditional roguelikes with procgen, permadeath and one controllable character, e.g. Nethack
- Some ARPGs like Diablo and King’s Field
- Many unconventional indie titles like Osteoblasts, Ruadine or Divers (UFO 50 game)
And there are definitely other notable examples that I forgot to mention!
Even if they fit the gameplay motif, just with more story?
They seem to be fairly story-heavy to me, with the VN-style UI for dialogues and fleshed-out characters.
You can also make a post asking in the community if such games are fine - maybe I overestimated the importance of minimum story for the genre, who knows~