Dungeon Crawling

CONCEPT

Carefully exploring a large, labyrinthine area full of enemies (i.e., a dungeon) in the hopes of finding treasure, leveling up, or completing a specific task. Having their roots in tabletop games, video game dungeon crawls are found almost exclusively in RPGs.

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Carefully exploring a large, labyrinthine area full of enemies (i.e., a dungeon) in the hopes of finding treasure, leveling up, or completing a specific task. Having their roots in tabletop games, video game dungeon crawls are found almost exclusively in RPGs.

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• .hack//MUTATION - Part 2 (Game)
• 3D Dot Game Heroes (Game)
• 9th Dawn III (Game)
• AO: Containment Breach (Game)
• Abyss Delvers (Game)
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Slayer (Game)
• Aeon of Sands: The Trail (Game)
• Alien Shooter 2 (Game)
• Amulet of Yendor (Game)
• An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (Game)
• Arkadian Warriors (Game)
• Arx Fatalis (Game)
• Avatar (Game)
• Avernum 3: Ruined World (Game)
• Avernum: Escape from the Pit (Game)
• Away: Shuffle Dungeon (Game)
• BS Zelda no Densetsu: Kodai no Sekiban (Game)
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II (Game)
• Bard's Tale (Game)
• Barony (Game)
• Baroque (Game)
• Battle Chasers: Nightwar (Game)
• Beatdown Dungeon (Game)
• Beneath Apple Manor (Game)
• Beyond Divinity (Game)
• Beyond Oasis (Game)
• Beyond the Labyrinth (Game)
• Black Crypt (Game)
• Bloodwych (Game)
• Bloodwych: Data Disks Vol. 1 (Game)
• Bob's Dragon Hunt (Game)
• Brandish (Game)
• Brandish: The Dark Revenant (Game)
• Brogue (Game)
• Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils (Game)
• Captive (Game)
• Card Crawl (Game)
• Carmine (Game)
• Castle of the Winds (Game)
• Champions of Krynn (Game)
• Champions of Norrath (Game)
• Champions: Return to Arms (Game)
• Chantelise (Game)
• Children of Mana (Game)
• Children of Morta (Game)
• Cladun X2 (Game)
• Cladun: This is an RPG! (Game)
• Clans (Game)
• Class of Heroes (Game)
• Class of Heroes 3 Remaster (Game)
• Cleopatra no Ma Takara (Game)
• Code Vein (Game)
• Cosmic Soldier (Game)
• Cosmic Soldier 2: Psychic War (Game)
• CosmoTank (Game)
• Cralon (Game)
• Crimson Shroud (Game)
• Cruise Chaser Blassty (Game)
• Crystal Dragon (Game)
• Curse of the Azure Bonds (Game)
• Dai Meiro: Meikyuu no Tatsujin (Game)
• Danchi Tsuma no Yuwaku (Game)
• Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying (Game)
• Dark Cloud (Game)
• Dark Cloud 2 (Game)
• Dark Gates (Game)
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic (Game)
• Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements (Game)
• Dark Mist (Game)
• Dark Souls (Game)
• Dark Souls II (Game)
• Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (Game)
• Dark Souls III (Game)
• Dark and Darker (Game)
• Darkest Dungeon (Game)
• Deadly Creatures (Game)
• Deathkeep (Game)
• Deep Dungeon II: Yuushi no Monshou (Game)
• Deep Dungeon III: Yuushi he no Tabi (Game)
• Deep Labyrinth (Game)
• Delver (Game)
• Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan (Game)
• Demon Gaze (Game)
• Demon Lord Reincarnation (Game)
• Demon Master Chris (Game)
• Demon's Souls (Game)
• Demon's Souls (Game)
• Depths of Peril (Game)
• Desktop Dungeons (Game)
• Devil Spire (Game)
• Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (Game)
• Diablo (Game)
• Diablo II (Game)
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Game)
• Diablo III (Game)
• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (Game)
• Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition (Game)
• Diablo Immortal (Game)

Concept details

Name

Dungeon Crawling

Aliases

Games

• .hack//MUTATION - Part 2 (Game)
• 3D Dot Game Heroes (Game)
• 9th Dawn III (Game)
• AO: Containment Breach (Game)
• Abyss Delvers (Game)
• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Slayer (Game)
• Aeon of Sands: The Trail (Game)
• Alien Shooter 2 (Game)
• Amulet of Yendor (Game)
• An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (Game)
• Arkadian Warriors (Game)
• Arx Fatalis (Game)
• Avatar (Game)
• Avernum 3: Ruined World (Game)
• Avernum: Escape from the Pit (Game)
• Away: Shuffle Dungeon (Game)
• BS Zelda no Densetsu: Kodai no Sekiban (Game)
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Game)
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Golden Axe (Franchise), Shining Force (Franchise), The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), Mega Man (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Persona (Franchise), Phantasy Star Online (Franchise), Phantasy Star Universe (Franchise), Kid Icarus (Franchise), Mystery Dungeon (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), The Elder Scrolls (Franchise), Point Blank (Franchise), Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise), Ivalice Alliance (Franchise), Dragon Quest (Franchise), Mega Man Legends (Franchise), Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (Franchise), Naruto (Franchise), Baldur's Gate (Franchise), Dungeons & Dragons (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings Online (Franchise), Star Ocean (Franchise), Dark Cloud (Franchise), Diablo (Franchise), Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Franchise), Disney (Franchise), Forgotten Realms (Franchise), Digital Devil Monogatari (Franchise), Silent Hill (Franchise), Ultima (Franchise), XZR (Franchise), Mana (Franchise), Dragon Age (Franchise), Izuna (Franchise), Ys (Franchise), Skies of Arcadia (Franchise), Etrian Odyssey (Franchise), Grandia (Franchise), Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Franchise), Evolution (Franchise), Shiren the Wanderer (Franchise), Touhou Project (Franchise), Wild Arms (Franchise), EverQuest (Franchise), Ragnarok (Franchise), Ragnarok Online (Franchise), Phantasy Star Portable (Franchise), Bard's Tale (Franchise), .hack (Franchise), Summon Night (Franchise), Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (Franchise), Lufia (Franchise), Harvest Moon (Franchise), Rune Factory (Franchise), Fate (Franchise), To Heart (Franchise), Wizardry (Franchise), Digimon (Franchise), Might and Magic (Franchise), Warhammer (Franchise), Dungeon Maker (Franchise), Sacred (Franchise), Souls (Franchise), Gauntlet (Franchise), Torchlight (Franchise), Dark Messiah (Franchise), Divinity (Franchise), Babylonian Castle Saga (Franchise), Myth (Franchise), Dragon Slayer (Franchise), Eye of the Beholder (Franchise), Guild (Franchise), Unchained Blades (Franchise), Survival Kids (Franchise), Hydlide (Franchise), Dragon Buster (Franchise), Xanadu (Franchise), Dungeon Explorer (Franchise), Dungeon Master (Franchise), Golgo 13 (Franchise), Yuji Horii Mysteries (Franchise), Avernum (Franchise), Depths of Peril (Franchise), War of the Dead (Franchise), Alien Shooter (Franchise), Class of Heroes (Franchise), Dungeon Lords (Franchise), Krynn (Franchise), Ishar Trilogy (Franchise), Murkon series (Franchise), Deep Dungeon (Franchise), Cladun (Franchise), Elminage (Franchise), Neopets (Franchise), Coven and Labyrinth (Franchise), Hero Quest (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Raidy (Character), Anima (Character), Shiren the Wanderer (Character), Blood Knight (Character), Torneko Taloon (Character), Sword (Character), Abdel Adrian (Character), Elessa (Character), Bragi Axebiter (Character), Elontir (Character), Konrad Vollen (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Dungeon (Location), Temple (Location), Cave (Location), Prison (Location), Arbiter's Grounds (Location), City in the Sky (Location), Fire Temple (Location), Forest Temple (Location), Goron Mines (Location), Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly (Location), Lakebed Temple (Location), Minish Village (Location), Palace of Twilight (Location), Shadow Temple (Location), Snowpeak Ruins (Location), Spirit Temple (Location), Stone Tower (Location), Temple of Time (Location), Termina Great Bay (Location), Water Temple (Location), Castle (Location), The Forgotten Realms (Location), Abyss of Time (Location), Tartarus (Location), Tatsumi Port Island (Location), Midnight Channel (Location), The Shivering Isles (Location), Norrath (Location), Edgeville (Location), Karamja (Location), Inaba (Location), Gizamaluke's Grotto (Location), Catacombs (Location), Velketor's Labyrinth (Location), Sebilis (Location), Veeshan's Peak (Location), Yggdrasil Labyrinth (Location), Lake of Anna (Location), Chardok (Location), Greyhawk (Location), Dragon Necropolis (Location), Kaesora (Location), Najena (Location), Temple of Droga (Location), The Crypt of Dalnir (Location), Lavaspinner's Lair (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Television (Object), Amulet of Yendor (Object)

People

• Has people: Yasumi Matsuno (Person), Brian Morrisroe (Person), Travis Baldree (Person), Yoshio Kiya (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Vent Crawling (Concept), Boss Fight (Concept), Crawling (Concept), Boss (Concept), Maze (Concept), Tomb Raiding (Concept), Randomly Generated Dungeon (Concept), Swarming Enemies (Concept), The Locked Door (Concept), Crowd Control (Concept), Grue (Concept), Random Encounter (Concept), Corridor Crawler (Concept), Gold Box Engine (Concept), Roguelike (Concept), Key Chase (Concept), AD&D Rules (Concept), Action RPG (Concept)