Dungeonborne News

It's not often that you don't know how much a videogame will cost mere days before launch. Typically we're drowning in $70 triple-A releases with multiple editions, virtual currency, and season passes before the game is even out. Upcoming extraction RPG Dungeonborne is bucking that trend, as this Dark and Darker rival is set for Steam Early Access any minute now, without a price tag. It's a risky move, but one that developer Mithril Interactive hopes will lead to a smooth release - so let's see if it pays off.

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Mithril Interactive have announced that their (deep, rasping breath) first-person player-versus-player-versus-enemy dungeon crawler extraction sim (FPPvPvEDCES) Dungeonborne will launch into early access on Thursday July 18th. Here are some more intuitive, albeit no more elegant, ways of summarising what you do in Dungeonborne than "FPPvPvEDCES": sword go clang, goblin go eek, treasure chest go jingle-jangle, other player go stab-in-the-back.

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I've always been partial to a dungeon crawler. From games like Akalabeth and Eye of the Beholder to more modern types like Legend of Grimrock and the abstract Dungeon Encounters, grabbing a party and delving into unknown depths has always appealed. On the other end of the scale, extraction shooters like Escape from Tarkov have filled me with trepidation, so it's with a sense of excited curiosity I venture into the gloom with PvPvE games like Dark and Darker and now - Dungeonborne.

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Don't play Dungeonborne on Steam Deck, unless you want to be banned

Skyrim inspired Dungeonborne's first playtest has attracted thousands

Dungeonborne is like a bleak, hardcore Skyrim, and you can play today