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Dungeon Core

Dungeon Core is a challenging but rewarding roguelite dungeon crawler. It features procedurally generated levels with lots of rooms to explore, items to find and enemies to fight. Permanent upgrades will help…

12 August 2020

Dungeon Core is an arcade developed by Talismanic Entertainment, released 12 August 2020 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dungeon Core is

Dungeon Core is an arcade game developed by Talismanic Entertainment and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Essence Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take on the role as a liquidator and descend down to an abandoned facility, buried deep below the sewers. You get to fight mutants, bosses, acquire awesome items and ultimately destroy the nuclear core, which is mutating any form of life that is present. You'll come across everything from ravenous toads to armed cyborgs on your way down.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Dungeon Core launched on 12 August 2020, within three weeks of Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Risk of Rain 2 and Crusader Kings III. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Risk of Rain 2, Crusader Kings III.

Official trailer

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When did Dungeon Core come out?
Dungeon Core was released on 12 August 2020 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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