Dungeon Lurker Hands-On Details Manual Notes and Dungeon Structure
13AM Games is building its roguelike around the instruction manual as a story device, so the fiction lives in the printed material rather than in cutscenes.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Dungeon Lurker is a retro-style action roguelike from 13AM Games, the studio behind Runbow and Dawn of the Monsters. The game runs on 3D graphics modeled after a fictional console called the Eclipse 32. Its instruction manual carries handwritten notes from a previous owner, including a shortcut route and circled enemy weak points. The dungeon has 15 floors, and the goal is to rescue an imprisoned brother.
The booth at gamescom 2026 let visitors play on an arcade cabinet-style setup. Combat follows belt-scroll action games like Golden Axe and Final Fight: normal attack, charged attack, dodge, guard, jump, plus magic assigned to a button pressed while guarding. Combining actions, such as jump and attack for a jump attack, produces stronger blows.
Between floors, three characters appear: the Priest grants new abilities, the Witch teaches new spells and can upgrade or swap learned ones, and the Scavenger sells tonics with healing and buff effects for gold coins.
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