Dungeon Lurker is in development at 13AM Games for PC via Steam, with a demo available and more than 100,000 wishlist registrations. The studio showed the game at its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth at Makuhari Messe.
13AM Games announced Dungeon Lurker in June 2026 as a horror action roguelike for PC via Steam, with a release date undecided and Japanese language support not planned. Two months later the studio released a demo alongside a new trailer. By late August the game had passed 100,000 wishlist registrations on Steam, with the demo still live. A September hands-on report described the studio's central design decision: an instruction manual with handwritten notes from a previous owner, carrying a shortcut route and circled enemy weak points, so the fiction lives in the printed material rather than in cutscenes.
The stories agree on the broad shape. The player controls a knight searching a cursed dungeon for a missing brother, with immortality promised at the deepest level, across more than 30 stages. Combat allows launching enemies into the air with a sword, shield guards, dodges, spells, and passive skills. The demo includes a pause-menu manual that the player can read, which the coverage treats as the game's distinguishing feature.
Details shift as the game is shown. The earliest announcement describes 32-bit visuals and a narrative about exploring a deceased friend's belongings. Later stories specify a fictional console called the Eclipse System 32, then the Eclipse System 32, and a structure of three areas and 15 floors. The August hands-on says 15 floors; the August 5 story says over 30 stages. The Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth, which opened at Makuhari Messe on September 17, presented the three-area, 15-floor structure directly to attendees.
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13AM Games showed Dungeon Lurker at its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth, which opened at Makuhari Messe on September 17. The action roguelite casts the player as someone playing a game that was supposedly released for the fictional 32-bit Eclipse System 32, exploring dungeons with collected weapons and spells across three areas and 15 floors while in-game handwritten manual notes carry the hints.
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.
13AM Games is developing the roguelike action game Dungeon Lurker for PC via Steam, where it has surpassed 100,000 wishlist registrations. A demo is available now. The game is set inside a cursed dungeon and framed as clearing an action game left behind on a fictional retro console by a deceased friend, with the player's own secrets gradually exposed as the player progresses.
13AM Games released a demo version of its roguelike action game Dungeon Lurker on Steam on August 4, 2026, alongside a new trailer. The game is set in a cursed dungeon where players control a knight searching for a missing brother, with immortality promised at the deepest level. It features over 30 stages with retro-style visuals reminiscent of 32-bit console graphics, and enemies include ghouls, goblins, and werewolves. Combat uses a modern action feel, allowing players to launch enemies into the air with a sword, use shield guards, dodges, spells, and passive skills. The story frames the game as an item left behind by a deceased friend, with the protagonist checking the friend's belongings after receiving a voicemail from the friend's mother. The demo includes a gimmick where players can step away from the TV screen and read a manual with handwritten notes from the pause menu, a feature that adds to the retro presentation. The game is scheduled for release on PC via Steam.
13AM Games announced Dungeon Lurker, a horror action roguelike for PC. The game features retro 32-bit visuals, over 30 dungeon floors, and a narrative about a protagonist exploring a deceased friend's belongings. A teaser trailer was released. The release date is undecided, and Japanese language support is not planned.