Dungeon Crawler Carl has become a global phenomenon in the modern fantasy and LitRPG space, with Matt Dinniman's deadly adventure becoming one of the genre's biggest success stories. Carl's journey is built around brutal encounters, RPG-style systems and progression, tough bosses, and the lingering threat of one bad decision resulting in certain doom.
Similarly, FromSoftware's landmark Dark Souls series approaches dungeon crawling from an equally brutal direction, albeit much darker in tone, dropping players into oppressive medieval environments with hidden corridors and labyrinthian designs filled with lethal enemies, monstrous bosses, and From's signature combat style that rewards patience and repeated failure.
Both franchises ultimately make survival itself part of the appeal, forcing their protagonists through hostile worlds where every victory feels earned. Now, an upcoming game is combining those ideas and themes into a particularly brutal medieval dungeon-crawling experience that DCC and Dark Souls fans will not want to skip, and you can even try it out for free now via a limited-time playtest opportunity (via Steam).
Dungeon Crawler Carl And Dark Souls Collide In 2026 Steam...