Dungeon Encounters

 Switch
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Cubed3
    Jul 20, 2022
    70
    Dungeon Encounters is a very difficult game to fault for its premise. It has very specific goals and it achieves them, much to the chagrin of the player and it achieves its goals thoroughly. This is definitely not something for the average Square Enix fan and caters more towards gamers who enjoy the likes of The Dark Spire or very old dungeon crawlers. Expect to have to rely on imagining the adventure and the battles, because of how nothing is ever realised in text or visuals. This is a hard title to recommend to general audiences, but for those who are truly hardcore RPG maniacs, Dungeon Encounters might be worth exploring.
  2. Digitally Downloaded
    Oct 27, 2021
    70
    Dungeon Encounters is deceptive engaging. What seems at first to be a no-frills dungeon crawler, sliced back to its very minimum eventually reveals itself to be quite the clever little project. It provides the very basic foundation needed for a JRPG, and then gets out of the way, letting the player write their own story and fill in the metaphoric (and literal) blanks in their own way. That makes it an oddly cathartic experience.
  3. Gamer.no
    Oct 29, 2021
    60
    An engaging battle system in a slim package, Dungeon Encounters still offers some good hours.
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  1. Eurogamer
    Oct 28, 2021
    Hiroyuki Ito returns to the helm for the first time since Final Fantasy 12 in another brilliant examination of RPG fundamentals. [Eurogamer Recommended]

Awards & Rankings

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#55 Best Switch Game of 2021

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User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 5 out of 16
  1. Hangedman84
    Oct 19, 2021
    0
    This is the most boring and uninteresting game I've ever played!
    I have no words to describe how dull and empty this game is.
    It's a sheer    This is the most boring and uninteresting game I've ever played!
    I have no words to describe how dull and empty this game is.
    It's a sheer disappointment that people who made FF series + FFT, DQ Series, Mana series, Nier series, PE series, Vagrant Story and many other good games, now make this nonsense.    … Full Review »
  2. SADs-seed
    Jul 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Negative gold. How is it possible. Few hours playing. Encounter a thief. All my gold stolen. Why not. But now I have - 30.000 gold. What a joke. Let's say I can make 100g per fight. Do the math. Stupid mechanic. I'm done with this game. Lost to mist time already. So much boring.… Full Review »
  3. ChazMikey
    Jan 17, 2022
    0
    Mediocre. Full of intentionally obnoxious mechanics (petrify) to pass as difficult.

    Not worth 5 dollars, when there are so many games that    Mediocre. Full of intentionally obnoxious mechanics (petrify) to pass as difficult.

    Not worth 5 dollars, when there are so many games that are better and respect the player's time.    … Full Review »
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