Fit check
Is Hearts of the Dungeon List worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- JRPG fans who want dungeon exploration paired with character relationships
- RPG players who prefer turn-based combat with adjustable abilities
- Players seeking a progression-focused game with town restoration and side activities
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters
- Players who prefer a tightly linear adventure without relationship threads, town work, or side activities
- Players looking for a game centered on a single short dungeon rather than more than 100 areas
Our take on Hearts of the Dungeon List
Its defining structure is a checklist of more than 100 dungeons, surrounded by relationship stories, town restoration, stat growth, and optional fishing.
What is Hearts of the Dungeon List?
This turn-based RPG combines dungeon progression, character relationships, town development, and stat customization.
Players work through a list of more than 100 increasingly challenging dungeons while fighting over 100 types of monsters, from mushrooms to otherworldly creatures. Leveling develops character statistics, and abilities can be adjusted and upgraded for different play styles. In town, relationship stories and villager requests progress at the player’s chosen pace. Other activities include fishing, completing a bestiary, and restoring an abandoned town. The game draws on classic JRPGs, visual novels, and roguelites. Planned post-release content includes a casino, expanded fishing, additional monsters raising the total above 200, and endgame dungeons.
How Hearts of the Dungeon List plays
- 01Turn-Based Combat
- Battles feature more than 100 monster types, including mushrooms and otherworldly creatures.
- 02Dungeon Progression
- The dungeon list contains more than 100 areas with increasing challenge.
- 03Ability Customization
- Leveling raises statistics while abilities can be modified and upgraded for different play styles.
- 04Town Relationships
- Character bonds and villager requests form story threads that advance at the player’s pace.
- 05Town Restoration
- The abandoned town can be developed alongside dungeon exploration.
- 06Fishing Activities
- Fishing provides a separate activity during breaks from dungeon and quest progress.
Hearts of the Dungeon List compared to similar games
Hearts of the Dungeon List centers on turn-based dungeon completion, relationship stories, ability customization, and rebuilding a town. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition focuses on an unconventional story, characters, and exploration, while Back to the Dawn presents a prison-escape RPG involving fighting, investigation, and survival. Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG built around exploration, stealth, disguises, and conversations.
Hearts of the Dungeon List: platforms & release
Is Hearts of the Dungeon List worth it?
It is worth it if: JRPG fans who want dungeon exploration paired with character relationships. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters.
Where can I download Hearts of the Dungeon List?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Hearts of the Dungeon List's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Hearts of the Dungeon List on?
Windows only.
