Dungeon Munchies

Part platformer, part RPG, part hack ‘n’ slash, part cooking simulator… Dungeon Munchies tries to set itself apart from its contenders by throwing many th

Unfortunately that means the jury is officially back out on whether or not a series of fat, hairy spiders routinely creep into your wide open mouth as you sleep, in an attempt to crawl down your throat and lay their eggs inside your lungs. Sleep tight!

I’m always excited to tune into an Indie World Showcase to check out the latest indie offerings on Nintendo Switch. The most recent showcase was home to a few

The latter half of December 2021 saw the release of a somewhat uneventful Nintendo Direct aimed exclusively at upcoming indie releases for the Switch. One of the titles announced in said show was Dungeon Munchies, a game that caught my attention not because of its visuals (which, granted, are bland), but due to a neat mechanic presented in its trailer. It involves cooking body parts collected from fallen enemies, eating them, and acquiring their abilities. Essentially, a more morbid (and hila...

Some indies have very intriguing premises so does the strange Dungeon Munchies serve up the fun? Let's give it a taste and find out.

Dungeon Munchies is the kind of game that feels like it might be good in another two or three years. Despite the shoddy visuals, awful performance, sloppy movement mechanics, and unoriginal crafting systems, it feels like there could be a good game somewhere in here. With a few tweaks, this combat system might have some promise, and the core loop of crafting—fighting—repeat seems like an interesting riff on the main idea of Monster Hunter. Unfortunately, that potential has yet to fully present itself here — this is an Early Access release with all the issues and lack of cohesion that implies. ...