If you like Baldur’s Gate 3, you should check out Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. The fantasy RPG tells an exciting story with a huge portion of ridiculous humor – and is currently free if you are a “Twitch Prime” customer.
What kind of game is this?
- In The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos, you play a group of adventurers who are supposed to complete important tasks… but are only partially suitable for that.
- At its core, the game is a tactical RPG, similar to Baldur’s Gate 3: battles are turn-based, each character has special abilities, and dialogues with other characters advance you in the story.
- Unlike most RPGs, however, Dungeon of Naheulbeuk doesn’t take itself too seriously, which you may have already noticed from the name.
What makes Dungeon of Naheulbeuk special: The role-playing game is based on an audio comedy series by the French author John Lang, in which primarily well-known RPG tropes were meant to be parodied.
This is particularly evident in Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. You don’t play a group of world-savers, but absolute anti-heroes who carry every cliché that exists:
- the brave leader thinks he is much better than he actually is
- the sneaky rogue is absolutely paranoid and trusts nothing and no one
- the pretty elf huntress wears noticeably little and pays more attention to her appearance than anything else
- the dwarf warrior is strong, but incredibly greedy and can’t keep his hands off any treasure
- the barbarian of the group… smashes. Thinking isn’t really his thing
Unlike Baldur’s Gate 3, the game uses comic graphics and a lot of humor. It is meant to be primarily entertaining. There is an exciting story, but the jokes and silly conversations of the characters are the highlight.
88 % positive on Steam, free with Twitch Prime
On Steam, The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos has a rating of 88 % and is thus “very positive,” although recent reviews are declining somewhat. Players particularly praise the “cute and quirky” nature of the game and that it runs smoothly even on weak tech.
Especially great is the feeling that you are really in a Dungeons & Dragons group: everyone really knows the silly jokes and exaggerated characters. Especially on sale, you shouldn’t miss out on the game:
- here’s Dungeon of Naheulbeuk on Steam
- here you can find the game on Prime Gaming – it is still free there until December 26
- alternatively, you can find the game for PS5 in the PS Store and for Xbox in the Microsoft Store
I have been playing the game myself for a while and must say that the German full voice acting is particularly great. The voice actors embody the characters excellently, and I find the narrator with a French accent especially charming. This shows a bit: the studio stays true to its roots and plays with its origin.
The biggest downside for me so far is the combat system, which relies heavily on cover and positions. I think there could be more here, but all in all, I feel well entertained.
While I haven’t had the chance to play Dungeon of Naheulbeuk particularly long, I was entertained excellently even in the first hours. I laughed far more than in most games I have played so far.
Dungeon of Naheulbeuk is currently the perfect bridge to the next hit that is coming up:
New RPG comes out in 2 weeks on Steam, like Baldur’s Gate 3, but 40,000 years in the future
