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Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada

A puzzle RPG about a game developer that loses his job and finds true love in his quest to make his first independent game.

0 15 January 2016

Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada is an indie developed by Onion Games, released 15 January 2016 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Mac.

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What Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada is

Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada is an indie game developed by Onion Games and released in 2016. It was published by DMM.com. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Yamada-kun (Age 36) is a salaryman working as a programmer at a major game publisher. He hates his job. Deep into every night, alone in his apartment, he works on his own game: it's an RPG, and he is the hero, Brave Yamada! One day, he falls in love at first sight with his new neighbor Maria-chan (Age: 18). Yamada-kun, in an effort to nurture his real love, puts Princess Maria into his game! Will Yamada-kun and Maria-chan love each other?"
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada holds a critic score of 0 out of 100. That places it above 0% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 68 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada launched on 15 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami and Darkest Dungeon. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon.

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When did Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada come out?
Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada was released on 15 January 2016 for Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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