Subterranean realm

Locations theme

Not simply subterranean locale but a vast network of tunnels, caverns and such underground.

40
games
16
platforms
Examples:
* A Journey to the Center of the Earth (a story by Jules Verne)
* The Underdark (D&D Forgotten Realms)
* Moria (Middle-earth)
This is a relatively common way to provide players with an alien like environment as there are no such things on Earth occurring naturally or even semi-naturally beyond subways and other tunnels through mountains or other geographical formations. Nothing on the scale this tag is for anyway.

This tag mostly indicates the difference in scope between natural caves and the vastness of things like Moria and the Underdark.

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Parent group

Subterranean setting

Games by year

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The first Subterranean realm video game was released in 1988.

Topo Soft, Failbetter Games and Chip published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 11
Linux 7
MS-DOS 4
Amiga 2
Atari ST 2
Amstrad CPC 2
X360 2
Mac OS X 2
BSD 1
Pandora 1
MSX 1
ZX Spectrum 1
C64 1
Win3.1 1
PS2 1
Xbox 1

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