2D MMO Dungeon Fighter Online could quite possibly be the most lucrative game ever made that you've never played. Launched in Korea in 2005 as Dungeon & Fighter, it's since spawned sequels and spin-offs that have earned some $22 billion over the years. Despite being a massive hit in Asia, Dungeon Fighter Online never quite graduated past a cult following in the West. Last month's First Berserker: Khazan could be a back door into helping the series finally get its hooks into more players. That's certainly what developer Neople is hoping for, at least.
It's not obvious at first, but Khazan has deep ties to the DNF series and the developers aimed to leverage its long history and iconography for a different type of experience. During GDC 2025 we spoke with Neople CEO Myeongjin Yun and lead actor Ben Starr (who broke out with his role as Clive in Final Fantasy 16) about the action game's goal of reinventing DNF for a new era.
