Dungeon Crawler Carl

For Carl, the end of the world begins with a broken heart and a stolen cat. Fresh off a messy breakup, he finds himself in the ruins of Seattle, clutching Princess Donut—his ex-girlfriend's pampered show cat—when the planet is abruptly repurposed as a stage for an interstellar entertainment spectacle. An alien syndicate collapses Earth into a sprawling, multi-level fantasy dungeon, making every surviving human a contestant in a televised gauntlet of cruelty. With nothing but his wits, a pair of boxer shorts, and a surprisingly intelligent feline companion, Carl must navigate labyrinthine corridors laden with lethal traps, monstrous creatures, and deranged puzzles, all while the cosmos watches. The rules are simple: clear each floor to advance, or die. Yet survival is far from straightforward. The dungeon's sadistic AI overseer delights in twisting classic role-playing mechanics into nightmarish scenarios, rewarding creative violence and punishing hesitation. As Carl and Princess Donut descend deeper, they discover that this game is a brutal commentary on desperation and adaptation. Their uneasy alliance—a man grappling with sudden obsolescence and a cat whose vanity is matched only by her lethal cunning—becomes their greatest asset. Together, they must outrun collapsing ceilings, outwit other desperate contestants, and face the harrowing truth that the only way out is straight down, through the escalating horrors of the next floor.