Dungeons of Hinterberg

Dungeons of Hinterberg Review: An Alpine RPG Locked Behind a Crunchyroll Plan

Twenty-Five Dungeons, Four Regions and a Social Life That Counts

The game underneath is the one Microbird Games shipped on PC and Xbox in July 2024: Luisa, a lawyer on the edge, takes a slayer-vacation in Hinterberg, an Alpine town where magic arrived and dungeons became the tourist draw. Days are 25 hand-built dungeons across four regions — Doberkogel's meadows for learning, the autumn forest of Hinterwald, Kolmstein's glaciers crossed on a magical snowboard, the marsh of Brünneresel — each with its own summoned tools, hoverboards, wrecking balls and lightning, that double as puzzle keys. Evenings are a social sim: the bar, the cinema, the lake, and Social Links with locals, fellow slayers and a cynical journalist that pay out in perks, gear discounts and dungeon shortcuts. Charms and outfits tune the build; multiple difficulties and vacation modes tune the challenge. Cel-shaded art, a lo-fi soundtrack; Everyone 10+ on Play, 13+ by Apple, ten languages.

Login Wall First, Tiny Buttons Second

The reviews are about the door, not the house. The most-voted Google Play review, August 2, 2026 with eight votes, could not get past the Crunchyroll login — it cannot be skipped, and after signing in the only option was a paid membership; an August 16 one-star calls it a paywall; the App Store's only review, August 3, is stuck at the same login after a reinstall. The one review that reached the game, August 22, found the touch controls too small to use and not resizable — Crunchyroll's reply promises nothing immediate. That is the whole visible record: 100 Play reviews at 2.8, four App Store ratings at 3.0, 10,000-plus installs, version 1.0 with no update since late July. Nothing in it describes frame rate or the dungeons themselves, so the game's quality here rests on its 2024 reputation and the port's is unrated until a reviewer gets past the buttons.

Not for Sale: $13.99 a Month, iPhone 15 Pro or Newer

There is no price for the game because there is no purchase. Both listings say Membership Required — exclusive to Crunchyroll Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan memberships — and the App Store's only in-app purchase is Mega Fan Monthly at $13.99, which also buys the anime library, offline viewing and the rest of the Game Vault. For a player who already pays, it is an extra with no ads and no further purchases; for anyone else, it is a subscription to play a single-player game that sells outright on PC. The hardware bar is steep: iOS 18 and an A17 Pro or later — iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max and newer — with a 2.4 GB download; Google Play lists no Android floor or size. Google's data-safety card shows App activity and Device IDs collected. Membership prices vary by region and tier, and Crunchyroll changes them.