Dungeon Crawl 94: What Was Taken is a grid-based dungeon-crawling RPG focused on exploration, turn-based combat, character progression, and procedurally generated environments. Players choose a class and develop attributes including Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, Speed, Constitution, and Luck while discovering randomized equipment, spell books, cursed and legendary items, crafting supplies, merchants, animal companions, mimics, and bosses. The game uses a 2D grid-based world with a perspective rendering system that allows outdoor environments to display a visible sky and horizon. The player's view can also be rotated through four orientations while exploring. The story follows a traveler returning home who discovers his home in flames and his family missing, beginning a journey to discover what was taken and find them.