Inspired by PC RPG classics of the past, such as Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Daggerfall, and Nethack, Barony: Cursed Edition places players in the shoes of a hero that must descend to the bottom of a dark dungeon known as the Devil's Bastion and destroy an undead lich named Baron Herx, who terrorized the peaceful town of Hamlet in life and is now harboring a curse against the land from beyond the grave.