Underplayed Gems

Pixel Dungeon (2015)

Pixel Dungeon cover
Developer
Retronic Games
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
Rating
4.5 of 5, 447 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 5.7 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A methodical and unforgiving dungeon crawl where each permadeath run demands careful turn-by-turn strategy to survive procedural depths.

punishingturn-basedpixel graphicsproceduralchallengingexploration-focusedsingleplayerroguelike

What players say

Players love the addictive roguelike loop but widely agree development has stopped, and most recommend playing the actively-maintained fork Shattered Pixel Dungeon instead. The difficulty is brutal, especially the final boss, and a few report a persistent cursor bug.

Screenshots

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