Ludography
80/100
Critics1 review
Dungelot cover

2012 · Roguelike · Strategy

Dungelot

Explore floor after floor of a dungeon in this minesweeper styled roguelike.

Released
8 December 2012
Platforms
AndroidBrowserWindowsiOS
Genres
RoguelikeStrategy
Developers
—
Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Themes
Fantasy
Engine
Adobe Flash

About

Dungelot is a roguelike video game with permadeath developed by Russian studio Red Winter Software. It was released in 2012 on Kongregate and in 2013 for iOS and Android. Two sequels have been released.

Keywords

  • roguelike
  • permadeath

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In Dungelot, the player must choose a character from the character selection menu. All the characters except one are locked and must be unlocked by reaching certain levels in the game. The chosen character will give the player a certain perk which can help the player in defeating each floor. Once the player has chosen a character and is in the game they must click on the tiles to show what's underneath it.

The battle system is turn-based, which means after the player attacks, the enemy will attack and vice versa. The attack the player does is based on how much attack power they have. The default across the characters is between 1 and 3. To continue to the next floor the player must kill the enemy that is holding the key.

Reception

The iOS version of Dungelot has a rating 83/100 on Metacritic based on 8 critic reviews.

Legacy

There are two sequels: Dungelot 2 and Dungelot: Shattered Lands.

Runestone Keeper is the most famous Dungelot knockoff, to the point of GOG.com accepting Runestone Keeper, but not Dungelot.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Browser8 December 2012Worldwide
iOS10 January 2013Worldwide
Android9 February 2013Worldwide

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Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.