Pixel Dungeon

Pixel Dungeon

Steam Deck · unrated

Retronic Games · Roguelike · May 29, 2015

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

89%
Very Positive
448 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 448 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 263 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise11% are divided33% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It's purpose is to generate mazes, rooms, treasures and monsters for the primary game loop (explore, fight monsters, get treasures) and it does this well.
14 of 263 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are charming and look great even for pixel characters, if you have been with this for awhile you know the extra efforts put into little things like backround, lighting and etc over the bunch of updates it had since being created.
14 of 263 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The inventory system is simple and the bags add a nice clarifying feature to it when you can find them.
12 of 263 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The graphics are charming and look great even for pixel characters, if you have been with this for awhile you know the extra efforts put into little things like backround, lighting and etc over the bunch of updates it had since being created.
8 of 263 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Thankfully you can turn music off while still keeping sound effects on (the sound effects are good).
7 of 263 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay14 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Interface12 reviews
Story and characters8 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty16 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat17 reviews
88%
Bugs7 reviews
57%
Crashes7 reviews
71%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
63
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.