Dungeon Drafters

Dungeon Drafters

Skip · Roguelike · 2023

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 36, under the fair line, at $24.99.

Length
47.8h
Value
$0.52/hr
Reviews
75% of 776 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Reviews75% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$0.52/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds5 of 433 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 1050 or better, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.

The value story

27 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 69 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Trials of Fire ($19.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Nowhere Prophet ($24.99, scores 26).

More about Dungeon Drafters

5 of the 433 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2023 to August 2026.

Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.

The drop-off

46% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

This is a very high quality game aside from some bugs and a specific gripe I have with the final part of the Tower dungeon. In the positive, the card battler element of the game is well thought out and provides a number of interesting playstyles which can be combined across types of cards. Most of my time playing the game was extremely fun, even if I was just trying progress a quest challenge rather than reach the...
OmegatronRecommendedafter 32hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game is great! Very cute, the quality of life features are decent (you can select cards with number keys!) Kept me playing for far longer than similar games
LampshaedeRecommendedafter 66hJul 2026Read on Steam
Game seems solid mechnically, but way WAY WAY too much NPC yapping and no suspend save which is by far the biggest issue especially since the gameplay loop is both involved and lengthy.
Boomer simpsonNot recommendedafter 2.4h5 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Dungeon Drafters scores 36/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1824580/dungeon-drafters
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players0
Critics75
Players75
Metacritic critics · 776 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperManalith Studios
PublisherDANGEN Entertainment
GenreRoguelike
Released2023
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements40