Dungeons of Dredmor

Dungeons of Dredmor

Worth it · Roguelike · 2011

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 5 of 8 sales

Worth it at $7.99. Typically $5.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hour
$0.42/hr
ReviewsS
94% of 5,451
Critics
79 players 15 higher
Genre rank
Top 5% Roguelike

Holding it back: Reach

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Typical playtime
18.9h
To 100%
81.5h 4.3x the story
Finish
4% reach the ending
Achievements
123

Price and sales

Sales
52 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$1.24 January 2013
Sale every
80d last July 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.24 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
19 now
Cheaper than
67% of its genre
Better reviewed
94% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

76% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $1.24. That was January 2013. 52 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart.

Its score puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Shattered Pixel Dungeon ($9.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Tales of Maj'Eyal ($6.99, scores 77).

More about Dungeons of Dredmor

79 from critics against 94 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

This site sampled 373 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 72 percent of the 195 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.

HowLongToBeat players log 18.9 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 82, 4.3 times as much.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Holding it back
Reach350K+ 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
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 373 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

What players say

This game is amazingly charming, funny, and easy to learn. For a Rogue-like this game is a great gateway for those interested in the genre, however, don't let that fool you into thinking this game will be easy. Some runs just aren't meant to be and you die, however, runs in this are pretty quick (if you choose the option for smaller dungeon levels). Not to mention, after 15 years of being released, the devs recently...
Quilly_DMRecommendedafter 7.7hAug 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's fascinating to see that Dungeons of Dremor is geting updates again. I'm genuinely excited to see what comes of this mystery.
CipherpunkRecommendedafter 78hJul 2026Read on Steam
Good: Very deep. Bad: Very clunky. The UI is straight up from hell - good luck with crafting.
The Reputable OneNot recommendedafter 26hAug 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Cite this score

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Dungeons of Dredmor scores 80/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/98800/dungeons-of-dredmor
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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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+15
Critics79
Players94
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 5,451 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperGaslamp Games, Inc.
PublisherGaslamp Games, Inc.
GenreRoguelike
Released2011
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements123