$9.99Shadow Dungeon Old-school hack and slash, endless loot
Pick a hero, cut through the demon hordes, and keep every item you find for good.
Is Shadow Dungeon worth it?
Shadow Dungeon is worth it if…
- you want a loot-driven action RPG without seasonal resets or microtransactions
- you miss the dark gothic look and feel of RPGs from around the year 2000
- you enjoy experimenting with hybrid builds from hundreds of skills and endless gear
- you like fast, gory combat in short sessions that always leave room for one more run
- you would rather fight and collect than follow a story
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Four heroes, twelve talent trees, hundreds of skills
You pick between a sorcerer who bends elemental magic, a holy warrior with dual blades, a precise archer, and a necromancer who summons demons and skeletons to fight for you. Each class draws on 12 talent trees and more than 370 skills, and the real fun starts when you mix them: gear can carry skills from other trees, so hybrid builds are where the game opens up. Skill points never run out in the late game, so you can keep pushing a build further instead of hitting a wall. One moment you are flinging fire into a crowd, the next your shield is bursting hammers into nine on impact. The combinations are the point.
Loot that never gets taken away
Over 100,000,000 pieces of equipment, generated semi-randomly from 3,200 base templates, and more than half of it carries extra skills that feed your talents. Legendary and mythic items make up over half the loot, so a good drop is never far away. There are no seasonal resets and no microtransactions: everything is earned in combat, and nothing you find is ever weakened later. A warehouse with unlimited pages holds hundreds of thousands of items, because you will want to keep them. The loop is simple and it works: clear a dungeon, sift the spoils, find one affix that changes how your build plays, go again.
A grim world with a lot of ground to cover
Seven chapters stretch across more than 160 maps: eerie dungeons, solemn ancient temples, scorching deserts, haunted ruins, and places beyond reality, down to hell itself. Over 200 distinct monsters stand in the way, from undead warriors and cyclopes to cultists and evil spirits, and more than 60 bosses each bring their own attack patterns. The gothic pixel art and an original soundtrack mixing gothic mood with late-90s orchestral flourishes give it the feel of a lost classic from the year 2000. Fair warning: the campaign is long, and there is barely any story to hold it together. You are here to fight and to loot.
Frequently asked questions?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, it is a singleplayer game from start to finish. The whole progression, from the seven chapters to the endgame dungeon challenges, is built around one hero and your growing pile of gear.
Is there a story?
Barely. The premise is a Demon Lord beneath the abyss and monsters crawling out of the dark, and that is about all the narrative you get. The game is honest about what it is: a combat and loot machine. If story is what you play for, look elsewhere.
What is there to do after the campaign?
Mystic Dungeon Challenges take over as the endgame, along with reforging, enchanting and enhancement systems for your gear, blessing shrines, gems and permanent elixirs to chase. More classes, a mercenary system and crafting are planned for the future.
How long is the game?
The seven-chapter campaign alone runs well over a dozen hours depending on your class, and the randomized loot and endgame challenges are built to keep you going long after that. It is designed to be replayed for years.
