The Deadly Path
Roguelike real-time strategy with dungeon building and demanding gods
Owlskip Enterprises · Published by Fireshine Games, Drillhounds · Released Mar 25, 2025
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 46% of 100
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Mar 27, 2025
What is The Deadly Path?
This single-player roguelike strategy game takes place in a dark fantasy underworld, where a trapped Custodian must help a pantheon of gods ascend. In each run, you uncover tiles, gather resources, manage servants, build defenses, and fend off attackers while working toward a deity's victory condition.
For you if...
- +you enjoy assigning workers and balancing resource production
- +you prefer short roguelike runs with changing objectives
- +you like dark fantasy settings with grim humor
Not for you if...
- −you prefer turn-based planning to real-time decisions
- −you dislike timed upkeep and constant multitasking
What players say
46% of 100 reviews are positive
Players praise the resource-management loop and music, but frequently report interface problems and bugs that disrupt runs. Some also find the inability to act while paused and the luck involved in finding required tiles frustrating.
Screenshots and trailer
The Deadly Path system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 x64
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Athlon X4 860K
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 650 / Radeon HD 7750
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 x64
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-12100F / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Graphics
- GeForce GT 1030 / Radeon RX 550
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 18
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Choices Matter
- Strategy
- Survival
- Dark Fantasy
- Management
- Card Game
- Resource Management
- Singleplayer
- RTS
- Base Building
- Dark
- Roguelike
- Roguelite
- Time Management
- Dark Humor
- Real Time Tactics
Recent updates
- Mar 27, 2025 · Small Patch 15.05 – Menu Performance Improvements
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