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Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition

Top-down dungeon brawler with four-player local and online co-op

Arrowhead Game Studios · Published by WB Games · Released Sep 23, 2014

ActionAdventureRPG

Reviews
Very Positive
82% of 10K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
85% of 14 in 30 days
Playing now
10
peak 24h 27
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
11 years ago
Sep 9, 2015

What is Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition?

This top-down dungeon crawler casts you as one of four heroes seeking treasure in monster-filled dungeons. You fight enemies, avoid traps, collect gold and loot, and face bosses across designed and randomly generated levels. You can play alone or in local or online co-op.

For you if...

  • +you like choosing heroes with different combat skills
  • +you enjoy arcade-style battles against groups of monsters
  • +you want to crawl through dungeons with friends

Not for you if...

  • you dislike fighting repeated waves of enemies
  • you prefer solo play over games built around co-op
  • you want the same mechanics as earlier Gauntlet games

What players say

82% of 10,297 reviews are positive · 85% of 14 in the last 30 days

Players praise the combat and the different hero play styles, especially when playing with friends. Others find the levels repetitive or too different from earlier Gauntlet games, and some dislike the controls.

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Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition

Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor
2.4 GHz Dual Core
Graphics
512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 10

Recommended

OS
Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor
2.4 GHz Dual Core
Graphics
1 GB NVIDIA 460 / AMD Radeon 5870
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 10

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
46
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian. Text only: Italian.

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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