What is Dungeon Warfare?
You play a dungeon lord defending dungeons from invading adventurers in a top-down tower defense game. Across a series of levels, you place traps to stop or redirect enemies and earn experience to upgrade your traps permanently.
For you if...
- +you enjoy designing trap layouts and redirecting enemy paths
- +you like level-based strategy with permanent trap upgrades
- +you want optional modifiers that increase the challenge
Not for you if...
- −you want steady difficulty without sharp late-game spikes
- −you dislike replaying levels to strengthen your defenses
What players say
96% of 2,022 reviews are positive
Players praise the trap variety, strategic combinations, and control over enemy routes. Their most common complaint is uneven difficulty, particularly in later levels.
Screenshots and trailer
Dungeon Warfare system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo
- Graphics
- Graphic Card with at least 256MB of VRAM
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 8 / 7
- Processor
- 2.4 GHz Quad Core 2.0 (or higher)
- Graphics
- Graphic Card with at least 512MB of VRAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean.
Tags
- Tower Defense
- Strategy
- Indie
- Pixel Graphics
- 2D
- Singleplayer
- Villain Protagonist
- Top-Down
- Puzzle
- Replay Value
- Resource Management
- Fantasy
- Tactical
- Building
- Gore
- Medieval
Recent updates
- Jul 9, 2025 · Dungeon Warfare 3 Demo Update
- Feb 20, 2025 · Dungeon Warfare 3 Dev Update #1
- Mar 9, 2018 · Development Update #2
- Mar 9, 2018 · Development Update #2
- Nov 8, 2017 · Development Update
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