Pixel Dungeon
Pixel-art roguelike dungeon crawling with randomized floors and permanent death
Retronic Games · Released May 29, 2015
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 493
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 10 years ago
- Dec 23, 2015
What is Pixel Dungeon?
In this single-player, 2D RPG, you explore 25 dungeon levels spanning sewers, an abandoned prison, and caves to find the Amulet of Yendor. You choose a character class, fight monsters and bosses, avoid traps, collect and trade equipment, enchant gear, and brew potions.
For you if...
- +you prefer turn-based combat over real-time action
Not for you if...
- −you want a forgiving adventure without a steep difficulty curve
What players say
88% of 493 reviews are positive
Players praise the simple dungeon exploration and replayability. Older reviews criticize bugs and rough edges in the PC port, while more recent negative reviews recommend mobile variants instead.
Screenshots and trailer
Pixel Dungeon system requirements
Minimum: OpenGL 3.0, 1 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Pixel Dungeon?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- XP / Vista / 7 / 8
- Processor
- 1.7+ GHz or better
- Graphics
- OpenGL 3.0, 256Mb RAM
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 120 MB available space
Does Pixel Dungeon have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Pixel Dungeon run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 63
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Pixel Dungeon use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Roguelike
- Pixel Graphics
- RPG
- Dungeon Crawler
- Indie
- Adventure
- Casual
- Difficult
- Singleplayer
- Turn-Based
- 2D
- Perma Death
- Traditional Roguelike
- Procedural Generation
Recent updates
- Dec 23, 2015 · 1.9.2 hits Steam!
- Sep 4, 2015 · 1.9.1 released!
- Jul 3, 2015 · Quick update
- Jul 3, 2015 · Quick update
- Jun 24, 2015 · First Pixel Dungeon update!
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