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Game
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DungeonUp
Developer Clewcat Games
A challenging rogue-like puzzler inspired by the classic Tower of the Sorcerer. Play as a human knight who fights his way out of a deep dungeon by slaying monsters and solving intricate puzzles. From the Steam store page
152 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Aug 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
109 positive · 43 negative
95% range 64–78%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
419 of 524 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 152 · most liked firstDespite the description, DungeonUp isn't really a roguelike, because that would imply that it's an RPG at all. It's actually a puzzle game in the guise of an RPG, in the same vein as the free indie game Tower of the Sorcerer or the DSiWare game Crystal Adventure. It's... better than Crystal Adventure, for sure, though I've never played Tower of the Sorcerer to compare it to that. The puzzle elements are a bit simplistic - basically, fighting monsters is completely deterministic, and you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is NOT a Rouge-like, and more a puzzle game! DungeonUp is an interesting little puzzle game with slight RPG elements, with procedurally generated levels. Sounds like a good game with lots of replayablity right? Well, yes and no. Let me first explain something. This is NOT a Rouge-like! A normal Rouge-like game loves to provide little to no info on ANYTHING, and the only way to figure out what things are, like an item, you have to use it and suffer the effects if it's good or bad.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First impression: Lite puzzle adventure dungeon crawler. It's lite as an RPG, your stats are money, health, attack and defense, and there are sme magic items you can acquier and use; it's lite as a puzzle game, you mainly need to strategize your use of keys (unless you're on easy), and it's lite as an adventure since you can talk to some people who may give you clues about upcoming levels and bosses. Unfortunately, you do need those clues, and in my case, I missed one, and the ensuing death…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1/5 Bad 2017 EDIT: DungeonUP is a $5.00 clone of the 90s freeware game Tower of the Sorcerer. There is zero reason to buy it as it is almost completely identical in gameplay. Like so many games before it, DungeonUp is a confused title that clumsily attempts to glue together two genres that wiser men have avoided combining. In this case, it has attempted to combine a roguelike with a puzzle adventure. Because enemies do not move or attack until attacked first, nor do they give any form of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dungeon master make me ♥♥♥
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dungeon-Up = Thumbs-Down! (Boring AF!)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow my Curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41363546-Fruit-N-Doggie-Reviews/]Fruit N Doggie Reviews, so you can be updated whenever I post a new review. Overall Rating - Seriously Flawed ★★☆☆☆ First Impressions The first question that came to mind is why this game is called Dungeon Up (DU) when you're supposed to descend the floors of a dungeon. Turns out you actually do ascend up through the bottom layers of the dungeon, with the strongest foes being near the top.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DungeonUp is a Roguelike that puts a peculiar twist on the genre: none of the monsters move. They all just stand where they are, waiting patiently for you to engage them in battle, and you can defeat them at a fixed HP cost based on your current equipment. In this way, it becomes more of a puzzle game, an "order of operations simulator". Do you kill the monster and take the 200 HP of damage? Or do you unlock the door to go around it, and kill the two lesser monsters in the secondary hallway at…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →With a sad heart, but can't recommend it. It started as an 8/10 game, ended as 4/10, for a variety of reasons. The CONS: * extremely hard without walkthrough/hints, easy, boring and tedious with them (see below) * obscure enemy special abilities and items, with unclear descriptions * difficulty level settings that make no sense with respect to this kind of puzzle/rougelike game (no real change in core difficulty, but instead fog of war on hard and "endless" yellow keys on casual) * no way to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is excellent. Basically a modern version of Tower of the Sorceror.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've never been really sure where I stand on the games in the "Rogue-like" category, especially since the term is often mis-used of games that only bear a superficial visual similarity to the classic. I think most of the ones I have have been included in bundles where what attracted me to it were some of the other games, or the ridiculously tiny price tag. This is the first one in the broad genre, however, that has made me sit down and actually want to play it a bit. The run-of-the-mill…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starts off decent until you find out it's incredibly unbalanced even on easy difficulty. Cannot recommend because there is no way anybody could squeeze any fun out of this trash.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun! Very fun... But at the current state it's a "little" broken so I can't recommend it. There are some bugs (especially one) that ruined the game experience for me. The problem with soulstones. They are required to buy any item from NPC and to revive you if you die (if you are out of stones you need to start the game from the beginning). You obtain them by killing a boss monsters. However they seems to save even if you restart the game. So... If you restart the game and start…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it ... Check ratings on my group ... ThePG's Wild Things Link - https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30872797-ThePG%2527s-Wild-Things/
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a really nice little game. I say little because it can be completed fairly quickly and playing through again will net you the same items and such, but with the subsequent dungeons being random it feels fresh and engaging again. There's a good balance from early on of deciding when to fight monsters and when to seek out power ups instead, which leads to backtracking that feels productive instead of a slog. Some fun secret areas to discover kept me coming back and wanting to see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game infested with labyrinths, dozens of keys and doors. Plays like your usual roguelike, move around, take down enemies and collect potions. Problem is that it's boring and gameplay feels like a joke.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd say overall it is a fun game at first, but the constant grind after losing against a boss going through levels again was not fun. I couldn't figure out how to fight the boss on level 0 as well. Is there just something I am missing, I'm getting tired of playing thisl
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's a great game, it's my first time playing dungeons like this, try to not kill everything is weird, but you need to reach the other floor, not die for coins or keys, i like it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DungeonUp makes me realize the importance in all those small details and mechanics I take for granted from great roguelites and dungeon crawlers. There's no real sense of progression or discovery here. The levels are randomly generated but every run consists of "use as few yellow keys as possible, collect yellow keys, find the red key, find the boss floor, kill the boss. Get a soulstone which you could use to buy new items (pretty much necessary to progress) or to respawn (only worth it if you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is not a real puzzle game, this is a RNG nightmare.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! Glad that I tried it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is really fun if you wont somthing to do thid is the gsme for you love it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is only worthwhile if you get it for a buck or as part of a bundle. It's just another faux retro dungeon crawler designed for players who long for their Nintendo-based childhoods. Dungeon Up is as difficult as Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures, has similar "word balloon" dialogue to Yoda Stories, but lacks the charm of either game. Dungeon Up isn't exactly bad. It's just not exactly good either. Honestly, you'll have a similar experience and far more fun playing your old Yoda Stories game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very pointless feeling game with very little polish and pretty much no skill or thinking required. feels a lot like a free flash game, a time killer honestly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not the best of these (mostly because one boss in particular is pretty stupid) but it's decent. Play Desktop Dungeons instead, but if you want a version of that that you can blaze through in a couple hours, it's this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is so hard but seems so easy just like making el dante pasta i can do one of these so let me help you out with some tips when you cook the pasta dont overcook it or it would be too soft el dante is the perfect feeling for a lot of pastas, but I like angel hair the most 10/10 would play again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very underrated. It's very strategic, can be challenging, and is even great for speedrunning. 9/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzles. Fun. Challenging. Yes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice DungeonUp 7/10 Heisen
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jerma985 is a Liar.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, what a game! Don't make the mistake of thinking this is just another rogue-like. There are so many great things to find and puzzles to figure out. 12 hours WELL spent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DungeonUp is significantly more methodological than action based as you'll know the result of any battle before you even get into it. Each floor is a labyrinth of entryways with a predetermined number of keys, and try to design your course, choose what is should have been assembled first, and what you ought to return for some other time. It is a solid dungeon crawler game that is packed with enough content - fifty levels in five different zones, multiple boss battles and three difficulty level…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better than Skyrim. Its an awesome, smart, small game for some fun after-work hours! Get it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun at first. But gets too difficult quickly. And you have to kill every monster, collect every item to make you character stronger and have at least slight chance to beat enemies. Maybe randomness is the source of the problem because sometimes it's almost impossible to progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool old school home game. Very hard and repetitious at times when you have to backtrack. Some levels seem impossible. A lighter version of Desktop Dungeons. I take away points for the insane 1980s Apple difficulty level.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a fancy player of these kind of mystery games.This game contains lots of hidden trap or surprise which take me too much fun.Though, I still hope there are more mods designed for it since I'm tired of tradional way~
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A simple and easy game that only requires you to click around. The rules are simple, the puzzles can be hard to solve sometimes and the looks of this game is pretty good. What I enjoyed most about this game is that you don't need to think that much and put a lot of effort into it and still have fun and get challenged. It's not a near-perfect game, but still enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game really needs a preview option or button of some kind. All my deaths are bc i dont know how much dmg this enemy will deal to me. Also a auto-fast foward button would also be great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story mode isn't so bad on the easiest difficulty, thanks to free keys that keep the run alive (waiting a minute for each one sucks, though). Every zone has some mechanic to it that keeps the experience interesting - beating the zones are the few highlight moments you get here. Once you beat the game, it's also possible to grind the final boss for a decent amount of soul stones, which help a ton with any future runs. Everything else, however, feels very rough around the edges - the story is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DungeonUp is a free to play Adobe Flash/AIR browser game that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a fully fledged PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy web developers, because they want your money for a free browser game. Charging money for something that's free? Yes, this is a scam. And a bad one. It's a lazy 2D retro pixel trashware "dungeon crawler" themed game, like a really dumbed down version of Rogue/Hack, but with worse graphics somehow (I'd rather be looking at ASCII…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun puzzle game, achievment hunting is msignificantly more difficult than just finishing the game. Also remember attack is more important then defence.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Angel number:333
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun until Boss2?3? with nice puzzles / health+ management... ... but Only beatable by reading tips on steam. Can't recommend a game if you have to follow all steps in the tips or you'll die. To solve it on your own you would perhaps die 10 times @ the boss and always need to play the same levels 30 minutes? to reach the boss. I would recommend the enchanted cave 2. It's great and not broken.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worth five dollars? Idk, probably not. I got this for like 50 cents, it's kind of fun, so ♥♥♥♥ it, get it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tediously long and repetitive, requiring you to play and restart and play and restart to collecct soul stones and spend them all on items to help you get through the next zone because you dont have enough gold etc to get past the overpowered mobs that spawn on the next zone. Basically it takes forever, lacks a story, and gets hellishly repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Part puzzler part strategy game in rogue-like format. Very easy to pick up and play, main quest (50 floor tower) is probably the best thing in the game, the randomized maze mode is just annoying. Great tactical game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is wonderful ...And it is my Childhood memories...So I am very gald that I can find it and play game again ...This game is very take an examination of the brain...Step wrong, the wrong step by step...You have to think seriously about every detail And to appreciate the various key.The main upgrade defense force I feel quite useful.Dialogue with people don't point fast Otherwise you'll miss something Such as the fire of my sword.Finally , I wish that you enjoy this game . (ps. my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is absolutely fun, and totally worth 5 bucks. I'll leave the nitpicky, detailed reviews to the people inclined to write that kind of stuff. The only complaint I have is that, despite all the "cross-platform" lip service they seem to be paying (iOS, Android, Mac), there is no Linux support. C'mon guys... Since you've ported it to Mac already, you're already 80% of the way done!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game for 99 cents and never thought I would enjoy or play much of it, but this game is actually quite intriguing and interesting. It's definitely slow paced and doesn't seem enjoyable at first but I love the stratagey and thought process that you have to put into this game in order to do well and try to win. It's simple yet simple is what makes this game good. Is it worth five dollars? Maybe I would definitely recommend this when its on sale but for five dollars it really isnt bad.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really love this game, I played it a lot in flash version (demo), so I decided to buy it even though I play mostly on linux and sadly this game does not support it :(. Nevertheless I recommend this game for roguelike & puzzle maniacs like me :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent time travel machine, you stop playing and its years later irl
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DungeonUp, developed by Clewcat Games and published by Plug In Digital, is a compact but surprisingly cerebral dungeon crawler that reframes familiar roguelike conventions through a lens of planning, foresight, and risk management. While it borrows visual and structural cues from classic dungeon adventures, DungeonUp distinguishes itself by slowing the pace and turning nearly every action into a calculated decision. Rather than emphasizing reflexes or chaotic combat, the game asks players to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is not very good tbh but for like a buck its a good time sink to turn your mind off to
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not Recommended
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Low effort stock-assets repetitive grindlite.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stars received: 3.5/10 _ Note: v.6 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions [0.7] Controls & Training & Help [0.3] Menu & Settings [0.2] Sound & Music [0.4] Graphics [0.5] Game Design [0.3] Game Story [0.5] Game Content [0.4] Completion time (level/game)? [0.2] is it Enjoyable & Fun? Could it hold a spot in Favorites? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again) BONUS point: Multi-Player related BONUS point: Review for VR - if Registration is required with providing PII [No = Categorical] - is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty cool game. For such a game, the price is too low. Many levels, random maps, pixel graphics and mazes with riddles. You quickly understand what is required of you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⛝ - Sloppy menus, a half-finished interface and unrefined random algorithms that will leave you forever running up against dead ends, DungeonUp is one of those stream-lined dungeon crawlers where the simplified board-game action makes you feel like you're playing against a deck of cards and not a strategic dungeon master. What really bothers me about it, besides repeating its lame story beats over and over, is that there's the germ of a good idea in here. A game where clever use of limited keys…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For 50 cents on sale, you can't beat it. It's easy to exploit the soul-stone thing by saving right before the final boss and playing it over and over. Once you have a bunch, you can do pretty much anything, although, it can spoil things, too. Also, custom maps are fun.
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