The Dungeon Reviews

4/5 rating based on 32 reviews. Read all reviews for The Dungeon for iPhone.
The Dungeon is paid iOS app published by JAMES TRUHER

Almost as good as the original

*jonno

Really enjoy this game. I agree with earlier review regarding how hard it is to find food. You go through it way too quickly. I’ve literally died of starvation within sight of the exit. It would also be nice to make the levels progressively narrower as you get deeper, like the original. And bring back the digging wand!


Good start

Puq

Lacking documentation, but fun to play. Anticipating updates.


Decent remake

Cappiam

I doubt many realize this, but this game is a remake of an old classic from 1985, Dungeons of Doom( later renamed to the Dungeon Revealed). It seems fairly true to the original though I haven't played through it enough to know how close it is beyond characters and story. Still as a stand alone game it's decent and worth support, though time will tell if gets love with updates like other games on here.


Sprites...?

EggAtix

Would just like to comment on the uncanny similarity between the sprites in this game And the ones in Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup. Part of me wants to call out shenanigans, as I feel as if the sprites have been copied unfairly... Other than that, great game.


Not Ready for Prime Time

Kennfusion

This game appears to be released before many of the planned features are in. On Touch Arcade the dev has stated that he plans a lot of further development. But for now, this is bare bones, no options (literally no options, as in no options like turning off sound) game. If you like Rogue/Hack type games, there are better options at this point for the price. That said, this is not a bad game, just a game that should not have been released yet. It still needs play testing and balancing. So it might be worth the $2.99 some day. But clearly this seems like a case where a developer released a game early, hoping to get some interest first in order to justify spending more time on it and completing his work. Bad business.


Woo hoo!

NinjaDingo

Really fun game! I haven't gotten too far (level 10 or so), but I am totally mastering the art of running away. Some of those guys are *mean*, and when they gang up, wow! Nice audio, too.


Great New Roguelike

Ctawater

The retro graphics, humor, and speed make this a great on the go rougelike. The addition of Game Center leaderboards makes you keep coming back to beat everyone's score. The dev has lived up to his promises and added different difficulties, more enemies, and squashed the bugs. This is a solid game that all Roguelike fans should check out.


All around fun

awj01

This game is just great. Quirky humor, good implementation, nice difficulty curve. Well worth it!


5 stars? Really?

The Oklahoman

1. Extremely simple mechanics. Reminds me of console games from the early 80's. 2. No volume control, other than turning the phone volume off. 3. .99 app seems more appropriate for the game quality. For the price, I expected something with better production value. 4. Other similar games are more enjoyable. I'd recommend Sword of Fargoal. 5. Every time my character died was instant death from eating food, which is the primary healing item. Start over. 6. Deleted.


Cool

TheMaxT

I like it. Nice and simple.