Dungeon Brewmaster

About

"Dungeon Brewmaster" is a simulation game where players manage their own fantasy tavern, brewing potions and ale to quench their customers' thirst. Customize your tavern, attract unique patrons, and delve into dungeons to gather rare ingredients. Balance the demands of your tavern and the dangers of dungeon exploration in this charming and engaging experience.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

65%

Audience ScoreBased on 72 reviews

story6 positive mentions

stability4 negative mentions

The game has great graphics and charming character designs, making it visually appealing.
It offers fun and silly gameplay, especially for casual players and families.
The brewing mechanics are interesting and provide a unique experience in VR.

The game is extremely short and lacks substantial content, leading to a quick sense of boredom.
It suffers from numerous bugs and performance issues, making it frustrating to play.
The developers have seemingly abandoned the game, leaving it in an incomplete state with no updates.

story
27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
22%
67%
11%
The game's story is generally well-received for its engaging atmosphere and character designs, but it is criticized for being too short, currently consisting of only two acts that can be completed in about 1.5 hours. Many players express a desire for more content and updates to expand the story, as the limited narrative leads to a lack of replayability and motivation to continue playing beyond the initial experience. Overall, while the story has potential, it feels incomplete and leaves players wanting more.
- “The game may currently be dead... but playing the story that is available right now, trying to unlock everything in freeplay or just enjoying the atmosphere is well worth it!”
- “I enjoy these sorts of games and the story that it has so far amuses me.”
- “The story mode is fun and leaves you wanting more... a lot more as the story took me less than a half hour, so yeah, more please.”
- “I can't really recommend it if the story mode is just left dangling like a hung corpse.”
- “"Story" is painfully short with not much reason to follow through on "free play".”
- “This game is, as of writing this review, incredibly early in its development with an incomplete story mode and some jank that naturally comes with indie unity games, especially when they're in VR.”
gameplay
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
47%
20%
The gameplay of the game is described as fun and engaging, particularly with its brewing mechanics and colorful art style, but it suffers from limited scaling options and a lack of depth, leading to concerns about replayability and challenge. Players express a desire for more complex mechanics and competitive modes to enhance long-term enjoyment, while acknowledging that the game has potential for improvement as new content is added. Overall, it offers a lighthearted experience but requires significant gameplay rework to fully captivate players.
- “Silly fun game with great brewing mechanics.”
- “Cool art though and fun gameplay, so I can't really not recommend it, especially if this type of game is fun for you and you have a more mid to high-end VR PC.”
- “Very nicely thought out mechanics, and I'm definitely looking forward to playing it in the future when there's more content in the actual story.”
- “No proper scaling options; it's only shrink to small or grow to giant, and it does not use player scaling for gameplay.”
- “Gameplay is lacking.”
- “If you want to be able to pour hours into this game, there needs to be an entire gameplay rework that rewards and incentivizes play.”
graphics
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
73%
9%
18%
Overall, the graphics of the game are highly praised for their quality and artistic style, contributing to a great atmosphere and enjoyable gameplay. However, some users report issues with performance, including head tracking problems on the Oculus Rift and graphical glitches that detract from the experience. Despite these concerns, many players find the visuals to be a standout feature, especially for a VR title.
- “I like it, it's got great graphics and amusing characters. It's a bit unruly with an Oculus Rift but not to the point that it's unplayable or overly frustrating. It's well worth the asking price here of 10 bucks, and it's in early access, so hopefully they haven't run off to Vegas or Rio and abandoned it.”
- “Great graphics, great audio, great playability, original idea.”
- “This game has awesome graphics/art style!!”
- “I'm not sure what's going on graphically, but my computer struggles to run this game.”
- “There are numerous graphical glitches with objects disappearing and reappearing during animations.”
atmosphere
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's atmosphere is highly praised, featuring impressive graphics and engaging music that immerses players in a vibrant world filled with unique creatures. Despite some concerns about the incomplete story and limited replayability, the overall experience is considered enjoyable and worth exploring.
- “The game may currently be dead, but playing the story that is available right now, trying to unlock everything in free play, or just enjoying the atmosphere is well worth it!”
- “Overall, great atmosphere with good graphics and some nice music.”
- “The atmosphere is fantastic!”
stability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game currently suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent graphical glitches and bugs that disrupt gameplay. Users recommend against extended play due to these problems, particularly highlighting challenges with both standing and seated play modes.
- “This game is currently extremely buggy and broken because of it.”
- “For now, it's not recommended for standing play. As much as I love how this game is, right now it's too buggy and they need to add more setting changes.”
- “It's not really friendly to standing play, and I don't know how I would be able to do seated play if standing is very buggy.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the humor in the game to be enjoyable and entertaining, highlighting specific moments like the frogres and the Kevin and Dave scene as particularly funny. Overall, the game is described as a fun and hilarious experience.
- “Really fun and hilarious to play.”
- “The frogres are so much fun, and the Kevin and Dave scene is hilarious.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviewers note that while the game features a great atmosphere, impressive graphics, and enjoyable gameplay, its incomplete story and limited replayability detract from the overall experience. There is hope for future expansions to enhance replayability.
- “Overall: great atmosphere with good graphics and some nice music, fun gameplay, but only an incomplete story and limited replayability... I give it a 3/5.”
- “Hopefully this is expanded upon because it adds a lot to replayability.”
character development
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Character development is praised for its charming and quirky designs that make the characters endearing, but the overall experience is limited due to the short storyline consisting of only two acts, leading to potential boredom in freeplay mode afterward.
- “The character design and game design are really cute and quirky, and the characters are easy to love.”
- “I like the character designs and the story, but it's really short with only 2 acts, and when you're finished with that, you can only really mess around in free play, which can get kind of boring after some time.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game contributes positively to the overall atmosphere, enhancing the experience alongside the graphics and gameplay. However, some players feel that the music alone cannot compensate for the incomplete story and limited replayability, leading to a mixed reception.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is praised for its impressive visuals and smooth performance, making it one of the best-optimized VR experiences available.
- “It's definitely the best looking VR game I've seen, and it runs smoothly.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players emphasize the importance of a strong progression system to maintain engagement during grinding activities; without it, the repetitive nature of following instructions can lead to tedium and diminish the overall enjoyment of the game.
- “At the end of the day, if what you're going to be doing is following instructions to make these orders, you need a really good progression system to keep players engaged in what they're doing; otherwise, what they're doing will eventually become tedious.”