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Dungeon Survival is a single player role playing game. It was developed by Frozen Frog and was released on June 7, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Roguelike RPG with random map

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71%Audience ScoreBased on 1,500 reviews
gameplay18 positive mentions
monetization24 negative mentions

  • Strong inspiration and enjoyable similar gameplay to Darkest Dungeon, making it a good mobile alternative.
  • Fair and non-aggressive monetization, with microtransactions not being necessary to enjoy the game.
  • Addictive and challenging combat with strategic depth, good class variety and fun party management.
  • Frequent bugs including loss of progress, characters, gold, and in-game currencies without reliable cloud save or backup.
  • Game difficulty is inconsistent with sudden difficulty spikes and some battles resulting in unwinnable situations or grind-heavy progression.
  • Game requests excessive and unnecessary permissions (such as phone call access), causing privacy concerns and crashes on some devices.
  • gameplay

    56 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    32% positive mentions, 63% neutral mentions, 5% negative mentions

    The gameplay closely mimics Darkest Dungeon's mechanics and art style, offering a fun, if familiar, experience with some simplified systems and faster pacing. While many appreciate the challenging and engaging gameplay, others criticize it for lacking core mechanics like stress and light, feeling slow, repetitive, or shallow, and relying heavily on gacha elements without meaningful innovation. Overall, it appeals to fans of the original but suffers from issues such as unclear tutorials, bugs, and minimal differentiation.

    • “The mechanics are simple, the characters are varied enough and fun, the leveling and buying system are fast enough if you have patience, and as long as you're into grinders you'll love this game.”
    • “Great gameplay and awesome randomly generated experience every level.”
    • “They really got down the mechanics of the Darkest Dungeon game on PC and love the auto-equip gear feature.”
    • “It is very clear that this game is a ripoff of Darkest Dungeon and is simply trying to piggyback on the hype for DD2 with a cash cow that left all of the good aspects of Red Hook's game in place of cheap microtransactions and extremely shallow gameplay.”
    • “Boring gameplay, subpar music, and the lack of a decent narrator are all issues that make this game not worth playing.”
    • “Terrible slow confusing gameplay.”
  • graphics

    39 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    51% positive mentions, 36% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    The game's graphics receive mixed reviews, with some praising the beautiful, dark, and distinctive art style reminiscent of Darkest Dungeon, while others criticize the lack of polish, occasional bugs, and accusations of asset plagiarism. Visual appeal is appreciated for its creativity and smooth gameplay integration, but several users feel the graphics are either passable or subpar compared to the original inspiration. Overall, the aesthetic is a strong point for some players, but inconsistencies and derivative elements detract from the experience for others.

    • “The visuals, the characters, the artwork, it's all so beautiful!”
    • “Great graphics and challenging gameplay.”
    • “The graphics are beautiful and the gameplay is very smooth.”
    • “Could be great but lacks lots of polish and graphics just passable, not sure they still work on it likely not.”
    • “After restarting game once again asked for permissions and after that when I went to the town screen all the graphics were bugged which didn't allow me to even start playing.”
    • “Horrible graphics, no animations or narration, dismal party and hero system, ridiculous wait times for hero recovery, zero customization, and quite honestly stale boring battles.”
  • monetization

    35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    11% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 69% negative mentions

    The game includes optional microtransactions and ads that grant premium currency, but many users report frustrating limitations, bugs, and aggressive ad frequency that hinder a smooth experience. While some praise the non-essential nature of purchases, others feel pressured to pay due to restricted gem acquisition and balance issues designed to encourage spending. Overall, monetization is seen as intrusive and unevenly implemented, detracting from gameplay enjoyment.

    • “Microtransactions aren't necessary to enjoy what's here.”
    • “Great dungeon crawling mobile game that although has microtransactions, they are certainly not required.”
    • “Good and optional use of microtransactions and no ads.”
    • “And you've got so many ads running I must turn off my internet just to immerse myself, but then I can't save... now that is rude.”
    • “Developer will say you can get gems watching ads, but that is a lie.”
    • “It is very clear that this game is a rip off of Darkest Dungeon and is simply trying to piggyback on the hype for DD2 with a cash cow that left all of the good aspects of Red Hook's game in place of cheap microtransactions and extremely shallow gameplay.”
  • story

    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 73% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The story aspect of the game has received mixed feedback; some players appreciate its grimdark tone and simple premise without overly complicated plots, while many criticize the lack of a strong, engaging story mode or narrative depth. Technical issues, such as bugs preventing multiple characters from participating in missions, further hinder the story experience. Overall, the story is seen as minimal and repetitive by some, making the gameplay feel like a grind rather than a compelling RPG narrative.

    • “So far it is a great look-alike, with its own story premise and heroes, wide variation when it comes to the classes right off the bat.”
    • “Awesome dungeon crawler, with acceptable depth in both overall story and party development.”
    • “This game is absolutely awesome, the graphics is excellent, the story plot is nice and the character and item line ups are all balanced and well organized.”
    • “No real story line, no puzzles, just pressing the same attack buttons over and over... yawn.”
    • “If you throw an RPG system, then it must have a story mode to keep players excited, but I don't see it in this one.”
    • “No good story element, repetitive grinding without value.”
  • stability

    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent and severe stability issues, including crashes, freezing at startup or during gameplay, unresponsive controls, and bugs that restrict character usage. While some glitches are minor, many users report that these problems significantly hinder the gaming experience, requiring restarts or making parts of the game unplayable.

    • “Moving past the super shady request to be able to make phone calls, this game is really buggy.”
    • “Super buggy and only allows 1 character as the others are glitched out into the bottom left of the screen and aren't playable.”
    • “When the enemy uses poison sting, the game freezes and shuts down.”
  • grinding

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is a significant and sometimes tedious part of progression, requiring time and effort, with some players finding it repetitive and occasionally frustrating due to lost progress or difficulty. However, many also find the grinding enjoyable and balanced, offering a fair challenge without forcing real money purchases, though it may be tough for new players. Overall, grinding is a core aspect that can be both fun and demanding, depending on player preference.

    • “Lost my progress after almost 1 month of grinding daily.”
    • “With no emotional stakes, it's just grindy battles pushing buttons.”
    • “No good story element, repetitive grinding without value.”
  • music

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    User opinions on the music are mixed, with some praising its atmosphere and quality, while others find it subpar or derivative, even suggesting it resembles altered versions of another game's soundtrack. Technical issues like the game not remembering sound settings also detract from the experience. Overall, the music is appreciated by some but criticized by others for lacking originality and polish.

    • “I just love the art, the music, and sounds; they are great and the atmosphere is really enticing!”
    • “Music is cool too, especially with headphones.”
    • “Boring gameplay, subpar music, and the lack of a decent narrator are all issues that make this game not worth playing.”
    • “Even the music sounds like it might've been an altered version of the soundtrack.”
    • “It's basically a copy of Darkest Dungeon except with bad graphics, bad story, bad music – just overall a terrible version of one exciting game.”
  • humor

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in this game is largely perceived as unintentional and stems from its blatant copying of Darkest Dungeon, which many find laughably shameless and poorly executed rather than genuinely funny. Overall, users describe the game as lacking authentic humor and instead generating ridicule due to its paywalls and plagiarized content.

  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is generally praised for its enticing art, music, and sounds, creating an immersive experience. However, some feel it lacks the distinct atmosphere that iconic titles like Darkest Dungeon offer. Overall, it is regarded as having a strong and captivating ambiance.

    • “I just love the art, the music, and sounds. The atmosphere is really enticing!”
    • “Amazing game with great atmosphere”
    • “This game is literally copying Darkest Dungeon but it doesn't have the same atmosphere that Darkest Dungeon has.”
  • character development

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    Character development in the game draws positive comparisons to Darkest Dungeon, with well-designed classes and meaningful battle decisions, but some users feel the character design is messy and hampers pacing, causing the experience to drag unnecessarily.

    • “Character design is a mess, the pacing is ruined and it unnecessarily drags on.”
  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers high replayability, largely due to its engaging gameplay, though some users wish for more playable characters to enhance variety further.

    • “That's how good and replayable this game is!”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game lacks emotional depth, making its battles feel repetitive and mechanical rather than engaging or impactful.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The recent update improved screen optimization but caused issues on the Pixel XL, where the character equipment window and stash overlap in the dungeon. This suggests optimization is inconsistent across devices.

    • “The recent update for screen optimization caused the character equipment window and stash in dungeon to overlap on the Pixel XL.”
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Dungeon Survival is a role playing game. Common tags for Dungeon Survival include turn-based.

Dungeon Survival is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Dungeon Survival was released on June 7, 2017.

Dungeon Survival was developed by Frozen Frog.

Dungeon Survival has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Dungeon Survival for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

Dungeon Survival is a single player game.

Similar games include Dungeon Survivor II: Dark Tide, The Greedy Cave, Battle Souls, Five Heroes: The King's War, HERETIC GODS and others.