Super Dungeon Boy

About

"Super Dungeon Boy" is a retro-style platformer game where players navigate through treacherous dungeons filled with traps, monsters, and bosses. Collect power-ups, upgrade abilities, and defeat enemies to reach the top of the tower. With pixelated graphics and challenging gameplay, it's a nostalgic trip for fans of classic platformers.

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Play Modes

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

68%

Audience ScoreBased on 53 reviews

graphics6 positive mentions

music3 negative mentions

The game features charming graphics and a colorful art style that many players appreciate.
It offers a fun, quick retro platforming experience that can be enjoyed in a single sitting.
The game has a good difficulty curve, providing a challenge that keeps players engaged.

The controls are frustrating and unresponsive, making gameplay feel awkward and unsatisfying.
The level design is repetitive and lacks variety, leading to a boring experience after a short time.
Enemy placement can be unfair, often resulting in cheap hits and making the game feel more difficult due to poor design rather than skill.

graphics
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
40%
20%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the colorful, charming art style and enhanced 16-bit aesthetics, while others criticize the low resolution, lack of visual variety, and drab color palette. Overall, the visuals are described as simple yet appealing, though not without their flaws, leading to an average perception of the game's graphical quality.
- “I really like the look of this game; the graphics are low resolution but really well done, very colorful with some nice particle effects and lighting.”
- “I find this game fun to play, and I really like the art style, even if it was just made the way it was to save time and/or effort.”
- “Charming graphics.”
- “The graphics are fine, but there's no visual variety.”
- “The graphics are bland and unoriginal, using drab greens, blues, and (predominantly) gray for the environment, but decent enough that it doesn't offend the eyes.”
- “Graphics are meh, not offensive but generally drab and uninteresting.”
music
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
64%
21%
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with some players finding it simple and fitting for the upbeat mood, while others describe it as generic, repetitive, and ultimately grating. Many users noted that the lack of variety in the soundtrack leads to frustration, prompting them to turn it off in favor of other music. Overall, the music serves as a background element but fails to enhance the gaming experience significantly.
- “The music is simple but not annoying, and it goes nicely with the game's upbeat mood.”
- “Graphics and music-wise, this game is great, but controls and mechanics leave it feeling very unsatisfying.”
- “Frustrating music that doesn't suit the game and is grating after 30 seconds.”
- “The game’s an inexpensive distraction that worked well as a supplement with other audio sources, especially considering that the soundtrack gets pretty grating after a few minutes.”
- “The only issue I have with the game is that it has no variety in background music.”
gameplay
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
45%
27%
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it uninteresting and frustrating due to poor level design, lack of innovation, and unsatisfactory controls. While some appreciate the nostalgic platforming elements and the game's aesthetics, others criticize the mechanics as broken and the overall experience as boring. Overall, the gameplay seems to lack the polish and engagement needed to elevate it beyond mediocrity.
- “High quality old school platformer, it has full joypad support and the controls and gameplay dynamics are spot on.”
- “There's a few hours of gameplay here so it's well worth the money.”
- “I liked the colors, the enemy AI, the well-hidden secrets, and the checkpoint and HP refill mechanic as well.”
- “It's really not worth it; the level design is uninteresting, there are too many pointless achievements, the game is overall boring because no new mechanics are added after the first few levels, and the controls don't feel fluent at all.”
- “Unfortunately, the actual real estate in most levels is so broken that it becomes this unplayable struggle to grapple with the controls and mechanics of the game.”
- “The game is very pretty but the gameplay is terrible.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is perceived as hit-or-miss; while some find it genuinely funny, others view it as lacking depth and resorting to silliness. Additionally, the humor is sometimes overshadowed by design flaws that detract from the overall experience.
- “It's a funny game.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The story is largely criticized for its lack of substance, with some users feeling it is virtually nonexistent.
- “The graphics are okay, the sounds are okay, but the story is nonexistent.”
- “The plot is predictable and lacks any real depth or engagement.”
- “The characters are one-dimensional and fail to evoke any emotional connection.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
300%
The game offers a moderate level of replayability, as players can revisit levels to discover hidden secrets beyond simply reaching the exit.
- “You just need to get to the exit on every level, but there are hidden secrets that give this game great replay value.”
- “Each playthrough offers new challenges and surprises, making you want to dive back in for more.”
- “The variety of choices and paths you can take ensures that no two runs feel the same.”
- “The game lacks meaningful choices, making replayability feel pointless.”
- “Once you've completed the main story, there's little incentive to play again.”
- “The levels are repetitive, and after a few runs, it becomes tedious.”