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Brány Skeldalu
Gates of Skeldal is a cult classic Czech dungeon crawler from 1998. On the mythical island of Rovenland, a party of adventurers sets out to stop five rogue mages from the tower of Skeldal. Enjoy turn-based combat, powerful magic, and tricky puzzles in this legendary RPG!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Classic and suprisingly timeless given how simple in its core it is... cant recommend, there are gamebreaking bugs related to puzzles, that will leave you absolutely clueless and unless youre speaking czech, good luck trying to find a solution on internet... shame. i wont ever…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“I've played the majority of renowned dungeon crawlers out there, however this one turned out to be a serious disappointment. I get that it's around 28 years old, it's just not as fleshed out as Dungeon Master or countless others from around the same time period. Originally tried…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
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Minimap and other patch notes for beta
Summary of changes over the last few weeks Map Editor Bug fix: Fixed a syntax error report in the dialogue editor when using strings. Bug fix: Saving COL now correctly overwrites the COL file instead
Beta update patch notes
Game Added support for new editor features (see Editor section) Restored item combination in the inventory (was broken in the original 1998 game) Fixed a world map freeze in the Magika campaign Improv
Beta update notes
Release notes: Game Fixed a crash that occurred during trading Fixed an issue where sound effects in MP3 stereo were not loading properly—the game generally cannot play stereo MP3 sound effects; the e
Editor Open Beta
Editor Open Beta is now available for public testing. To join, switch to the "public_beta" branch in the game's Properties window. Please note: During this phase, the Steam Workshop is visible only to
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · CRPG · Dungeon Crawler · Hand-drawn · 1990's · Lore-Rich · Fantasy · Grid-Based Movement · Old School · Retro · Singleplayer · Turn-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Czech * * |
| Achievements | 9 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 @3.00 GHz / AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: any Storage: 600 MB available space