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Ludus Mortis
Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler set in a Dark Fantasy version of the Imperial Rome. Create and develop your party, explore catacombs, manage your Gladiatorial School and fight demons and undead to free Rome. Inspired by old-school cRPG from the 80s and 90s.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Pretty fun blobber. A bit repetitive, and the use of enemies could have been a bit more creative and varied, but still fun exploration and some interesting design choices.”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“The one thing I feel this game fails at is that it made the combat turn-based. I like my Dungeon Crawlers live-action where the environment is part of the strategy. Outside of that the setup is unique, including the whole Ludus management mechanic.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“He tried, he failed | KAMGUSTA's MINI REVIEW This a "Eye of the Beholder" clone made by a single developer with a low budget. I really tried to have fun with it, and I had some for the first few minutes, but then all the negatives came. The translations are horrible, even if the…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedLatest official news
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Version 1.0.9
Changelog: Fixed the bug that causes portrait duplication when you create a character using a default portrait after one created with a custom portrait Fixed custom portrait position in the exploratio
Version 1.0.7
Changelog: Added French localization Fix: Physical DMG dealt by spells is now modified by Spell Power Mod as intended Fix: buff/debuffs icons are now shown as intended over character portraits Fixed s
Version 1.0.6
Changelog: New portraits: I've replaced the old ones so I've removed any AI generated images left in the game Active Temple Blessings are now shown in the exploration menu Increased power of bosses Th
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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 | Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Dungeon Crawler · Party-Based RPG · Grid-Based Movement · Rome · Hand-drawn · 1990's · Dark Fantasy · CRPG · Old School · Turn-Based Combat · Gore (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, Italian, French |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 series or better Storage: 1 GB available space