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Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep tactical roguelike mechanics” (25 of 97 reviews) and “Challenging, unforgiving runs” (18); the most common complaint is “Brutal, unfair difficulty” (8). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
25 of the 97 reviews raise this.
18 of the 97 reviews raise this.
12 of the 97 reviews raise this.
9 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“i know i dont have a lot of hours on this game on steam but i played this game for thousands of hours on my phone and let me tell you, this gigachad of a developer keeps pushing updates even tho the game first launched…”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“NOTE: I got this game when it was in Alpha/Beta on Android, when there were only the ~~4~~ (before the Duelist) classes. It was free at the time, but with a "donate" option, and I sure as hell did. I bought it again on…”
“It is only game on which i can play alone without feeling annoyed, i just dream of a multiplayer version...( i know it's almost impossible). This game is full of mysteries, difficult moments and epic fights, true…”
“I have to give it a thumbs up for just being well designed, full of content and interesting trad roguelike but personally I don't like all the constant alchemy stuff, seed and general inventory faffery. The skills…”
8 of the 97 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Lots of potential. I'm annoyed with the food mechanics. Recommend nerfing the hunger issue down by 50%. I won't be coming back to this for the reason of the food / hunger system being too oppressive. Not fun imo. Good…”
“This game makes me want to kill myself in real life and in game but that's life type ♥♥♥♥ you live, learn and forget 👻”
5 of the 97 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“No full keyboard support and bad controller support.”
4 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Lots of potential. I'm annoyed with the food mechanics. Recommend nerfing the hunger issue down by 50%. I won't be coming back to this for the reason of the food / hunger system being too oppressive. Not fun imo. Good…”
“I have to give it a thumbs up for just being well designed, full of content and interesting trad roguelike but personally I don't like all the constant alchemy stuff, seed and general inventory faffery. The skills…”
“It's ok. There are some really really stupid mechanics though.. "dodge" "dodge" "dodge" " oh let me go find another doorway.. "HIT" "dodge" "dodge" "dodge"..”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Okay, so I've got 220 hrs on steam and countless more on mobile. I'm now (kinda) consistently ascending with the amulet AND I've gotten the Doom Slayer badge. Will this make me feel like I've mastered the game? Hell naw. I don't know what it is about this game that I just can't…”
— a player, Steam review · 233 hrs played“I have been playing on different devices since the month it was released. As an adult it is the only game i cant quit. This is the best game I've ever played. The skill ceiling is insane. Its not hand eye coordination, it's iq. Have you ever wondered your iq? This game will tell…”
— a player, Steam review · 93 hrs played“A fantastic roguelike with zero ads, random dungeons, great puzzles, awesome soundtracks, frequent updates.”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
v4.0.2
Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0.2 is now releasing! Just a quick followup bugfix patch this time. In particular v4.0.2 fixes a nasty bug added in v4.0.1 that caused crystal weapons to degrade MUCH faster
v4.0.1
Hey Dungeoneers! After a bit too long of a wait, the first patch for v4.0 has now released! This one is mainly aimed at smaller changes to improve content added in v4.0, although there are pretty big
Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0.0!
(For the best viewing experience, please read the original copy of this post on Shatteredpixel.com) Hey Dungeoneers, Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0.0 has been released! You can get it right now on Steam
Coming Soon to Shattered: The Vault Quest!
(For the best viewing experience, please read the original copy of this post on Shatteredpixel.com) Hey Dungeoneers, after far too long of a wait, v4.0.0 is finally ready for beta! This update ended u
Status Update: v4.0 Beta Soon!
(For the best viewing experience, please read the original copy of this post on Shatteredpixel.com) Hey Dungeoneers, time for a little update! Just about 2 months ago I gave an ETA that v4.0 would be
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Traditional Roguelike · Dungeon Crawler · Rogue-like · Turn-Based · RPG · Mystery Dungeon · Perma Death · Indie · Difficult · 2D · Procedural Generation · Replay Value (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Czech * , Greek * , Japanese * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Simplified Chinese * , Ukrainian * , Dutch * , Hungarian * , Korean * , Polish * , Russian * , … |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 98 |
| Official site | https://shatteredpixel.com/shatteredpd/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Graphics: OpenGL 2.0+ compatible Storage: 250 MB available space