Dread Tomb

Dread Tomb

Released Mar 2025

Dread Tomb is a multiplayer cooperative horror game based on Chinese folk rumors. You will face a rugged random map environment and terrain construction, adventure in various harsh random weather conditions, and discover a variety of thrilling mechanisms and mysterious monsters waiting for you.

60% positive · 131 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Dread Tomb launched on March 5, 2025. Three cosmetic DLC packs (maid, midnight, and beach costume sets) were released on March 7, 2025, and all are available. A major free content update followed on April 18, 2025, adding a base-building system, four playable factions with unique skills, two new multiplayer mini-game modes, new guardian monsters, new items, and a free cosmetic skin for all players. Beyond that April 18, 2025 update, the developer has published no further news posts of any kind. The post-launch update history shows: several feature patches and bug fixes in the first two weeks after launch (March 5–10, 2025), then the single major update on April 18, 2025 — and nothing since. That is the only major content release in the game's post-launch history, making it impossible to establish a recurring update cadence. With no sustained pattern of multiple major content drops, no developer communications since April 18, 2025, no announced future content, and no unreleased DLC on the store, the evidence points to the game having launched as a relatively complete product that received one meaningful post-launch expansion before going quiet. The developer has not announced that development is finished, but the complete absence of any communication since April 18, 2025 — now over 17 months ago — and the lack of any established update cadence to wait within, indicate this game is complete.
Evidence
Major free content update adding base building, four faction systems with unique skills, two new multiplayer mini-game modes, new monsters, new items, and a free cosmetic skin. This is the last developer communication of any kind.
news post · Apr 18, 2025 source content shipped
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Dread Tomb officially released, opening all maps, underground palaces, cultural relics, puzzle rooms, monsters, and achievements compared to the demo version.
news post · Mar 5, 2025 source content shipped
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Content

3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Released
Mar 2025
Released
Mar 2025

Media

Details

Publisher
Gamirror Games
Achievements
31
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

Dread Tomb is a multiplayer cooperative horror game based on Chinese folk rumors. The archaeology professor noticed an inconspicuous slate map while conducting cultural relic identification work, and thus discovered clues to the ancient tomb of the Southwest King that had been lost in the past. In order to explore the lost treasure of the Southwest King, the professor established a special archaeological team and organized a group of talented individuals with some knowledge of feng shui as members to assist in exploring ancient tombs, retrieving cultural relics, and exchanging them for honorary medals. As exploration deepens, team members will also encounter a series of bizarre and unexpected events.

Game Features

Based on Chinese folk rumors, experience the rich local folk style of ancient tomb exploration, various magical mechanisms and monsters, bringing players a unique and familiar terrifying atmosphere.

Randomness

In the game, you will experience a completely randomly generated wilderness map and underground tomb, accompanied by a random weather system, providing a unique and exciting experience for each exploration.

explore

Adventure freely in different scene maps, search for tombs, excavate entrance passages (voxel terrain destruction), explore ancient tombs, retrieve cultural relics, and discover lost treasures.

prop

Various props will assist you in your exploration journey, helping you repel monsters, restore your state, act efficiently, and successfully complete tomb exploration.

trap

Evade the dangerous mechanisms scattered throughout the tomb, unlock the seals of the scattered mechanisms, and search for more rare cultural relics. It is essential to successfully bring back what you have seen to the campsite.

Ghosts and spirits

Faced with the possibility of demons and monsters appearing at any time, you need to remain fully focused, use the correct means to avoid or repel them, and achieve ultimate victory in the battle of wits and courage.

Last evaluated Sep 24, 2026
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