Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue

RPG· Tower Defense· Dungeon Crawler· Economy

Released Jul 2024

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm in this free version of Dungeon Tycoon. Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

96% positive · 371 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue is a free standalone demo/prologue for the full game, Dungeon Tycoon. It launched on July 29, 2024 as a deliberately scoped preview experience — the store page explicitly labels its content as "Prologue Content," listing a fixed set of features (14 playable days, 4 visitor classes, 10+ monsters, etc.). On September 27, 2024, Lunheim Studios announced the release of the full Dungeon Tycoon game, directing players to purchase the complete version. The prologue itself was always intended as a finished, bounded product — a free sampler — not a game receiving ongoing updates. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap for prologue updates, and no developer communications suggesting additional content will be added to this prologue. The prologue shipped as a complete, intentionally limited product and has served its purpose as a lead-in to the full release.

Evidence

Lunheim Studios announced the launch of the full Dungeon Tycoon game, directing players to purchase it. This post confirms the prologue fulfilled its role as a pre-release sampler and the studio's focus has moved to the full product.

news post · Sep 27, 2024 source development ending

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Store page explicitly defines the game as 'Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue' with a fixed, labeled set of prologue content — 14 playable days, 4 visitor classes, 10+ monsters, etc. — indicating a deliberately bounded free demo product.

store metadata · Jul 29, 2024 source development ending

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Media

Details

Developer

Lunheim Studios

Publisher

Lunheim Studios

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Tower Defense Dungeon Crawler Economy Management Fantasy Replay Value Sandbox Building Base Building God Game Voxel Simulation Pixel Graphics Strategy Colorful

About this game

In this free version of Dungeon Tycoon, you have complete freedom to build and manage your own dungeon. You not only design the layout, but choose the best places for whatever traps you decide to use, which monsters you will hire to face the heroes, and what treasures await those skilled enough to claim victory. Dungeon Tycoon is all about capitalizing on every second of every hero's adventure in your mighty dungeon.

Game Features

Create and design a devious dungeon to give the heroes from across the land an exciting adventure experience.
Summon and upgrade powerful creatures to challenge heroes in their pursuit to find the treasures that lay within the dungeon.
Research new stuff to unlock new ways of improving your dungeon.
Enhance the aesthetics of your dungeon with a variety of different decorative and cosmetic items.
Inspect and watch your visitors to see how you can further improve your design.
Sell potions and other various aids to your visitors.