Dwerve: Prologue
Released Sep 2021
Begin your apprenticeship as Dwerve! Tinker with a couple of the turrets! Meet your companions! Learn the basic strategies and tactics of turret-based combat. Hone your tower-defense dungeon-crawling skills so you're ready for the full game!
91% positive · 631 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
Evaluation
Dwerve: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the full game Dwerve, designed to let players sample the tower-defense dungeon-crawling gameplay before purchasing. The store description explicitly frames it as a way to get "ready for the full game," confirming it is a self-contained promotional sample rather than a game with its own ongoing development arc.
The prologue was released on September 3, 2021. The full game, Dwerve, launched on May 31, 2022. All developer news posts — including feature patches, a new game mode (Classic TD), modding support, and a Nintendo Switch port — refer to the full game (Steam App ID 1132760), not this prologue. The prologue itself has received no post-launch content updates of its own, as expected for a demo of this kind.
There is no unreleased DLC, no announced future content for the prologue, and no developer communication suggesting the prologue will receive further updates. It shipped as a complete, fixed demo and has served its purpose as a preview of the full game.
Evidence
The full game Dwerve launched on Steam on May 31, 2022, confirming the prologue fulfilled its role as a pre-launch demo.
Store description explicitly describes this as a prologue to 'get ready for the full game,' framing it as a standalone introductory demo rather than a game receiving ongoing development.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Half Human Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game

Begin your apprenticeship as Dwerve! Tinker with a couple of the turrets! Meet your companions! Learn the basic strategies and tactics of turret-based combat. Hone your tower-defense dungeon-crawling skills so you're ready for the full game!
Dwerve is a tower defense dungeon crawler RPG where you play as a young dwarf tinkerer who adventures into a ruined kingdom and unearths the lost technologies of the ancient warsmiths: turrets and traps. These are the only weapons that can protect the dwarves from Witch-Queen Vandra and her army of bloodthirsty trolls and monstrous creatures hellbent on conquering the surface.
Tower Defense Combat!
Build turrets and traps to fend off swarms of monsters!
Dungeon Crawling!
Explore a ruined kingdom brimming with hidden secrets and puzzles!
Upgrade Your Turrets & Traps!
Each has its own upgrade tree with 100+ upgrades in all!
Fight Epic Boss Battles!
Use strategy, wit, and fast reflexes to outmaneuver massive monsters!
Discover Powerful Artifacts!
Dragonfire Boots, Lionheart Shield, Gurrakk's Warhammer, and more!
Embark On An Adventure!
Meet friends, travel throughout the mountain, defeat the Witch-Queen!
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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