Dragon Ruins
Graverobber Foundation · 2024 · Casual, RPG, Dungeon Crawler, Arcade, Auto Battler
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About Dragon Ruins
Assemble a party of four heroes from eight classes and navigate procedurally challenging dungeons where you decide each turn whether to fight or flee in this bite-sized dungeon crawler. Level up, upgrade gear, and manage resources strategically to survive the gauntlet to an ancient dragon's lair, with a punishing New Game+ mode waiting for those who succeed.
Assemble a party of four heroes, delve into the dungeon, decide when to fight or run away, and grow stronger to survive the run to the dragon's lair in this micro dungeon crawler.
KEY FEATURES
- Assemble a party of 4 heroes from 8 available classes
- Explore the ancient ruins
- Fight through automatic battles where you decide whether to fight or run away
- Grow stronger via level-ups and equipment enhancement
- Purchase medicine to revive fallen party members
- Use teleporter scrolls for a quick trip to town and back
- Challenge your party with an NG+ mode, where monsters attack in higher groups and the final boss gets stronger
This is an enhanced version of a Dungeon Crawler Jam 2024 entry with bug fixes, new features, and QoL improvements.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players praise this game for its compelling simplicity, atmospheric pixel art, eerie music, and surprisingly engaging dungeon-crawling gameplay that keeps them entertained for extended sessions. The main complaints center around poor onboarding—lacking explanations of class mechanics and combat controls—and occasional motion sickness triggered by the wireframe corridor navigation. Despite these issues, players find it a fun, imaginative time-killer with surprising depth hidden beneath its minimalist presentation.
I beat Dragon Ruins. Twice. It took just over 3 hours. Dragon Ruins is described as "A dungeon crawling microgame for tired people.". This is accurate - you make a party, explore a dungeon, level and upgrade the characters, and kill a dragon. Battles auto-resolve in real time without your input, so it's effectively a semi-idle game where you're focused on navigating the dungeon and deciding when it's time to dip, versus selecting attacks/spells for each individual encounter, worrying about specific gear choices, etc. It's low effort fun and the presentation's nice for what it's going for. There is a "remix" mode which is the same general gameplay structure and loop but a different dungeon layout. It's a good pickup on sale if you like occasionally mapping out and exploring a dungeon but don't have the energy to really deal with more intensive party building or combat.2 found this helpful
fun lil game, you can play this with half your brain turned off. nice music, pretty designs, very simple but fun gameplay. it scales well in the original, remix is a little challange but doable.
There's not much to this game but its pretty sick for what it is. The soundtrack is mainly made up of some cool ambient pieces that just make the whole thing a vibe. The art is so cool too I think that's worth mentioning anyway I gotta play the sequel cause it has a monkey in it.
Very cute art, just don't come in expecting an actual RPG. There really isn't anything there mechanically, but it's a great game to play while doing something else or waiting. Nice vibes.
Simple, yet enjoyable dungeon crawler. The music, art, sounds, and gameplay compliment each other to create a unique "retro" experience. I do wish for more games from the dev(s)
I don't have much time to invest in games these days and needed something fun without all the overwhelming baggage. This was exactly it. Gameplay is straightforward and simple. The character artwork is nice. The music is wonderful. It's a short game but highly enjoyable for someone like me.
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