Dungeon of Zolthan
Robert Alvarez · 2016 · Indie, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Metroidvania
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 389 📉 Recent reviews down 68%
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About Dungeon of Zolthan
✦ AI summary
Navigate a retro dungeon packed with platforming challenges, puzzles, and powerups as you fight your way toward a final showdown with the mage Zolthan. This arcade-style metroidvania blends classic exploration and combat across 40 rooms with memorable boss battles and that satisfying old-school difficulty.
Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon.
Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon! Dodge obstacles and projectiles, solve puzzles, and lay waste to your foes on your way to the final confrontation!
Features:
Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon! Dodge obstacles and projectiles, solve puzzles, and lay waste to your foes on your way to the final confrontation!
Features:
- Good old-fashioned retro CHALLENGE!
- Classic, time-tested platformer mechanics!
- Metroidvania explorative elements
- Puzzles
- 6 Powerups
- 40 Dungeon 'rooms'
- 4 Bosses
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
It was okay to play. But something I couldn't recommend to anyone else to play. I definitely wouldn't play again because there are far better games on steam to waste my time on.10 found this helpful
Exploring the dungeon feels like a circus of goblins, traps juggle fireballs, loot sparkles like fireworks, and every step makes you grin.1 found this helpful
A quirky little retro-style platformer with charm. Not huge in scope, but fun to mess around with.1 found this helpful
Dungeon of Zolthan is a short but charming retro Metroidvania that nails the nostalgic Atari/NES feel with its neon wireframe visuals and chiptune soundtrack. The boss fights are the highlight — each one has a unique mechanic that pushes the simple run-jump-shoot gameplay in interesting directions, and unlocking new abilities like the dash and double jump gives a satisfying sense of progression. At under an hour for a first playthrough, the brevity is a real limitation, and the looping music wears thin fast. For 99 cents, though, it delivers exactly what it promises: a tight little platformer that respects your time and your wallet.
Boring
Dungeon of Zolthan is a deliberately compact and old-school Metroidvania that channels the spirit of classic arcade platformers rather than trying to modernize or reinvent the genre. Developed by Robert Alvarez and published by New Reality Games, the game is upfront about its modest ambitions, offering a tightly scoped dungeon crawl focused on exploration, simple combat, and incremental ability upgrades. It presents itself as a throwback experience, designed for players who value straightforward mechanics, clear structure, and nostalgic sensibilities over narrative depth or audiovisual spectacle. The premise is minimal but functional: you descend into the dungeon of the powerful mage Zolthan, navigating a network of interconnected rooms while searching for the abilities and paths needed to reach him. Storytelling is sparse and largely implicit, leaving the focus squarely on movement and discovery. Rather than guiding the player through a linear sequence of events, the dungeon opens gradually as new powers are unlocked, encouraging backtracking and re-evaluation of previously visited areas. This sense of spatial familiarity is central to the experience, as players slowly build a me…
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