Dungeon Rats

Challenging but extremely satisfying series of fights that push you to conserve every bit of healing supplies or items that might tip the next fight in your favor. I'd definitely recommend making a character with 8-9 charisma and heavily investing in a defensive skill for survivability. There's bits of dialogue scattered around in the game but the meat of the game is going from one hard encounter to the next as you fight your way out of a prison mine.

Dungeon Rats, developed and published by Iron Tower Studio, is a deliberately focused tactical RPG that strips away much of the genre’s usual excess to concentrate almost entirely on methodical, turn-based combat. Set within the same bleak universe as The Age of Decadence, it trades sprawling narrative ambition for a tighter, more combat-oriented experience. From the outset, the game establishes a tone of harsh survival rather than heroic triumph, placing players in the role of a prisoner navigating a brutal underground hierarchy where every step forward must be earned through careful planning and efficient execution. The structure of the game is straightforward but effective. Progression unfolds as a sequence of encounters and scenarios, each designed to test your understanding of the mechanics. Instead of offering multiple ways to resolve situations, Dungeon Rats leans heavily into combat as its primary language. This approach gives the game a distinct identity—it feels less like a traditional RPG and more like a tactical gauntlet, where each fight serves as a puzzle to be solved. Positioning, turn order, weapon choice, and resource management all play critical roles, and even s…

Great game, great atmosphere, and very creative and tactical combat. In some ways it reminded me of Icewind Dale II. Some people criticized it for not having much of a story, but the atmosphere and gameplay were so strong that I always felt engaged.

difficult but a good strategy game

ENG/RU [Eng] An excellent game that gave me the chance to further enjoy an interesting combat system. What delighted me was that in a game focused primarily on battles, there turned out to be quite a bit of story that revealed some very intriguing details. The game is engaging and challenging. I recommend purchasing it, nevertheless, only to those who enjoyed the combat in AoD, or to those who want to learn some unexpected lore details. The game doesn't emphasize the role-playing aspect, so you shouldn't expect that from it. Personally — I liked it. [Ru] Отличная игра, давшая возможность побольше насладиться интересной боевой системой. Порадовало то, что в игре, преимущество про бои, нашлось немало сюжета, раскрывшего весьма интересные детали. Игра интересная, с вызовом. Рекомендую к покупке, тем не менее, только тем, кому зашла боевка в AoD, либо же тем, кто хочет узнать неожиданные детали лора. Игра не делает упора на ролевую составляющую, поэтому и ожидать от нее этого не стоит. Мне лично - понравилось.

Great game, love the roman/gladiator aesthetics.