# Desktop Dungeons

> Award-winning puzzle roguelike with kingdom building and class/race unlocks. (iPhone/iPad app by QCF Design.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/desktop-dungeons/id979917622 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [QCF Design](https://appshunter.io/developer/979917621)
- Category: Games, Adventure, Puzzle
- Price: $9.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 15 App Store ratings · 71 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 6.0 · 289 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-05-28
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/desktop-dungeons/id979917622/reviews.md

## What is Desktop Dungeons?

***Cross platform saves! Play the same Kingdom on any device!***

Desktop Dungeons, the award-winning unique puzzle roguelike makes its debut on iOS! Fight your way through randomly generated dungeons, collect spells, items, and loot to defeat the dungeon boss and earn gold to upgrade your Kingdom. Unlock new classes to play as, useful items to discover, capricious gods to worship, and enemies to fight. All in service of the almighty bottom line and saving your Kingdom from peril.

Desktop Dungeons packs all the challenge and reward of a dungeon crawling roguelike game into bite sized chunks of puzzle goodness. Take an Elf Warlord through the Venture Cave, defeat Aequitas the Warlock and sell his beard to your Taxidermist to afford an upgrade to your Blacksmith. Or, spend time in the game's extensive puzzles trying to understand exactly what worshipping Taurog is all about.

Key Features:
-Randomly generated single-screen dungeons offer bite sized adventure.
-Explore new terrain to regenerate your health and mana, INNOVATION!
-20 Classes to play as and unlock, including the new Chemist and Rat Monarch!
-7 Races that combine uniquely with the Classes, each playing differently.
-Upgrade your Kingdom to unlock items and preparations to start your dungeon runs with.
-Loads of quests and puzzles to keep you entertained for hundreds of hours.
-Compete with your friends in the new Daily Dungeon.
-Music by the power duo of Danny Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac) and Grant Kirkhope (Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye 64)
-The full Desktop Dungeons experience, optimized for touch screen.
-Goats!

"If you're looking for a roguelike with a cheeky swagger, and enough content to lose yourself in, then this should be at the top of your list." - PocketGamer (9/10)

"Desktop Dungeons is brilliant. It is so incredibly simple, and so incredibly basic, and yet it is brilliant." - GameZebo (4.5/5)

"Desktop Dungeons has made a pretty great effort to port their game to the iOS world, and it packs a lot of replay and problem solving into this app." - TouchArcade (4/5)

Desktop Dungeons won the award for Excellence in Design at the 2011 Independent Games Festival, where it was also a Grand Prize nominee.

Website: http://www.DesktopDungeons.net
Forums: http://www.QCFdesign.com/forum
Twitter: @QCFdesign

## Key features

- Randomly generated single-screen dungeons
- 20 unlockable classes
- 7 unique races
- Kingdom upgrades for starting bonuses
- Hundreds of hours of quests and puzzles
- Daily Dungeon challenges

## Recent user reviews (10 of 71)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/desktop-dungeons/id979917622/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Bad graphics

*2025-08-26*

My money back 9.99 for bad graphics…

### 5/5 — Best Game Ever

*2023-10-24*

This game is criminally underrated!! It's such a fantastic strategy game that it borders on the line of puzzle solving! Every dungeon is a perfect balance of challenge and fun! Hours and hours and HOURS of content!

### 5/5 — Just like the old game

*2021-01-30, version 1.572*

Awesome game, worth every cent. Fun and not full of ads. Thanks!!

### 1/5 — Difficult

*2019-07-17, version 1.572*

To say it's difficult is an understatement. I've read how other people have been able to master it but for me it's impossible. I've read and tried to follow all the tips and tricks but still can't get anywhere. It cost me £10.00 so it's been a waste of money

### 5/5 — Amazing game. Still great

*2019-01-21*

Game still works amazingly! Turn based puzzle rpg with a class system, items, and spells. Love it !!

### 4/5 — Hard game, good content

*2017-07-08*

If you like challenging games with a lot of depth this one is for you. There is no difficulty sliding scale and the only difficulty option is hard. If you like a challenge this is perfect. If you're like me and don't like to have to think too hard when gaming you may not like this as much.

### 5/5 — Worth it !!

*2017-01-03*

Complex and completely awesome ,, can't put it down,,

### 5/5 — Best Roguelike in a Long Time!!

*2016-04-21, version 1.572*

Hats off to QCF; I've logged over 60 hours in 2 weeks on 3 devices and I am hooked. 
Fun, unforgiving mechanics, so much to unlock, and cross-device support make this the most fun I've ever had on an iPad. 

Worth every cent.

### 5/5 — 5 stars!

*2016-03-09*

I like this game very much. It is a mix of a rogue-like and a puzzle game. The amount of content in Desktop Dungeons is very high: there is a lot of choicess regarding classes, races, dungeons are randomly generated, you have a wide selection of items you can take to a dungeon, there are also many unique deities to help you or make your quest harder. This game is a rather deep game despite the fact that you can play it on the go. It is easy to learn and hard to master. I strongly recommend this title.

### 5/5 — Needs more attention

*2015-12-26, version 1.561*

This award winning and critically acclaimed puzzling rogue-light + minesweeper has kept me invested for over 300 hours. 

Players who take on the lengthy initial learning curve will find a simple but deviously complex brain teaser full of variety.

## Frequently asked questions about Desktop Dungeons

### What kind of game is Desktop Dungeons?

Desktop Dungeons is an award-winning puzzle roguelike game. It combines strategic dungeon crawling with kingdom building elements. Players explore randomly generated dungeons, collect items and spells, and defeat bosses to earn gold for kingdom upgrades.

### What are the key features of Desktop Dungeons?

Key features include randomly generated single-screen dungeons for bite-sized adventures, 20 unlockable classes, 7 unique races that combine with classes, kingdom upgrades to unlock items, and hundreds of hours of quests and puzzles. It also offers daily dungeon challenges and a full experience optimized for touch screens.

### How much does Desktop Dungeons cost?

Based on the provided information, Desktop Dungeons is a paid application. It does not feature in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a one-time purchase model for the full game experience.

### What platforms is Desktop Dungeons available on?

The application is available on iOS and supports cross-platform saves, meaning you can play the same kingdom on any device. It is optimized for touch screen controls.

### What is the gameplay loop in Desktop Dungeons?

The gameplay loop involves entering randomly generated dungeons, exploring terrain to regenerate health and mana, fighting enemies, and collecting loot. This gold is then used to upgrade your kingdom, unlocking new classes, items, and preparations for future dungeon runs, ultimately aiming to defeat the dungeon boss.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.572 — 2016-01-08

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Adding support for new content from other places to play Desktop Dungeons, fixing some bugs and paving the way for potential localization in the future. Happy New Year everyone!

Fixes:
* The Goat Glade no longer disappears in Kingdoms loaded from accounts that purchased the DLC on other platforms.
* Fixed bug that could cause stairs to lead to the incorrect realm in the Cursed Oasis.
* Fixed bug preventing Daily Dungeon Diligence rewards not being paid out on losses.
* Burning damage is no longer applied twice when knocking burning enemies into walls.
* Fixed bug with Daily Dungeon leaderboards losing popup text in certain situations.
* Revenants can no longer be moved underneath enemies petrified by the Gorgon.
* Half Dragons now kill magic damage immune plants if they knock them back twice, no more Tikki Tooki piety farming.

### 1.561 — 2015-08-10

-Fixed a bug that could spawn an enemy on the stairs in The Monster Machine part 3.
-Fixed a crash bug in the rare occurrence that the player occupies the same tile as an enemy.
-Prevented Evolvia from rerolling stats before a player’s second Reflex-empowered strike.
-Fixed a rare crash bug in the kingdom related to advisor tasks.
-Fixed a rare crash bug that could occur when gaining an item to the inventory.
-Fixed a bug related to hash collisions for events with no processor
-Fixed a crash when running out of allocated web player storage. Emit error message instead.
-Fixed a crash related to the leaderboard error panel.
-Prediction of strength potion empowered knockback attacks is now correct.

### 1.551 — 2015-07-15

Bug fixes:
-Added recovery of quests and items if a crash is detected between reaching the Score Screen, and loading the Kingdom Screen.
-Fixed a bug where restarting a dungeon could cause the game to get stuck in locked state.
-Fixed a bug that prevented potion information from appearing when selecting potions in a potion shop that you didn’t already have in your inventory.
-Fixed a crash bug in Cursed Oasis.
-Fixed a bug where glyph prediction could show prediction text related to previous enemy.
-Fixed a bug where leaderboard entries with identical times could highlight the wrong player.
-Fixed a bug where viewing a leaderboard while having no entry in it would highlight the rank 1 player.

### 1.531 — 2015-06-11

Major bugs fixed! Enjoy:

- Autorotation on iPad works again!
- Hotkeys no longer appear on mobile.
- Pactmaker boons no longer consume indulgences if any exist when they’re triggered.
- Fixed bug with the codex in Venture Capital quest.
- Fixed bug that could cause the game to get stuck in the preparation Advisor tutorial.
- Dodge icon now properly displays on selected enemy action button when dodge prediction is active.
- Stripped references to “click to retry” in loading/saving error messages on mobile.
- Fixed bug where pacts could trigger multiple times in Pactmaker discovery events.
- Fixed issue that could leave quest info displays with orphaned text and/or strange button states.
- Fixed issue with blink selecting “through” the interface while casting Wonafyt.
- Fixed a crash bug that could occur in Cursed Oasis.

### 1.521 — 2015-06-03

-Fixed the dungeon completion display bug - class completions now count up correctly.
-Gold and Rainbow dungeon completion borders work correctly.
-Recently used spell/item buttons are easier to interact with when enabled.

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