Shattered Pixel Dungeon 9+

For those who are new or unacquainted with the Pixel Dungeon variety of games, go into this game expecting nothing but with patience, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn.

Evan, Shattered PD’s developer, has developed his version of this game into a well-balanced, fun, complicated yet easily understandable and satisfying game to play at any time: whether you have five minutes or an hour, Pixel Dungeon is the game to play. The game, being a dungeon crawler, perhaps isn’t what most mobile games are nowadays, but the intensity and replay-ability of this game is one that isn’t found among most. The developer himself is everything a consumer could ask for. He explains every single change he makes in the game, such as why he’s changed the spawn rate of an enemy based on data or tweaked the damage of a certain weapon in the early stages of the game. Every update adds more playability, and makes the game more fun.

I’ve put hundreds of hours into this game between shifts, late at night, waking up in the morning, and everything in between. It is a wonderful stress reliever, mind exerciser, and, sometimes, time stealer. I wholeheartedly recommend that even those with no experience of this kind of game try it.

I love this game, it has a great premise and has amazing mechanics that make it the best mobile roguelite I’ve ever played. That being said my critique is on the length of each run. I think the runs go on for a bit too long and it’s not satisfying to have to come back to a game so many times to finish one. It also makes it feel really bad when you lose a run to a mistake, as it takes a very long time to get back to where you were. For a game that rewards patience and resource management, you get really punished for rushing to try to finish a game faster. With the consistent updates on the game, I think a long term goal of slowly making the game faster would be amazing and solve my sole complaint about the game. Thank you so much.

Update! The dev decreased level lengths by a considerable amount and I would argue it is the perfect length now. Thank you so much, my love for this game has been reignited, and I'm back to runs again!

Seriously I’ve never seen a game so focused on and loved by its dev before, constant updates and promise of new content make this game a must have. Please try it out!

This game is worth every penny. For only costing $5, you get some serious hours of gameplay. Five different heroes, each with different sub-classes and talents that let you play with a lot of combinations along with a massive library of dungeon layouts means each run is a surprise. Also, the developer is truly dedicated to following up on the game with more than just bug fixes. He regularly introduces new mechanics, items, class changes, etc. so the game seems to never get stale.

Some people have mentioned they feel the game is tough and they aren’t wrong. If you’re familiar with rogue-like games, you should know you’re going to die a lot more often than you’ll actually complete the dungeon. It’s kind of integral to rogue-like games. In my opinion, it makes it all the more rewarding when you do actually complete a run!

And probably my favorite thing about the game: NO ADS OR IN GAME PURCHASES! It’s five bucks and then you’re not bothered anymore or have to “pay to win” like so many games on the App Store.