Dungeons - The Dark Lord

I picked this up in a bundle hoping for a fun dungeon management sim, and while the core concept — building rooms to attract heroes, satisfying their needs, then incapacitating them for soul energy — is genuinely clever and different from what most people expect, the execution drags it down hard. The Kalypso launcher DRM is a frustrating barrier just to play a singleplayer game, and once you're actually in, the...

0 found this helpful, 2026-05-26

Dungeons: The Dark Lord - A Frustrating and Neglected Experience Dungeons: The Dark Lord is a disappointing game that feels more like an unfinished product than a polished release. While the concept of managing your own dungeon sounds appealing, the execution is severely lacking. The game suffers from constant crashes, which make it nearly impossible to enjoy. These abrupt and frequent crashes, often without any...

171 found this helpful, 2025-01-27

Its an alright game if you realize what it is. This is NOT A DUNGEON KEEPER Clone nor is it ment to be. Think of it like SimDungeon or DungeonTycoon. Thats the best way to describe it.

159 found this helpful, 2013-11-27

Everytime the game starts it reinstalls the VC Distributables. Then when it finally loads up it's some crappy Kalyspo Launcher that forces you to make an account to even play single player. Then you finally get in, and if you adjust any display settings the game isn't smart enough to go to windowed or change resolution on the fly, so you have to exit out and deal with the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ VC Distributables and launcher. Not...

65 found this helpful, 2017-03-17

It's a good game, but the game play is just not "fun". That's subjective, just my opinion, but the approach is indirect which I did not like. It's unfair to compare this game with Dungeon Keeper, but that is inevitable. But, just on its own, there are some limitations to the game play that made it a 3-time only game one evening. I tried 3 different levels, and got started on the "campaign", but it just didn't grab...

9 found this helpful, 2021-12-05

I like the idea of Dungeons, but there are so many issues I have with the game that I can't recommend this game. It's not that it's a bad concept, I mean to be a dungeon boss, and rule with an iron fist. Ok. I like the gameplay mechanisms, build out the dungeons and entertain heroes. I'll even accept the stupidity of that last statement. Your dungeon is there to entertain or get heroes "excited" then you can...

26 found this helpful, 2016-09-16