KeeperRL

I like hardcore games, but having my last few runs die over and over again due to my character drowning while being controlled by the computer is unfair. i tried to crash the game after I died and my save file was deleted. this isn't anything about getting good, the devs need to get good with the pathfinding. why does my character keep on commiting suicide?

This game got more time from me than most games, but I can't recommend it. There's a learning curve, which you kind of have to figure out yourself as not everything is explained. It's very grindy but not in a good way like Dwarf Fortress. It feels more tedious somehow... The controls and the way battles play out just sucks sometimes. Looting stuff from battles baddies sucks. Keeping track of equipment and equipping your guys sucks. You'll probably have to play a couple times to figure things out like I did, but when you get to around your 3rd attempt and know how everything works, you'll get very far and see the tedium and you won't want to come back after your first "i know how to play now" run ...

I wanted to like KeeperRL because the concept is great: build an evil dungeon, recruit minions, and grow your power like a proper Dungeon Keeper-style game. Unfortunately, the game keeps getting in its own way. I tried a Necromancer run, where corpses/remains are a core resource for making more undead, but my minions simply would not reliably collect them even after I had the proper storage set up. The only dependable solution was to manually take control of a minion and haul the bodies myself before they rotted or became unusable. That is not fun. That is busywork. A game like this should make basic resource collection reliable, especially when that resource is central to an entire playstyle. I do not mind complexity, but I do mind having to fight the game’s automation just to make the main mechanics work. Cool idea, but too clunky and frustrating for me to recommend.

I was following the development of this game for so many years. Finally, I thought, it's released an I should try it again. Unfortunately, it still feels like EA game with a bare bones UI, not really friendly controls and not that much of content.

Uses GenAI assets

For me this game is Towns meets Dungeon Keeper. I enjoy the ability to dig out and build rudimentary buildings and control the minions or let them roam on their own.

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Pode comprar, adorei o jogo. Se vc gosta de Rimworld e jogos do tipo, compre sem medo.

Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress had a baby and now it has grown up.

Seemed like a really cool game but after actually playing it? :( The combat is Jank and the UI is not very well streamlined. It's gameplay is similar to Rimworld, with most aspects being objectively worse, as in more clunky and annoying to work with. For a game released in 2024 I'd expected this to be a stylistic choice, but it just doesnt feel stylistic as it comes with the cost of gameplay quality.