
Once Upon A Tile is a rogue-lite strategic dungeon-builder, where you don't control the hero! Instead, you cleverly place dungeon tiles to guide your hero to victory - or to their demise, if you are careless. You will need to be tricky and clever in this dungeon-building puzzle game!
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A young wanderer is lost in the forests, and accidentally unleashes something evil. A group of strangers need to become friends and find their own path to salvation to lift the curse that has befallen the land.

Once Upon A Tile has you explore ever-changing dungeons guarded by monsters, traps and magical challenges. Perhaps you need to navigate a trap-filled corridor to the end, or defeat a certain amount of monsters or collect enough treasures to make it through alive. The reasons will change, but the goal remains the same - build the dungeon as you explore it, and avoid traipsing over too many traps or monsters you can not defeat yet. This will require a little bit of luck and a whole lot of strategic planning.
While you play as a hero, you do not move directly. Instead, you follow the shortest paths to the newly discovered dungeon rooms you are exploring. This makes for a very unique and challenging game, where every steps and tile you place counts.
Once Upon A Tile features:
- endless replayability with procedurally generated dungeon-decks
- unlockable and upgradable characters
- an engaging, fully voiced storyline depending on which character you choose to play
- complex mechanics that require you to think carefully, but easy to learn gameplay
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, German*, French*languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 29 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Ein wirklich sehr schönes und entspannendes Spiel! Viele liebevolle Details, vollvertonung, süße Story und unendliche wiederspielbarkeit. Stand heute (30.03.25) hat das Spiel noch ein paar kleine Bugs, die mit Sicherheit zeitnah gefixt werden. (Update 10.04.25 – viele der kleineren Bugs sind bereits gefixt. Entwickler gehen auf Kommentare ein, finde ich sehr gut und auch positiv erwähnenswert.) Ich kaufe selten zum Vollpreis und schlage eher bei Sales zu. Hier habe ich den vollen Preis bezahlt und es nicht bereut! Würde es jedem Cozy Gamer guten Gewissens weiterempfehlen :) Das Spiel lässt sich bereits sehr gut auf dem Steamdeck spielen. Der Text ist zwar sehr klein, aber es ist auch (noch) nicht optimiert.
Love the puzzley challenge! And the graphics are lovely.
Great game I already played the demo at local events and it just gotten better. If you like strategic / puzzle games or come from a boardgame background I highly recommend it.
Fun little roguelike puzzler that keeps you thinking but isn't too darstardly difficult!
I've been having a lot of fun with this game so far, not too easy nor too difficult, just right for me. I'm relatively new to gaming and I like how easy the game is to learn, yet challenging to master :D Loving the artstyle and characters too!
Its a charming, easy to grasp, yet challenging (if you arent careful) puzzle game. I got to play the early demo for streamers and i love it <3 Tbh im a bit said Yara is only a tutorial character, her personality is so damn adorable! I loved the voice acting! Fits very well with the a bit more old school paintery style evertyhing has. Of course there were still some bugs but nothing game breaking. Im rly not good with writing reviews x3 Puzzle 4/5 Graphics 5/5 Story 3/5 (There isnt much yet but its a very good start and looking for more) Will play more soon!
[h2][b]Seeing This Game Grow Has Been a Joy! :) <3 [/b][/h2] I’ve been following [i]Once Upon A Tile[/i] for a while, playing it at conventions over the years, and did some palytesting beforehand...and now I am finally getting to experience the full game. <3 It’s been amazing to see how much it has improved and where it all started. I can remember the first time I played it at the gamescom2023 when it wasnt as polished but already got a grip on me :D "Let them cook"! [list] [*]The game is much fun and an overall good experience. Some smaller flaws here and there but thats the Indie Spirit ! [*]The artstyle is simple but effective and looks really nice and gives a great vibe! [*]Until yet no crashes or freezes! :D Hope it stays like this [*]Different characters are interesting and the story got enough motivation to push through the game [*]Rotating the map, choosing the tiles, planning the path in your head and all that has a relaxing fascination [*]The collectibles and unlockables motivate to play another round and try another run [/list] [h2] [/h2] [h2]Summary: [/h2] [h2]If youre into puzzle games, like cute animals and want to relax with a chill game...go get it ! :) [/h2]
It is a nice indie game with some interesting mechanics, however it seems a bit rough. It will need some updates to give you more things to do once you finish it. I encountered one very annoying bug, it did not save my progress after a 2 hour run with only a couple more events to finish the game that made me uninstall it. Instead of taking me to the point where I left and saved before exiting the game, it just changed to the tutorial. Another annoying thing is that same events, at the beginning of a run, will not provide you the means to get the reward.
Charmantes, kleines Rogue-lite Puzzle-Aufbauspiel, dass dank der prozedural generierten Puzzle-Teile immer wieder neu Spaß macht. Eine gelungene Kombination aus der Entschleunigung von Dorfromantik zusammen mit ein paar Deckbuilding-Elementen und vorausschauender Planung plus süßer Story. Ich kann es nur empfehlen.
I can not recommend this game enough. It's cute, it's fun and it can be challenging. 10/10
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