Dungeon Keeper
Dungeon Keeper is a 1997 strategy and god game developed by Bullfrog under Peter Molyneux. Inverting the usual fantasy premise, players take the role of an evil overlord excavating a dungeon, digging out rooms like the treasury, lair, and torture chamber, luring and managing monstrous creatures, setting traps, and repelling the heroic adventurers who invade to loot the place.
Its dark humor, inventive premise, and a "possession" mode that let players drop into the body of any creature to experience the dungeon first-hand set it apart from other strategy games. Balancing construction, creature happiness and pay, and combat, and even slapping minions to spur them on, it earned a devoted following and strong critical praise.
Dungeon Keeper's distinctive design inspired later spiritual successors that carried its dungeon-management concept forward, and the original endures as a cult favorite among strategy fans.
Where can you play Dungeon Keeper today?
Device by device, which of the 5 alternatives below you can play on it.
- PC
- Legend of Keepers (€ 19,99), Dungeons 4 (€ 49,99), War for the Overworld (€ 24,99) and 2 more.
- Mac
- Legend of Keepers (€ 19,99) and War for the Overworld (€ 24,99).
- Linux
- Legend of Keepers (€ 19,99) and War for the Overworld (€ 24,99).
- iPhone
- None of the alternatives to Dungeon Keeper runs on iPhone.
- iPad
- None of the alternatives to Dungeon Keeper runs on iPad.
- Android phone
- None of the alternatives to Dungeon Keeper runs on Android phone.
- Android tablet
- None of the alternatives to Dungeon Keeper runs on Android tablet.
- PlayStation
- Legend of Keepers (€ 19,99) and Dungeons 4 (€ 49,99).
- Xbox
- Legend of Keepers (€ 19,99) and Dungeons 4 (€ 49,99).
- Switch
- Legend of Keepers (€ 19,99) and Dungeons 4 (€ 49,99).
- Steam Deck
- Dungeons 4 (€ 49,99) and War for the Overworld (€ 24,99).
Games like Dungeon Keeper
Modern alternatives to Dungeon Keeper, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
Prices, platform availability and Steam Deck compatibility can change at any time. Always check the store page before buying.
Legend of Keepers Indie
€ 19,99An indie dungeon-management roguelite where you repel heroes.
Legend of Keepers runs on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet. It is Steam Deck Untested.
Dungeons 4
€ 49,99Dig out a dungeon, grow evil creatures and repel heroes, with a narrator doing the Dungeon Keeper voice.
Dungeons 4 runs on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet. It is Steam Deck Verified.
War for the Overworld
€ 24,99A modern spiritual successor built by fans of the original.
War for the Overworld runs on PC, Mac, Linux. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Verified.
KeeperFX Indie
FreeA free fan patch that runs the original Dungeon Keeper on modern Windows with high resolutions and fixes.
KeeperFX runs on PC. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Steam Deck.
Dungeon Keeper (GOG)
€ 5,99The original Gold edition, configured for modern PCs.
Dungeon Keeper (GOG) runs on PC. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Steam Deck.
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