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Deathtrap Dungeon

· Square Enix · 2013-10-03

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Fighting Fantasy · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 19, 1998 (PlayStation), Jul 31, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Built by a mad baron to bring notoriety to his town, only the brave or foolish would dare to enter Deathtrap Dungeon. Fabulous riches await the victor. Many adventurers have tried - none have come out alive… As Red Lotus, the alluring assassin, or Chaindog, the savage warrior, you must battle your way to the heart of the dungeon and slay...

Deathtrap Dungeon is a 2013 Action and Adventure game priced at $6.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (51% of 215 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
51%
positive of 215 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon is an action-adventure video game developed by Asylum Studios and published by Eidos Interactive for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 1998. It is based on the adventure gamebook Deathtrap Dungeon written by Ian Livingstone, and published by Puffin Books in 1984. Due to its employing a similar 3D game engine, it was often compared to the Tomb Raider series, which was also published by Eidos.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 82% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.6k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 215 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-86%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.78 at GreenManGaming (2021-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 59 of 96 observed days · $0.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.782015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-05-25 — best price $1.742016-01-22 — best price $2.092016-07-20 — best price $4.892016-12-12 — best price $5.992017-06-22 — best price $1.392017-12-27 — best price $5.992018-06-21 — best price $0.972018-11-28 — best price $5.992019-03-19 — best price $5.992019-07-26 — best price $0.972020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-05-07 — best price $1.392020-08-24 — best price $0.992020-12-16 — best price $0.972021-03-22 — best price $0.972021-07-28 — best price $0.972021-12-02 — best price $6.992022-05-13 — best price $0.982022-09-02 — best price $0.982022-10-03 — best price $0.982022-12-22 — best price $0.982023-07-26 — best price $6.992024-02-05 — best price $0.972024-07-14 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $0.972025-04-23 — best price $0.972025-08-19 — best price $6.992025-12-04 — best price $6.992026-04-09 — best price $0.992026-08-25 — best price $0.992026-09-18 — best price $6.992026-10-08 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

189202026-06-01 — 31 pageviews2026-06-05 — 24 pageviews2026-06-09 — 41 pageviews2026-06-13 — 28 pageviews2026-06-17 — 29 pageviews2026-06-21 — 130 pageviews2026-06-25 — 189 pageviews2026-06-29 — 134 pageviews2026-07-03 — 60 pageviews2026-07-07 — 61 pageviews2026-07-11 — 35 pageviews2026-07-15 — 45 pageviews2026-07-19 — 147 pageviews2026-07-23 — 49 pageviews2026-07-27 — 49 pageviews2026-07-31 — 44 pageviews2026-08-04 — 27 pageviews2026-08-08 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 25 pageviews2026-08-16 — 44 pageviews2026-08-20 — 42 pageviews2026-08-24 — 29 pageviews2026-08-28 — 32 pageviews2026-09-01 — 42 pageviews2026-09-05 — 20 pageviews2026-09-09 — 22 pageviews2026-09-13 — 28 pageviews2026-09-17 — 27 pageviews2026-09-21 — 33 pageviews2026-09-25 — 24 pageviews2026-09-29 — 27 pageviews2026-10-03 — 28 pageviews2026-10-07 — 24 pageviews2026-10-10 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Retro1990'sActionClassicFantasyAdventureDifficultThird PersonDungeon CrawlerFemale Protagonist

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.