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Dungeons of Dreadrock

Prof. Dr. Christoph Minnameier · 2022-03-14

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2022 (iOS), Feb 12, 2022 (Android), May 12, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

An immersive puzzle dungeon adventure in the spirit of 1980's home computer games. Dig your way through 100 levels into the ancient depths of Dreadrock Mountain. Winner of Google Indie Games Festival / Indie Clash 1st prize / PocketGamer People's Choice Finalist / GDWC best indie game nominee.

94%
positive of 558 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)
Dungeons of Dreadrock is a puzzle video game created by German indie developer Christoph Minnameier. It is set in a Nordic fantasy world, where the player assumes the role of a young woman who rescues her brother from the eponymous cave system. The game was released in 2022 for Android, iOS, Windows, and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,405 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 558 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.77-87%
GOG$1.19-80%
GOG$1.19-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2022-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 68 of 91 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920222026Week of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$0.592022-03-122026-10-112022-03-12 — best price $2.992022-06-06 — best price $3.992022-08-25 — best price $4.992022-11-07 — best price $5.992022-12-23 — best price $0.592023-05-01 — best price $5.992023-07-25 — best price $1.192023-10-18 — best price $5.992024-02-19 — best price $0.712024-04-08 — best price $5.992024-09-07 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-02-24 — best price $1.192025-03-21 — best price $5.992025-05-08 — best price $1.192025-06-10 — best price $1.192025-07-24 — best price $1.192025-08-26 — best price $0.592025-09-23 — best price $5.992025-10-08 — best price $5.992025-11-25 — best price $1.192026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-01-23 — best price $1.192026-03-09 — best price $5.992026-04-03 — best price $5.992026-05-06 — best price $1.192026-06-16 — best price $5.992026-07-30 — best price $5.992026-08-09 — best price $0.772026-08-14 — best price $1.192026-08-25 — best price $1.192026-08-30 — best price $1.192026-09-15 — best price $1.192026-09-20 — best price $1.192026-09-25 — best price $1.192026-09-30 — best price $1.192026-10-05 — best price $0.772026-10-10 — best price $1.192026-10-11 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 2 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews2026-08-30 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 20 pageviews2026-09-08 — 14 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-17 — 9 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
25.1%
earned "Trapdoor"
15.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13045%10
Switch (Nintendo)980%0

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

Player tags

2D1980sIndieLogicRetroCasualPuzzleFantasyAdventureOld School

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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