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Dungeons - The Dark Lord cover art

Dungeons - The Dark Lord

Realmforge Studios · Kalypso Media Digital · 2011-09-27

Steam

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 27, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dungeons: The Dark Lord is the sequel to Dungeons, the game where the more evil you are, the better! There are a slew of exciting new features, including four-player multiplayer in four modes!

Dungeons - The Dark Lord is an RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (40% of 321 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

1
playing now
40%
positive of 321 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 13,848 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 13k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 321 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.81 at GreenManGaming (2018-10-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 123 of 165 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.36$0.792015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-12 — best price $17.532015-10-29 — best price $4.992016-04-08 — best price $4.992016-10-03 — best price $19.992017-04-13 — best price $4.252017-10-21 — best price $5.092018-04-17 — best price $19.992018-08-27 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-03-25 — best price $5.002019-07-22 — best price $5.002019-10-21 — best price $3.752020-01-24 — best price $3.902020-04-24 — best price $4.452020-07-13 — best price $19.992020-09-16 — best price $19.992020-12-02 — best price $15.892021-03-10 — best price $17.192021-06-21 — best price $4.992021-10-11 — best price $8.892022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-15 — best price $9.992022-08-02 — best price $8.222022-11-06 — best price $9.992023-03-10 — best price $3.002023-07-20 — best price $9.992023-11-16 — best price $8.692024-03-12 — best price $2.992024-07-29 — best price $3.002024-12-05 — best price $9.992025-03-26 — best price $1.002025-07-11 — best price $8.692025-10-27 — best price $1.002026-02-02 — best price $8.692026-05-07 — best price $9.192026-08-27 — best price $0.952026-10-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
23.6%
earned "Apprentice of Evil"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0003%27

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

Player tags

RPGFantasyStrategyManagementSimulationMultiplayerVillain Protagonist

Census log

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

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