Castle Grimhold-Dungeon Crawl

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About this game

Castle Grimhold – Dungeon Crawl is a no hand-holding, deep, difficult RPG. If you’re looking for a baby RPG, there are plenty of those elsewhere. I built this game to bring back hardcore gameplay and real character building. You will die. A lot. Your hardcore character will probably get obliterated well before reaching the final floor. Skill synergy matters. Armor matters. Loot matters.

"Picked this game up and stuck to it like glue for days now. Loving the 'simple complexity' and enjoying it! Dark Souls meets Slay the Spire." — Reddit review

This is a true turn-based dungeon crawler built for players who want meaningful choices, smart combat, and punishing difficulty. You’ll crawl through procedurally generated floors, facing traps, events, ambushes, and elite enemies. Survive long enough, and you'll earn the loot needed to go deeper.

No handouts. Just you, your build, and the dungeon.

FEATURES

Turn-Based Combat – Every move counts. Plan your turns or die trying.

86+ Skills & Spells – Combine abilities for brutal synergies.

Deep Character Building – Create warriors, mages, or hybrids that match your style.

Procedurally Generated Dungeons – No run plays the same.

Epic Loot – Weapons, armor, and relics that matter.

Hardcore Mode – One life. Permanent death. Real stakes.

No Internet Needed – Fully offline dungeon crawling.

Built by a Solo Dev – No studio. Just a game made for gamers.

Strategic Turn-Based Combat
Castle Grimhold is a dungeon crawler built around tactical, turn-based battles. Every skill you use and every turn you take matters. With over 80 unique abilities to unlock, each dungeon crawl becomes a test of how well you’ve built your character and how you handle enemies that don’t play fair.

Build Your Hero
This dungeon crawler gives you full control over your character’s growth. Whether you focus on raw damage, clever support skills, or tanky builds, your gear and stat choices shape how far you’ll get. No pre-made classes, no restrictions—just build, adapt, and survive.

Loot That Matters
You’ll earn loot that actually impacts your run. From rare armor to powerful weapons, Castle Grimhold’s dungeon crawler design rewards exploration and risk. The deeper you go, the better the gear—but the enemies hit harder too.

Progress Through Dangerous Floors
Each dungeon crawl throws new challenges at you: traps, elite ambushes, branching events, and deadly bosses. The layout changes every time, so you’ll never get the same run twice. The further you crawl, the more you’ll need to think ahead.

If you’re craving a proper dungeon crawler with weighty combat and zero fluff, give Castle Grimhold a shot.

Download now and begin your dungeon crawl.

Ratings and reviews

This game has come a long way since I last played. The dungeons have become a great deal more interesting! For those struggling: keep your skill point spending focused, at least for a while. At least some of those points should go into armor. Grab plenty of health up scrolls, too. This kind of game is a grind fest. Stick to easy fights (skulls) till they're too easy, move on to harder fights (red eyed skulls), and so on. Don't go down levels till you can cream everything. There's no rush.

Overall, this game would probably be fun once I got used to the mechanics; they're just so unintuitive that I don't want to bother. Pity. I'll come back after there are some more updates and fixes. Edit: Yes, I went through the tutorial three times. It didn't include anything about gameplay--just the intro stuff about spells and rests. And then the actual gameplay (i.e., being in the dungeon) is unintuitive. It took me multiple attempts to figure out battling and equipping armor.

It's alright, though one thing is frustrating is the riddles as they put multiple answers that can be correct or the actual correct answer is wrong, one said something that doesn't move and some other stuff and I chose the only thing that doesn't move and it was wrong everything else on the options moves in some way or another. Also the "easy" mode I set max enimies and events and died so many times at the start I could not get enough coins to progress, floor7 max minions still extremely hard!!!

What’s new

- Add "Return to Town" button after Arena battle win
- Fix a few bugs related to Arena mode
- Hopefully fixed obscure bug when using health potions