Buy Golden Krone Hotel PC key

Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike in which you fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire and move through the shadows. You play as Sorina Arobase, a human general famed for hunting vampires, on a mission to kill Fane, the exiled vampire prince. Armed with a sword, revolver and spell book, you battle hordes of blood-drinking enemies and choose from 18 disguises to help you on your journey.

Play as human and vampire

Each run requires you to play as both a human and a vampire, each with different strengths and weaknesses. Humans are frail spellcasters; vampires are brawlers with superhuman speed and strength. Turn-based combat, permadeath and challenging encounters reward patience and careful consideration. The game is faster-paced than traditional roguelikes, but it is not an action game.

Use light and magic

Dynamic lighting lets you use sunlight as a weapon or extinguish torches to hide in the dark. Identifying potions involves risk, while magic and items remain relatively simple. The game focuses on a handful of mechanics rather than skills, inventory management or the greater complexity of some roguelikes. Items are picked up automatically and gear is auto-equipped.

Explore the hotel

The game has 10 main floors and 22 branches, with over 90 unique monsters. You can find 40 potions, 31 spells and 17 vampire abilities, and choose from 18 classes. A quick run takes 1–2 hours; you can also attempt to clear every optional branch, including the infinite levels of The Underworld.

Challenges and options

Three difficulty modes, leaderboards, shareable morgue files and a Weekly challenge provide different ways to play. You can use select tiles or ASCII and choose four-way or eight-way movement. The streamlined interface has a small set of rebindable controls, keypress hints on buttons and tooltips throughout. The game is playable with a mouse, keyboard or controller, and by default can also be played using only the left half of a keyboard. It includes an original soundtrack by Christopher Loza.