Paper Dungeons Crawler

Paper Dungeons Crawler is a turn-based roguelike set in the dungeons of Cyndaria. You explore randomly generated floors, fight creatures and dragon bosses, and search for magical items and lore. Your goal is to recover Cyndaria’s sacred seeds and restore its divine trees. The game has permadeath, and you need to manage hunger, rest and your abilities to survive; you can skip bosses to move on sooner, but advancing without levelling your character and abilities risks true death.

Explore Cyndaria

The world has four biomes, each with its own environments, monsters and dungeons, and each biome ends with a final boss. Floors are assembled from predetermined patches of land and 21 room archetypes. The game includes 25 randomized dungeon floors, 60 creature types and five bosses.

Cast runes and grow

Each of the five classes can use four class-related rune types. You cast spells by drawing runes on a compass. The classes and their runes are:

• Warrior: Justice, Fury, Dark and Draconic.
• Archer: Elfic, Sylvan, Wind and Drownic.
• Priest: Life, Death, Nature and Chaos.
• Mage: Fire, Water, Air and Earth.
• Thief: Ninjutsu, Poison, Shadow and Robbery.

Your specializations level according to how you play. The nine specializations are One-handed weapons, Two-handed weapons, Ranged weapons, Thrown weapons, four rune types and Appraisal. For example, using a bow levels Ranged weapons, while the Hunter talent makes it level twice as fast. Six talents—Champion, Heavy, Hunter, Ninja, Runic and Merchant—help their related specializations level twice as fast.

Fight and survive

Combat and exploration proceed turn by turn. Life and mana gradually refill over several turns, or you can sleep to recover faster at the cost of food. You can use melee weapons, ranged weapons and spells, and must choose how to use your abilities as you face the dangers of each dungeon.

Loot and equipment

You can find 200 or more equipment pieces, including 120 unique items, as well as cursed and enchanted items. Random potions and scrolls, along with an extensive inventory system, give you items to manage as you explore.