
Dungeon Keeper Gold confidently hits its marks as a quality Action/RPG title.
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Verdict
93%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 1K reviews)
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
Limited professional critic coverage
Includes Dungeon Keeper and the Deeper Dungeons expansion. Being the Dungeon Keeper and all, this is your home, too. And it’s your business to take these loathsome creatures of darkness and hone them into screaming, frothing, clawing forces of destruction. You lure them in with food and the promise of dank and fetid places to sleep. You keep them in line with the back of your hand and the threat of dire consequences. You pit their scaly hides against the best that the Forces of Good can muster, and they die for you as they rip steaming entrails out of the hapless heroes.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 8d ago
[h1] ⚖️ MATCHING EXPECTATION:[/h1] * 🟢 = Available = Fun +1 * 🔴 = Not Available = Fun -1 * Match Nothing = 0 Fun 🟢 Diverse Creatures to play as Army 🟢 God Hand Abilities 🟢 Interesting Sound & Voice 🟢 Ton of Maps to Play 🟢 Gameplay Tweaks Menu (Mods) 🔴 Visual Improvement 🔴 Difficulty Menu 🔴 Complex Skill Tree 🔴 Complex Resources to Farm 🔴 Communicate witth Creature [table] [tr] [th]fMeter[/th] [th]FUN[/th] [th]fUN METER[/th] [th]DISCOUNT[/th] [th]COMMUNITY[/th] [th]REVIEWER[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]A+[/th] [td]5[/td] [td]Loving it [/td] [td]No Wait[/td] [td] -[/td] [td] -[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]A[/th] [td]4[/td] [td]Liked it[/td] [td]No Wait[/td] [td] ✔[/td] [td] ✔[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]B[/th] [td]2-3[/td] [td]Half satisfied[/td] [td]Wait 50%[/td] [td] -[/td] [td] -[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]C[/th] [td] 1[/td] [td]Less interested[/td] [td]Wait 75%[/td] [td] -[/td] [td] -[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]D[/th] [td] 0[/td] [td]Not what you need[/td] [td]Wait 100%[/td] [td] -[/td] [td] -[/td] [/tr] [/table] 🏅 Community Rating: [b] Very Positive [/b] ⚖️ [b]fMeter {A}[/b] Worth a play, if you enjoy controlling a Creature Army with a "God Hand". However, if you're looking for Tradisional RTS game, this isn’t for you. 🔎 Check the full list for your preferred gameplay 👇 [u][i]https://steamcommunity.com/groups/expectationchecklist/discussions/1/832745943312895382/[/i][/u] [h1] 🕘 IMPRESSION:[/h1] * Year 1997: Game released on PC * Year 1998: Started playtest and loving it :D * Year 2011: Released on GOG.com only and later EA own it * Year 2014: DK2 remake on mobile app version for trendy microtransaction * Year 2024: Finally released on Steam * Year 2026: Add into my Game Collection on Steam * 2 hours later: Looks good as in the old day :D [h1] 🔊 TESTER MUST KNOW:[/h1] * Require download KeepFX to play in modern screen resolution * KeepFX also provide option developer menu that tweak your gameplay * We can access developer menus by adding "-alex" in the Target line * 76 Pages PDF manual available * Imp = Workers * We don't need magic attacks to destroy Magic Doors * Treasury has zero effect on attracting Rogue * Flying creatures still get stunned and affected by traps [h1] ⭐️ COMPARE TO ORIGNAL:[/h1] * Added New Game+ * Added Freeplay Option * Added Map Pack - Lost Levels * Added many others Campaigns * Deeper Dungeons still available * Allow zoom out much further * Better Performance (High fps) * Removed Direct3D version * Still old screen resolution, unless install KeepFX expansion * Original Level Editor is not included anymore, but replaced by new "Unearth" Editor [h1] 💎 SAME GENRE COMPARISON:[/h1] * Play as Villian * Manage creature's needs, moods, and behavior to fight for you * Imps will do what they need to do automatically * Creature will get angry & leave if not treated correctly * God hand to pick up anything belong to you * God hand allow to drop army, aid their combat, or punish creature * Great variation of creature and Hero available * Many hotkeys available * Variety creature abilities * Some creature able to teleport where they need to go * Some creature allow self healing * Allow resurrect dead creature * Allow to possess into your creature * Infinite gold available * Bonus levels available * Option to let the computer control your defenses [h1] ⚠️ RUMOR CHECKING:[/h1] * Dungeon Keeper is a pay-to-win mobile game ➜ This is the BIGGEST Modern Misconception, the 2014 mobile game is a different game. This version is the original version and it meant to play offline. * We’re supposed to control units directly ➜ The game is about indirect control & environment manipulation. * It feels dumb because it’s not RTS-style control ➜ it’s a simulation AI, not a command AI * This game is weird / broken / unfair ➜ It’s just not playing by modern game rules * No game ever matched it ➜ Debatable, there many developer try to replicated it, such as War for the Overworld & Dungeons series, but nothing fully remake the fun chaotic ecosystem design * It is a hidden gem ➜ Agree [quote] [b]Remember to 👍 for me if you liked this review:[/b] 🔔 More similar reviews ➜ [u][url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/31940448-Expectation-Checklist/]Browse Here[/url][/u] and follow this Curator, or 🤝 Visit Our Gaming Discussion ➜ [u] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/expectationchecklist]We're Here[/url][/u] 📢 Disclaimer regarding Short Hours & English Errors ➜ [u][url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/expectationchecklist/discussions/0/4594180031254224809/]Read Here[/url][/u] [/quote]
I have played this game for 25 years. I still remember going over to my friend's house to play against him for hours. Must have played thousands of hours, I never counted. It's one of those games I either keep installed, or re-install on every machine I own. It's perfectly balanced, great fun, complex as in deep while user friendly, with fantastic replayability, great humour, incredible voice acting, with a coherent identity. I've been waiting for decades for a graphical step-up, so naturally I was looking forward to DK2 when it came out. I was so disappointed. A lot of what made DK1 an absolute masterpiece went out the window in favour of 3D. Much later, I tried War for the overwold - I can appreciate the love and effort that went into it, but I got the same effect. Instead of improving something that was close to perfect, they tried a different way, and I found that it didn't work out for me. All that to say, DK1 with the KeeperFX upgrade (because how on Earth was I able to play it for that long without?) will be forever engraved in my memory as an unreplaceable masterpiece. Thank you everyone for creating it, maintaining it, distributing it. I'm sure you went on to do other great things, but regardless, your legacy is already made. Long live KeeperKlan.
Classic game with great gameplay and the voiceover and music is phenominal.
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