Descend. Adapt. Or perish.
Build a hero from 5 classes and 7 races that meaningfully change how you fight, draft talent cards as you crawl, and out-think procedural dungeons in tactical, turn-based combat.
"Your plan may be brilliant. The dungeon may disagree."
A world named Ethistos, unbalanced by a mysterious shadow — and a hero whose every choice, talent, and corpse carries forward into the next descent.
What crawlers say
"A love letter to old-school roguelikes wrapped in a modern interface — a hidden gem that punches well above its weight."
"Two huge thumbs up for this title — definitely scratched the Dungeonmans itch I've had. Thanks for your hard work, developer!"
"Its smart systems, strategic gameplay, and replayability make it worth the dive for genre fans."
Built for the brave
“One more floor is always a reasonable idea. Until it isn't.”
Procedural dungeons
Randomly generated floors packed with traps, loot, secrets and danger. No two descents play out the same way.
5 classes · 7 races
From Dwarf sturdiness to Vinscian speed and Elven sight — every race-and-class pairing changes how your hero fights, survives and grows.
Death is not the end
Permadeath is real — but each fall unlocks perks, illustrated story paths and new endings. Your hero was, at least, useful currency.
Legendary set hunt
Collect three pieces of a legendary artifact and forge them on an altar into a class-defining set.
Explore & quest
Follow the campaign, chase optional quests, roam the world map, or push special modes where the stakes rise the deeper you crawl.
Bosses & champions
Grid battles against dangerous enemies, champion variants and unique bosses — won with positioning, traps and resource management.
Level up by drafting
talent cards
It's still a traditional roguelike at heart — but instead of a fixed skill tree, each level offers you a few talents drawn from your class pool, and you keep one. Builds grow organically, run to run. There's no deck to manage in combat; you simply choose how your hero evolves.
Talents shown are real cards from the game — Whirlwind Attack (Warrior), Target Weak Spot (Assassin) and Evolved Toxic Glands (Druid).
Aim for vital organs — a hefty boost to critical hit chance, greater still while stealthed.
While in Scorpion aspect, your strikes inject a potent venom that builds over time.
Spin in a deadly arc, striking every adjacent foe at once. Draws their full attention.
Five ways to begin
+ Necromancer & Soul Reaver with Dark HeroesWarrior
Frontline brawler — shield bashes, war shouts and colossal strikes.
Archer
Ranged specialist — trick shots, traps and careful ammo management.
Assassin
Shadow killer — stealth, backstabs and poison-slick blades.
Mage
Arcane caster — elemental schools woven from arcane threads.
Druid
Shapeshifter — take Tiger, Bear, Eagle, Drake or Scorpion form.
Darker heroes rise to protect Ethistos against its common enemy — the first Shadow. Two new classes, a hidden race, and a deeper layer of gear customization.
Get Dark Heroes — $6.99Necromancer
Command an unholy host of undead with a unique school of magic. Unlock one of two mutually exclusive paths to immortality.
Soul Reaver
Harness the souls of fallen foes and spend them to cast powerful abilities. Death feeds your next move.
Insectoid
An unlockable race of insect-like creatures with a unique metabolism and intrinsic body armor.
Glyphs of Power
Engrave gear with glyphs to add unique effects, deepening how far you can customize a build.
Gallery
Real gameplay — turn-based crawling across deserts, fungal caverns, dungeons and boss lairs.
Editions
Base Game
The full Rogue Empire campaign — races, classes, talent drafting, bosses and 44 achievements.
Game + Dark Heroes
Everything in the base game plus the Dark Heroes expansion — Necromancer, Soul Reaver, Insectoid race and Glyphs of Power.
Dark Heroes DLC
Already own the base game? Add the expansion's two classes, hidden race and gear glyphs.
Join the guild
Swap builds, report bugs straight to the developer, and follow the devlog. The community shapes where Rogue Empire goes next.
The dungeon is waiting.
Build your hero, draft your talents, and see how far you can crawl. Your plan may be brilliant — the dungeon may disagree.