The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
In this tactical rogue-like autobattler, players choose a hero character with unique abilities and then build a party of up to 5 units from a pool of Mages, Archers, Fighters, and other classes. Before each battle, players strategically position their party members on a grid-based battlefield, leveraging the units' diverse abilities to overcome the procedurally generated enemies.
The combat plays out automatically, but players can shift their party members between lanes to block attacks, focus fire on key targets, or protect vulnerable allies. Each unit has abilities that trigger based on events like attacking, being attacked, or defeating an enemy. Carefully timing and synergizing these abilities is crucial to success.
Between battles, players can visit campfires to recruit new party members, level up existing ones, and purchase equipment. The available units, gear, and even the layout of the dungeon are randomly generated, forcing players to adapt their strategies on the fly and experiment with different team compositions.
Reviewers praise the game's engaging tactical combat, deep party-building mechanics, and high replayability. The procedurally generated dungeons and random party composition ensure that no two runs are exactly alike, while the steady drip of new unlockable characters, items, and difficulty modes keeps the experience fresh. The retro-inspired visuals and soundtrack also contribute to the game's appeal, creating a tight, skill-based gameplay loop that many players find addictive.