KeeperRL
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
KeeperRL combines classic dungeon simulator gameplay with roguelike and RPG elements. As an evil keeper you will dig out and construct a dungeon and recruit malicious minions to help do your bidding. You’ll train and equip them and take up the fight with the forces of good around you.
Engage in combat and take direct control of your minions and in true roguelike fashion fight tactical battles in a simultaneous turn-based manner. When you make a move, your enemies also move.
Dungeon management
Dig deep into the mountain and establish a great dungeon to fit the needs of you and your minions. Ensure there’s sleeping quarters, training rooms and crafting stations and decorations. Make sure your dungeon is defensible against invaders using traps, guard areas and choke points.
Multiple playable factions
Master up to 9 unique factions and their respective keepers. Play as a Dark Wizard mastering the art of black magic, a Necromancer forging an army of undead or play as a Goblin King, leading a horde of greenskins on a quest to find the lost goblin matrons. Your choice of faction will impact gameplay and the style of your dungeon.
Roguelike
The world is procedurally generated and simulated on a very detailed level. Creatures use equipment and consumable items. There are dozens of special items, spells, attributes and special attacks. Cut off the heads and limbs and blind or poison your enemies in combat and if you’re not careful your enemies can do the same to you. If your Keeper dies it’s game over and you’ll have to start over again so consider your tactics carefully.
Quickly get your dungeon going and go on your first raid, but the game continues to reveal more depth the longer you play and manage to stay alive.
Explore and expand
Explore the world around you through a large world map with dangerous locations to raid and pillage for loot and infamy as other factions might attempt to raid your dungeon if you fail to defeat them.
You’ll also explore the mountain you’ve built your dungeon in as you can come across precious resources, treasures or dangerous perils above and below you.
Multiple floors
Expand your dungeon and dig tunnels and rooms in both vertical directions as KeeperRL supports many Z-levels.
Online map sharing
Retire your dungeon and let other players explore it as adventurers, witnessing the destruction you've done and fighting with the forces that you've left behind.
The free version is the same as the full version, except it's ASCII-only. See screenshot.
Visit:
http://keeperrl.com
The free version will be back soon!
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $20 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- KeeperRL 1.1 "Black Mass" update is here!30 days ago
- KeeperRL Alpha23 is released!Oct 21, 2017
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So great! I love the over the top visuals, fun
Is the ASCII version returning soon?
Adamantium automaton with adamantium armor set VS A bandit
Who would win?
Why did you remove the download from Itch?
looks like a mistake ... I hope
Yes it was a mistake, sorry.
It's back again, sorry!
Thanks! I was worried there for a bit.
Hi, is it intentional that there's currently no download link for the free version? Just found out this game exists, and would like to give the ascii version a try before buying.
(Compiling the code from github fails due to missing dependencies related to steam, which I'd have to create a steam developer account to download)
It's not intentional, but the free version is currently broken and I haven't got around to fixing it yet. Sorry!
Don't worry, I was just curious - could absolutely have imagined that just being an oversight on your part, so I wanted to ask.
Wouldn't it make sense to keep the last working version up until the current one is fixed? I'd expect that the majority of people looking for the free version would want to use it like a demo to try the game before buying, so missing features from the last updates shouldn't really be a concern - but I might be totally wrong there, I don't know
hiya! No more free ascii version after 1.0? The site still lists that option and re-directs here. Oh also, the blurb here still says "This is alpha version, etc..."
The free version will be back soon!
I just started playing 1.0 and man it's been a while since I played this game. It looks so polished and brand new a cool. I love the sound track. I'm just going through the tutorial because it's been well over a year since I played. The tutorial so far is really great. Well Done!!!
Will there be a sale on the Itch version like on Steam and GOG?
Yes, good idea.
Thanks!
Thank you very much Michal for updating the games on Itch to Hotfix 17 version. Looking forward to version 1.0 :)
Great game! Forget GOG, game is already available DRM-free everywhere (here, on developer’s site and even on Steam).
I'm a GOG user (not fond of Steam's DRM approach). Please, make this game available on GOG!
Me neither, isn't the paid version DRM-free here?
I mean DRM-free and also giving a Steam key.
I've contacted GOG multiple times but they weren't interested so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
KeeperRL on Steam is DRM-free, btw
Purchased the game yesterday (here on itch.io) and very happy with it!
I'm not sure (maybe I'm not familiar enough with controls yet) but I think there is no way to unmake storage squares.
Reading around on internet, some say "remove construction" will do but it doesn't. I've also tried "unclaim territory" to no result.
Could it be because the square is actually ouside of the mountain?
Remove construction does the trick. Sorry for the non-existent issue.
By the way, great job!
Hey, can please someone help me here.
Cant start the game with mac os:
keeper_mac.command as written... got this screen.
Last login: Sun Feb 28 17:54:03 on ttys000
Robins-iMac:~ RobinLehmann$ /Users/RobinLehmann/Desktop/keeperRL_alpha31_3_free/keeper_mac.command ; exit;
/Users/RobinLehmann/Desktop/keeperRL_alpha31_3_free/keeper_mac.command: line 2: cd: osx: No such file or directory
/Users/RobinLehmann/Desktop/keeperRL_alpha31_3_free/keeper_mac.command: line 3: ./keeper: No such file or directory
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.
[Prozess beendet]
Hi, sorry for the late reply. How did you run keeper_mac.command? Have you tried clicking on it from finder?
Would be amazing!
Say hello to Dwarf Fortress?
wait, is it eye of mage from HoMM III on site wallpaper?
Awesome! I really like the punch of nostalgia from the dwarf fortress esque style.
I want to buy the game but when I want to pay with PayPal I get an error message. Seems to be a problem on this site. Buying other games here on itch.io works.
Oh, you too?
Same here. Only a PayPal button shows up and it doesn't even work.
I already wrote to a developer and he replyed that he will look after it. I also wrote to itch.io staff but no response yet.
Great game, even though waiting for all adamandite training is a wee bit boring.
And enemies are rather boring after initial map is cleared.
Initial map and final keeper present some challenge though.
Just a heads up, for the free version on OS X, when I ran keeper_mac.command script, I was getting errors: FATAL input is false. Failed to load so-and-so from ./data/contribs/something.txt or Failed to load from ./data/free/another.ttf.
I found that if you just moved the relevant folders into /osx/ folder everything works.
Thanks! Looks like an awesome game!
Will investigate, thank you.
I realized that I was running the wrong keeper_mac.command (the one in folder /osx). It works as expected if you run keeper_mac.command from the top level without moving files. My bad!
Alpha24 let's gooooooooooo
I bought your game on Steam a while back and had no idea at the time your game was on itch. Is there a way, without buying it a second time, I could get you game on itch? I actually prefer itch, and GOG, to Steam. I could send you a screenshot of it in my Steam library if that would help.
There's a slight issue (easy to fix!) for Linux users with https://itch.io/app - if you could take a look at this thread I'm sure it'll be resolved in no time :)
It took me a while to see your comment. I'll use the launching script that you pointed to in the github thread. Thanks.
Hey miki151, I have been following your game for around 2 years, and I bought it here on itch.io about 150 days ago. I didn't have a computer at the time, but I had a little spare cash and wanted to buy it so that I could play once I got a computer. I have been playing for 3 1/2 hours, but unfortunately every time I get decently far into a game, it starts to crash relentlessly, I've tried playing for 2 minutes, and saving, and repeating, but eventually it'll just begin crashing even when I try to save. It is very frustrating because I love the game, but It is just too impossible to play like this. I was reading the forums and I heard that it seems to crash less when launched through steam, and so I was wondering where I could find the steam-key to add it to my library? I've tried every compatibility mode and other launch setting, and nothing is working. Please let me know what I can do/try.
Thanks!
Hey, I'm not aware of any crashes that could happen so often, especially during saving. The Steam version has been updated with a few fixes that will make it to itch.io very soon, but I don't think they'll change anything. But you can get a steam key if you bought the game on itch.io. Do you have a save file that causes the game to crash soon after the game loads it? I would love to see it. Feel free to email me at miki@keeperrl.com
Hey miki151, I have been following your game for around 2 years, and I bought it here on itch.io about 150 days ago. I didn't have a computer at the time, but I had a little spare cash and wanted to buy it so that I could play once I got a computer. I have been playing for 3 1/2 hours, but unfortunately every time I get decently far into a game, it starts to crash relentlessly, I've tried playing for 2 minutes, and saving, and repeating, but eventually it'll just begin crashing even when I try to save. It is very frustrating because I love the game, but It is just too impossible to play like this. I was reading the forums and I heard that it seems to crash less when launched through steam, and so I was wondering where I could find the steam-key to add it to my library? I've tried every compatibility mode and other launch setting, and nothing is working. Please let me know what I can do/try.
Thanks!
The developer is active and devouted to the title, which earned him a loyal fellowship. While the game isn't finished yet, there is already lots of fun to be had. It's fun to develop dungeons and try to succeed in those of your fellow players. Go and try it yourself, enjoy!