Fit check
Is Dungeon of Zolthan worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Platformer fans who want a short, room-based dungeon adventure
- Players who enjoy combining exploration with puzzles and combat
- Retro game fans seeking arcade-style challenge and boss encounters
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a large, story-heavy adventure may find the 40-room structure limited
- Those who prefer relaxed platforming may hit a wall at the retro challenge, projectiles, and boss fights
- Players looking for multiplayer gameplay will not find a multiplayer mode described here
Our take on Dungeon of Zolthan
The bounce point is likely the challenge curve: players can move comfortably through basic platforming, then hit resistance when projectiles, puzzles, combat, and boss encounters begin requiring several systems at once.
What is Dungeon of Zolthan?
Guide a character through a 40-room dungeon to defeat its resident mage.
Exploration combines classic platforming with obstacle and projectile dodging, enemy combat, puzzle solving, and abilities gained from six powerups. Four bosses stand between the player and the final encounter. The game uses interconnected exploration associated with metroidvania design, while keeping its structure focused on arcade-style challenges and retro platforming.
How Dungeon of Zolthan plays
- 01Six Powerups
- Abilities can be collected and used while progressing through the dungeon.
- 02Forty Dungeon Rooms
- The game divides its dungeon into 40 rooms to explore.
- 03Four Bosses
- Progress includes encounters with four major enemies.
- 04Puzzle Challenges
- Advancement combines platforming and combat with environmental problem-solving.
Dungeon of Zolthan compared to similar games
Dungeon of Zolthan combines arcade platforming, dungeon-room exploration, puzzles, six powerups, and four bosses. Sundered®: Eldritch Edition is also a metroidvania, but its description presents a chaotic edition with previous updates and a new content update rather than this game's compact 40-room structure.
Dungeon of Zolthan: platforms & release
Is Dungeon of Zolthan worth it?
It is worth it if: platformer fans who want a short, room-based dungeon adventure. Skip it if: players seeking a large, story-heavy adventure may find the 40-room structure limited.
Where can I download Dungeon of Zolthan?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dungeon of Zolthan's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dungeon of Zolthan on?
Windows and macOS.
