Fit check
Is Dungeons of Clay worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action roguelite players who want permadeath paired with permanent unlocks
- Solo players who enjoy changing routes, randomized rewards, and repeated dungeon runs
- Dungeon crawlers seeking a clay-themed setting with firearms and companion support
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed campaign may bounce off the repeated procedural runs and permadeath structure.
- Players who want immediate mastery may hit a wall when locked path choices, keys, and run-ending deaths require patience and adaptation.
- Players looking for a climbing-focused action-puzzle game may find Jusant's tool-based ascent more relevant.
- Players seeking multiplayer shooting may prefer Abyssus, which focuses on cooperative action across hand-crafted levels.
Our take on Dungeons of Clay
The bounce point arrives when a failed run removes its immediate progress. Players must then reassess randomized routes, locked stops, keys, and combat choices, even though permanent unlockables carry forward. The combination of repeated attempts and changing dungeon conditions defines the game's main hurdle.
What is Dungeons of Clay?
Explore shifting dungeons in a surreal clay world filled with hidden areas, hostile creatures, treasures, items, and guns.
Procedural generation changes each run, while randomized path stops offer different benefits behind locked doors; defeated creatures may carry the keys. The game uses permadeath, so a failed attempt ends that run, while permanent unlockables provide progression between deaths. Players can select from 20 guns and collect more than 70 items, use unique skills, and fight alongside companions. The dungeon structure includes procedurally generated endings, with the vendor listing 999,999 possible endings. Reaching the depths requires combining the available talents and skills with patience.
How Dungeons of Clay plays
- 01Procedural dungeons
- Dungeon layouts, threats, and routes change between attempts.
- 02Permanent progression
- Unlockables remain available after a character dies and a run ends.
- 03Items and guns
- The collection includes more than 70 items and 20 guns.
- 04Branching path stops
- Locked route stops provide different benefits, with keys carried by some defeated creatures.
- 05Combat companions
- Companions can fight alongside the player during dungeon runs.
- 06Clay world
- The environment, enemies, and dungeon elements use a surreal clay aesthetic.
Dungeons of Clay compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is a chaotic metroidvania, while Dungeons of Clay uses procedural dungeon runs, permadeath, permanent unlockables, and randomized path stops. Abyssus centers on multiplayer shooting through hand-crafted levels, whereas Dungeons of Clay focuses on changing dungeon layouts, 20 guns, more than 70 items, and progression between deaths.
Dungeons of Clay: platforms & release
Is Dungeons of Clay worth it?
It is worth it if: action roguelite players who want permadeath paired with permanent unlocks. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed campaign may bounce off the repeated procedural runs and permadeath structure.
Where can I download Dungeons of Clay?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dungeons of Clay's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dungeons of Clay on?
Windows and Linux.
