Dungeon Keeper Gold™

Still my favorite real-time strategy game. This game is grid-based filled with mostly but not only dirt, and you cave in your rooms and ways. You'll have to manage the gold you find and place facilities in the rooms you made. What I thought is cool back then is that you can switch into first-person-perspective into any entity of yours and control them. But otherwise they will actually do everything automatically, you can but don't have to assign anyone to anything. And unlike many other games, you're playing the role of the "evil" one here, training demons, building dungeons, killing knights and slapping your minions so they work harder.

DK 1 is one of those games, ive played on and off since it came out in 1997. The concept of the game is unique and its so fun to just build you're dungeon, level up minions, and destroy the other keeper. It gets even better if played with the "remasterd version" KeeperFX, which fixes alot of bugs and offers many more campaigns, and an updated harder version of the orginal campaign. Stop reading, buy it, get keeperfx and have fun being the Evil guy

What an awesome game. I started and finished the game in 2024. It took an hour to get used to the graphics, but with the HD patch it looks great. Addicting gameplay. By the time I started grasping some of the finer gameplay moments, I was already on mission 16/20 on the main campaign. Favourite creature is the Dark Mistress, too strong. About 20 hours of gameplay in total. The expansion Deeper Dungeons was harder, but in a different way. While the OG is difficult when the NPC attacks you wave after wave, the expansion is difficult in a more strategic/exploratory way. Deeper Dungeons: about 55 hours of gameplay in total.

"Dungeon Keeper" is a delightful inversion of the calssic fantasy formula, where instead of being the hero, you revel in your role as the evil overlord. The game masterfully blends dark humor with strategic depth, allowing you to build devious dungeons filled with traps and monstrous minions. Its tongue-in-cheek style and addictive gameplay make it a timeless gem. Whether you are tormenting heroes or just admiring your malevolent handiwork, every moment is devilishly fun. A classic that proves being bad never felt so good!

Easily one of the best games of it's era, Dungeon Keeper includes a solid mix of good gameplay, irreverant comedy, and secret hunting that has brought me back time and time again in the decades since it was originally released. The graphics have aged, but the opportunity to create your own dungeon, train, and battle your creatures against human adventurers and the creatures of other dungeon keepers gives the game immense replay value.