Dungeon Keeper1997

Dungeon Keeper

1997 Electronic Arts

Playable on

Game modes

Single playerMultiplayerOnline co-op (2-4)

Details

First release date

June 26, 1997

Keywords

ghosts
orcs
god game
wizards
medieval
vampire
magic
samurai
chicken
real-time
management
witches

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Keywords

ghosts
orcs
god game
wizards
medieval
vampire
magic
samurai
chicken
real-time
management
witches
traps
dungeon management
sacrifice
base building
dwarves
mining
free-to-play
giants
heroes
trolls
city builder
spider
bow and arrow
microtransaction
ea app
downloadable content
spellcaster
wilhelm scream
beetle
not-so-bad guys
world building
fire manipulation
iron maiden
aggressive door-opening
barbarians
direct control of units
bully mode
interactive achievement awards 1998

Overview

Dungeon Keeper Intro

Dungeon Keeper is a strategy video game in which the player attempts to build and manage a dungeon or lair while protecting it from invading 'hero' characters intent on stealing the player's accumulated treasures and killing various monsters. This was Peter Molyneux's final project with Bullfrog before he left the company in August 1997 to form Lionhead Studios. The player uses a mouse, represented in-game as a hand, to interact with a bar on the left-hand side of the screen, allowing them to select which rooms to build and which spells to cast. The player can also use the hand to pick up creatures and objects in the dungeon and carry them around, allowing for tactics such as gathering an assault force and dropping off the creatures en masse once a foothold has been established. The hand also allows the player to "slap" objects and thereby interact with them: creatures will hurry up when slapped, some traps will be triggered and prisoners in the Torture Chamber can be tortured. The main...

Screenshots

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Screenshot for Dungeon Keeper