The Wratch's Den
A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike: dig out your lair, populate it with monsters and protect the Wratch from heroes come for easy prestige.
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August 17, 2023
2 years and 351 days ago
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13 itemsAbout the Game
A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike where you'll have to protect the Wratch from the heartless heroes come for easy prestige, and expand your lair until you find the three Orbs of Inifinite Power so that the Wratch can restore their Dominion.
Turn by turn, dig out gold, carry it back to the Wratch and buy new monsters, traps and technologies. As you keep digging, you will unlock unique rooms to place in your dungeon to shape your path to success! Upgrade your orcs and goblins in the school, smith them new weapons and armor at the forge, rip off heroes in the market, drown them in snakes at the snake pit, and much more! But beware of the waves of heroes who will come in your tunnels every year to try and dethrone the Wratch!
Runs usually last between 20 to 40 minutes and the game features 4 difficulty modes, plus an endless mode to try and expand your dungeon as much as you can before the heroes overwhelm you.
Turn by turn, dig out gold, carry it back to the Wratch and buy new monsters, traps and technologies. As you keep digging, you will unlock unique rooms to place in your dungeon to shape your path to success! Upgrade your orcs and goblins in the school, smith them new weapons and armor at the forge, rip off heroes in the market, drown them in snakes at the snake pit, and much more! But beware of the waves of heroes who will come in your tunnels every year to try and dethrone the Wratch!
Runs usually last between 20 to 40 minutes and the game features 4 difficulty modes, plus an endless mode to try and expand your dungeon as much as you can before the heroes overwhelm you.
