Every Dungeons game, ranked
All 2 Dungeons games we hold, spanning 2015 to 2017: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 23,993 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Dungeons 3 (GamingPickz Score 7.8), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Dungeons 2 (2015) and follow the release-order timeline below.
- For the money: Dungeons 2 gives the most score per dollar right now.
The Dungeons games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Dungeons games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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Dungeons 3
Best for: Players who trust other players over critics
7.8GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceDungeons 3 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Realmforge Studios Player sentiment 94% positive of 18,714 Critics 75/100 Price $29.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 5 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 94% shrinks to 93.8 on 18,714 reviews, then blends with the 75 critic aggregate, giving 7.8.
What the data supports- Cloud saves and cross-platform play, so progress follows you between machines.
- Small install at 5 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 94 against 75. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
Dungeons 2 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Realmforge Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 5,279 Critics 70/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 5 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 82% shrinks to 82.1 on 5,279 reviews, then blends with the 70 critic aggregate, giving 6.9.
What the data supports- Cloud saves and cross-platform play, so progress follows you between machines.
- Small install at 5 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 82 against 70. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Dungeons game we can score is Dungeons 3 at 7.8. The lowest is Dungeons 2 at 6.9, a 0.9-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Dungeons 2 at $19.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Dungeons 2, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Dungeons entries on Steam:
- Playable: Dungeons 2, Dungeons 3
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Dungeons games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The Dungeons series, game by game
Every Dungeons game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2015
Dungeons 2
6.9The Dungeon Lord is back – and this time he’s serious! In Dungeons 2, fulfil the Dungeon Lord’s insatiable quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding. (Steam)
Plot
The story line evolves around the Absolute Evil, fed up with the heroes of the Overworld constantly abusing his minions for experience points and stealing his gold, heads to the surface. Easily conquering the castle, the Evil is ambushed by the assembled heroes of the land and divided into three parts (the Ultimate Evil, the Chaotic Evil, the Corrupting Evil). Decades later, one of the Absolute Evil's parts, the Ultimate Evil awakens as a ghostly… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Dungeons 2 received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic . For the "A Chance of Dragons" DLC, Don van Deventer from MGR Gaming thinks it is a neat, little add on, and full of lore and references from other fantasy creations. Don thought the three new maps were thrilling and exciting; and the new dragon enemies were beautifully made. (Wikipedia)
- 2017
Dungeons 3
7.8At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion! (Steam)
Plot
Setting and characters The game's story takes place a short time after the events of Dungeons 2 on a new continent ruled by the good paladin Tanos with the help of his friends, racist dwarf king Grimli, the vain paladin Elric the Pretty, and the greedy Yaina Overproud. Tanos has also adopted a young dark elf sorcerer named Thalya in an attempt to cure her inner darkness and prevent her from doing evil. The player's goal is to conquer the empire for the… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception The Windows version of Dungeons 3 received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic ; the Xbox One version received "mixed or average reviews". Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 63% of critics. Multiple reviewers opined that Dungeons 3 was the closest the developer has come to creating a successor to Bullfrog Productions ' iconic… (Wikipedia)
Dungeons, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Dungeons vs other series
How Dungeons stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Dungeons games are there?
We hold 2 Dungeons games in the catalogue, released between 2015 and 2017. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Dungeons game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Dungeons 3 rates highest at 7.8. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Dungeons games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2015 to 2017. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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