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Blood Dungeon

Strong · 9 top critics · 10 articles · Aug 25, 2026
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Blood Dungeon brings the worlds of challenging platformers and bullet-heaven survivor-likes together in a fresh and fun package with silly artwork. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

GamingOnLinux / Liam Squires-Hand
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Blood Dungeon Review - Fortune Favors the Bloody

Blood Dungeon is a chaotic survivors-like with a platforming twist, which makes for a bloody fun time.

TechRaptor / Austin Suther
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Blood Dungeon from the Wheel World and Nidhogg dev releases August 25

Blood Dungeon is an upcoming action roguelike featuring frenetic, fun, movement-focused gameplay with a rather silly squiggly art style. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

GamingOnLinux / Liam Squires-Hand
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Blood Dungeon adds Switch 2 and Switch versions, launches August 25

2D platforming survival game Blood Dungeon will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, …

Gematsu / Sal Romano
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Blood Dungeon is a weirdly rad mixture of platforming with Vampire Survivors

From the developer of Nidhogg and Wheel World, Blood Dungeon is a scribbly art mixture of platforming challenges with Vampire Survivor auto-shooting mechanics. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

GamingOnLinux / Liam Squires-Hand
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Every detail of Blood Dungeon looks slapdash, but its mix of platformer and Vampire survivors gets my heart thumping

I have sacrificed many an hour to the altar of Vampire Survivors and its kin. Deep Rock Galactic Survivors, Nimrods, Brotato, TerraTech Legion, Soulstone Survivors. I could go on. So I will, Rogue Genesia, 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Halls of Torment, Swarm Grinder. I've even put more time into the Warhammer Survivors demo than I'd care to admit. Many of them follow a similar formula to Poncle's original with only slight tweaks, and yet I'm still drawn into the loop of dodging about an arena, kiting h

Rock Paper Shotgun / Julian Benson
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Blood Dungeon Preview: Nidhogg Developer's Frenetic Take on Roguelites

As a rabid consumer of roguelikes and having just recently beat Vampire Crawlers, I’m always on the look out for my next “number go up” fix. Blood Dungeon, from Messhof, is described as a survival platforming autoshooter that seems like it’ll scratch that itch.

IGN / Casey DeFreitas
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Blood Dungeon is a Refreshing Spin on the Survivors Formula

Blood Dungeon is a fun little spin on the bullet heaven genre.

TechRaptor / Austin Suther
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Messhof announces 2D platforming survival game Blood Dungeon for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC

Nidhogg developer Messhof has announced Blood Dungeon, a 2D platforming survival game due out for … Source

Gematsu / Sal Romano
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Nidhogg, Wheel World Devs Are Back with a Vampire Survivors-Inspired Platformer

Blood Dungeon announced. Messhof, the developer behind the Nidhogg games as well as the more recent Wheel World, has announced its latest project: Blood Dungeon. This smaller game is described as a mix of Vampire Survivors and Spelunky — in other words, it's a bullet heaven, auto-attacking game, but it's also a 2D platformer. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Game Pass adds Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Vapor World: Over the Mind, Blood Dungeon, and more in late August

Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Game Pass in late August, including the Resonance: …

Gematsu / Sal Romano
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Coming to XBOX Game Pass: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Vapor World: Over the Mind, Blood Dungeon, and More

We have more games coming your way on day one (including one you may have seen in our XBOX Games Showcase this summer)! Go grab your controller or mouse and let’s get to the games. Available Today Egging On (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 18Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game […] The post Coming to XBOX Game Pass: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Vapor World: Over the Mind, Blood Dungeon, and More appeared first on XBOX Wire.

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