| Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager | |
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| Developer(s) | Goblinz Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Goblinz Studio |
| Engine | Unity [1] |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Linux, MacOS, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | April 29, 2021 |
| Genre(s) | Dungeon management |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a 2021 dungeon management game developed and published by Goblinz Studio for Windows, Linux, MacOS, and Nintendo Switch.
Players are an employee of a company that runs dungeons. To defend against raiding adventurers, they are put in charge of recruiting monsters and placing traps. Players control the monsters in turn-based tactical combat. If adventurers survive to the end of the dungeon, the player faces them as a final boss. Between attacks by adventurers, players manage their dungeon and optionally trigger random events. [2] If the player is defeated in the boss fight, they must start over. Players retain unlocks when they are defeated, and their level-ups can carry over to another session. [3]
The game was in early access for about a year. The developers credited this with giving them early feedback on how to improve the game, such as prioritizing a free play mode over additional bosses. [3] Legend of Keepers was released for Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Switch on April 29, 2021. [4]
| Aggregator | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| NS | PC | |
| Metacritic | 70/100 [5] | 76/100 [6] |
| Publication | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| NS | PC | |
| 4Players | 79/100 [7] | 83/100 [7] |
| GameStar | 69/100 [8] | |
| Jeuxvideo.com | 14/20 [9] | |
| PC Games (DE) | 8/10 [10] | |
On Metacritic, Legend of Keepers received positive reviews on Windows [6] and mixed reviews on the Switch. [5] Christopher Livingston of PC Gamer said the game was not as polished as Darkest Dungeon , which it resembled in reverse, but he had fun playing it. [2] Nicolas Dixmier of Jeuxvideo.com called it a funny game that does not revolutionize the roguelite genre. [9]
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