Dread Rune

Name: Dread Rune
Price: 2.99 USD
Rating: 9.1 (528 reviews)

Roguelike Dungeon Crawler

$2.99

1.18for iPhone, iPad and more

9.1

528 Ratings

James Foward

Developer

300.5 MB

Size

Sep 26, 2023

Update Date

Role Playing

About Dread Rune

Dread Rune Is a roguelike RPG with 3d graphics and lots of variety and replayability. Every game is unique, with seven different playable characters, randomized levels and enemies, and over 120 items to collect and use. The game is simple to get into, but has lots of depth. Mastering of weapons, combos and strategic use of items will be required to win.

Dread Rune includes:
- High replayability: Randomly generated levels, enemies, and items. No two games are the same!
- 12 hero classes: Adventurer, Pirate, Mage, Drunk, Conjurer, Lord,Pump-King, Blink, Ranger, Soul Mage, Necromancer and Chef. Each hero has a unique ability, starting stats and items.
- 5 distinct dungeon regions: Each with unique enemies and environments
- Over 100 different items: including powerful runes, scrolls, weapons, and armour.
- 30+ different enemies, 10 different traps, and 5 bosses to test your skills.
- A destructible environment, create your own path through the dungeon.
- Character upgrades that persist across runs: Damage, Health, Stamina, Speed, Dash Speed, Carry Capacity and Special Cooldown.
- Random events, sometimes good, mostly bad, discover all 15 of these encounters
- Updates, with new content roughly once a month.

What's New in the Latest Version 1.18

Last updated on Sep 26, 2023

Old Versions

Due to recent events, Dread Rune has switched to a premium model. This means no more Ads! Your support fuels the game's growth and improvements. Thank you for being part of this exciting journey!
Thanks, James!

Version History

1.18

Sep 26, 2023

1.17

Oct 22, 2022

- Massive physics overhaul means players can no longer push enemies out of their way leading to more interesting combat and less buggy behaviour.
- New Event! The Blood Pit, face off against a horde of goblins fight club style.
- All rooms now have more detail and objects to enhance the mood and environment of the game.
- The Frost King Boss has now been made even harder!

1.16

Jun 5, 2022

- Massive physics overhaul means players can no longer push enemies out of
their way leading to more interesting combat and less buggy behaviour.
- New Event! The Blood Pit, face off against a horde of goblins fight club style.
- All rooms now have more detail and objects to enhance the mood and environment of the game.
- The Frost King Boss has now been made even harder!
- Huge reduction in overall file size which should increase performance, load times and app footprint.

1.15

Jan 20, 2022

- 3 new characters to unlock: Viking, Demoman & Druid
- A unique wolf follower for the Druid class
- Inventory item position no longer resets when removing an item from a stack
- Drop item button made more distinguished
- Difficulty curve made tougher towards the end of a run
- Hardcore mode now only recovers half health when ranking up
- 2 new items: Celt Armour, Druid Helm

1.14

Dec 3, 2021

- Controller support added (beta)
- Item duplication bug fixed
- Blocking with shields is now more responsive
- Removed annoying slow-mo effect during combat

1.13

Oct 16, 2021

- Halloween special! Chainsaw character is 50% off for a limited time.
- Mercenaries can now be found in prison cells
- Bookcases can now drop all available runes and scrolls
- Added invulnerable states to the Frost King and Final Boss
- Added prompt for unspent gems
- Fixed bug that loaded the player into an empty world
- Improved overall performance

1.12

Oct 10, 2021

- Added 3 joystick layout options, ‘Fixed’, ‘Floating & ‘Dynamic’
- Increased overall speed for all melee attacks
- Reduced joystick size and added lerp effect
- Added prompt to save player when falling into the void
- Added “Watcher in the deep” event
- 5 new items: ‘Winged Helm’, ‘Sacred Skull Armour’, ‘Scroll of Kleptomania’, ‘Blood Scythe’, ‘Musashi's Bread Knife’
- New legacy: ‘Loki's Mischief’
- Improved Dungeon Generation & Load Times
- Improved Polish localisation

1.11

Aug 21, 2021

Dread Rune just got a whole lot deeper.
Dragons have landed! Prepare to do battle against fire & ice.

- 7 new events: ‘The Deluge’, ‘Final Resting Place’, ‘The Thief’, ‘Níðhöggr’, ‘Jörmungandr’, ‘A Song of Ice & Fire’ and ‘Growing Concerns’
- 9 new items: Holy Hand Grenade, Scroll of Trolls, Scroll of BFG, Bubble Shield, Boomerang Shield, Goblin Bane, Meatchete, Beer and Waterskin
- 5 new secret areas to discover
- Enabled iCloud to backup saves, purchases and progress across devices or when uninstalling
- Blocking now easier to perform
- Female mercenary added
- A new trap room added
- Poison water & slow water effects removed
- Updated drop item button
- General improvements & bug fixes
- Hot fix for the Fire Dragon (Níðhöggr event). A bug prevented the dragon from moving
- Hot fix that prevented Russian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages from loading on restart.
- Hot Fix for broken Turkish and Polish languages

1.10

Aug 20, 2021

1.09

Aug 19, 2021

1.08

Aug 17, 2021

1.07

Jul 26, 2021

- 3 new events: ‘The Deluge’, ‘Final Resting Place’ & ‘The Thief’
- 3 new items: Holy Hand Grenade, Scroll of Trolls, Scroll of BFG
- 5 new secret areas to discover
- Blocking now easier to perform
- Female mercenary added
- 1 new trap room added
- Poison water & slow water effects removed

1.06

Jul 22, 2021

- Greatly improved map generation load times & performance
- New item: Land mine
- Fixed bug: completing the game as a Lord now unlocks the Chainsaw class

1.05

Jul 13, 2021

- Improved Russian localisation (by a native speaker)
- Blacksmith added - Blacksmiths sell repair kits that can be used to repair items
- Added sword with high durability as an alternative to fists
- Items now display their name when the backpack is full
- Necromancer special has increased area of effect
- Two handed weapons have larger hitboxes

1.04

Jul 4, 2021

- Hardcore mode added
- Darkness mode added
- Polish & Turkish language support added
- Improved chest and boss loot collision improved (loot less likely to fly off the map)
- 4 new items: Scroll of Necromancy, Shock Armour, Rhino Armour, Lucky Hat
- Improved balancing
- Optional attack button added in settings menu
- Bug fixes
- UI optimisations
- IAP API updated

1.03

Jun 10, 2021

- Base stamina regeneration is now faster
- Weapon charge now drains 10% less stamina
- Dash can no longer be used when out of the required stamina
- Cannot get out of breath from dash
- All attacks now drain stamina
- All crates are now guaranteed to drop loot

1.02

Jun 3, 2021

- Combat overhaul allows you to rotate while attacking for improved targeting and responsiveness.
- Increased attack speed and animation for the majority of weapons.
- Doubled the rate for Legacy Token drops.
- Tutorial has been revamped to include a better introduction to core game mechanics.
- Companions and Traders can now be identified by their friendly markers.
- Explosive barrels are now easier to spot.
- Removed traps which instantly killed the player
- Tutorial can now be skipped

1.01

May 30, 2021

- Combat overhaul allows you to rotate while attacking for improved targeting and responsiveness.
-Increased attack speed and animation for the majority of weapons.
-Doubled the rate for Legacy Token drops.
-Tutorial has been revamped to include a better introduction to core game mechanics.
-Companions and Traders can now be identified by their friendly markers.
-Explosive barrels are now easier to spot.
-Numerous UI improvements and tweaks for weapon types, achievements and more!

1.0

May 25, 2021

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