Once Upon a Dungeon II (v0.9.10.4)

A disgraced dungeon slayer returns to a kingdom that treats him as the source of its latest catastrophe. Once Upon a Dungeon II is a traditional turn-based roguelike built around a Slavic-inspired fantasy land, where stolen god-statues empower the enemies now spreading chaos across the realm. Its tone balances classic hack-and-loot adventuring with a darker conflict over faith, loyalty, and political blame. You can work for the king’s forces hunting the remnants of an older religion, or choose a different allegiance while uncovering why the original victory went so wrong.

Each expedition revolves around grid-based combat, scavenging equipment, managing supplies, and pushing deeper into dangerous randomized dungeons. Melee weapons, ranged attacks, active skills, and status ailments such as burns, freezes, stuns, and bleeding make positioning and timing matter more than simply trading blows. The broad overworld is hand-built but rearranged between runs, with travel on foot and teleport links connecting settlements, quest givers, and dungeon entrances. Gear can be upgraded or combined through crafting, while companions level up, equip items, heal themselves, and fight with a surprising degree of independence.

The standout mechanic is the Slavic deity statue system: these artifacts function as wearable equipment while also acting on their own turns in battle, making every powerful find feel like a tactical commitment rather than a simple stat boost. Environmental surfaces including water, oil, and lava add another layer to encounters, especially when enemies, projectiles, and elemental effects start competing for space. Fully voiced conversations, branching faction choices, bosses, trading, and optional questing give the adventure more structure than a pure dungeon crawl, but players can still ignore most narrative obligations and focus on loot runs. Fans of old-school roguelikes such as ADOM or Tales of Maj’Eyal who want a more handcrafted world and an unusual mythological flavor should find plenty to dig into, although its deliberate pace best suits players comfortable with careful, methodical play.