watabou/pixel-dungeon
Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4421
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2598
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3944 stars · 1276 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and a simple interface, written in Java. It is the original open-source roguelike by Watabou, designed primarily for Android and built on top of the author's PD-classes game library.
Use cases
- play a traditional roguelike on Android
- study the source code of a complete roguelike game
- fork or mod an open-source pixel-art dungeon crawler
- learn how turn-based procedural dungeon games are implemented in Java
- find a simple offline mobile game without ads
When to choose
- you want a classic roguelike experience on a mobile device
- you need a well-known, playable reference codebase for roguelike mechanics
- you want to create your own Pixel Dungeon mod or derivative
When to avoid
- you need a modern game engine or 3D graphics
- you want actively updated content - the original repo's latest release is from 2019 (see Shattered Pixel Dungeon for an active fork)
- you need an iOS or desktop-first game out of the box
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
game game-engine gaming-tools entertainment cross-platform jvm cross-platform roguelike pixel-art open-source-game dungeon-crawler game-development android
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/watabou/pixel-dungeon · fetched 2026-08-28 · 77e5aeff6e6e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| watabou/pixel-dungeon | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="watabou/pixel-dungeon")
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