# watabou/pixel-dungeon

Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface

Repository: https://github.com/watabou/pixel-dungeon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pixel-dungeon
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2019-07-23T09:09:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4421, "days_push": 2598, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3944, forks 1276 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.261671+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game, game-engine
- domain: gaming-tools, entertainment, cross-platform
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: roguelike, pixel-art, open-source-game, dungeon-crawler, game-development, android

## Member repositories
- watabou/pixel-dungeon (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.261671+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:24:36.175616+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/watabou/pixel-dungeon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.261671+00:00, sha 77e5aeff6e6e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.