Is Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Hard? Difficulty Rating 8.4/10

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Full Release (2006)

DIFFICULTY

8.4/10

Extremely Difficult

(15 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup as hard overall, with regular moments that require persistence and repeated attempts.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

Failed runs reset progress and require starting over
Randomisation increases the need to adapt each run
Inconsistent execution is punished more heavily than in linear games
Players are punished for poor decisions more than poor reflexes

Who Will Find It Difficult

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is likely to be difficult for many players, especially beginners or those unfamiliar with the genre. Players with prior experience in similar games will usually have an easier time adapting. Players who rated games like FTL: Faster Than Light, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, and Bloodborne at a similar challenge level may find Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup broadly comparable in difficulty.

User Defined Tags:

15 ratings

avg: 8.4

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Based on 15 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 8.4/10. Most players rated this game between 7 and 10.

Developer(s)

none listed

Publisher(s)

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Genre(s)

Role-playing (RPG), Strategy

Platform(s)

PC (Microsoft Windows), Android, Linux, Web browser, Mac

Keywords

ogres, fairy, attributes, paladins, orcs, trolls, procedural generation, berserkers, goblins, priest, vampire, minotaurs, healer, traps, wizards, human, heal over time, melee, leveling up, pets, gladiators, assassin, dwarves, elves, gods, roguelike, divine punishment, skill points in game, summoners, ascii, ghoul, mummy, magic, hunter, religion, randomly generated dungeons, centaurs, turn-based, permadeath, freeware, free-to-play, open-source, dark elves

About Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a roguelike dungeon crawler. Available as pure ascii or with tile graphics, playable offline or as a web version. DCSS let's the player create a hero from a large number of races and classes, then sends him off into the dungeon to fetch the Orb of Zot. While descending through the dungeon, players will encounter a variety of different enemies to kill, sneak around, or even befriend. The game features very in depth mechanics, comparatively simple controls and poses a very hard but fair challenge.

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Players who rated Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup also rated the games shown below, with FTL: Faster Than Light (8.3), The Binding of Isaac: Repentance (8.3), and Bloodborne (8.2) being most similar in difficulty!