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Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Shattered Pixel · released Mar 22, 2022

AdventureIndieRPGPCiOS (iPhone/iPad)

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 8.1 ↗
88
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Status Update: v4.0 Beta Soon!” (1mo ago)

88%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
95%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%901000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)95%8977
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 89.2, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,181 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 28, 2026) · 42 reviews sampled · 77 total reviews in window · weighted 28.6 up / 1.6 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Status Update: v4.0 Beta Soon!
    Jul 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. v3.3.8
    Mar 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. v3.3.6
    Feb 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. v3.3.5
    Feb 5, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. v3.3.4
    Jan 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. v3.3.2 (and v3.3.3)
    Jan 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. v3.3.1
    Dec 12, 2025
  8. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.3.0!
    Dec 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. v3.2.5
    Sep 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. v3.2.4
    Sep 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. v3.2.3
    Sep 3, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. v3.2.2
    Aug 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. v3.2.1
    Aug 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  14. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.2.0!
    Aug 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  15. v3.1.1
    Jun 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  16. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.1.0!
    Jun 2, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  17. Coming Soon to Shattered: Warrior Mini Rework and More!
    May 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. v3.0.2
    Mar 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. v3.0.1
    Mar 13, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v3.0.0!
    Feb 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  21. Status Update: v3.0 Coming Soon!
    Feb 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. v2.5.4
    Oct 9, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  23. v2.5.3
    Oct 2, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  24. v2.5.2
    Sep 17, 2024
  25. v2.5.1
    Sep 16, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  26. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v2.5.0!
    Sep 11, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  27. v2.4.2
    Jun 5, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  28. 2.4.1
    May 23, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  29. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v2.4.0!
    May 15, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  30. Status Update: v2.4.0
    Mar 6, 2024
  31. v2.3.1 (and v2.3.2 soon)
    Jan 29, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  32. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v2.3.0!
    Jan 18, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  33. v2.2.1 - bugfixes and new quest reward tweaks
    Oct 26, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  34. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v2.2.0!
    Oct 18, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  35. v2.1.4
    Jul 9, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  36. (v2.1.3) Coming Soon to Shattered: Sub-Floors and Digging!
    Jun 29, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  37. v2.1.2
    Jun 16, 2023
  38. v2.1.1
    Jun 13, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  39. Shattered Pixel Dungeon v2.1.0!
    Jun 2, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  40. v2.0.2
    Apr 17, 2023significant · resets scoring window

…and 16 earlier patch announcements.