Steam app 329970 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 22:06 UTC
KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.
452 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
140 months, February 2015 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 262 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 190 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
KeeperRL was released on 29 Feb, 2024.
KeeperRL features simple tile-based graphics and as such doesn't contain any visually drastic content. However there is frequent violence present in the game, which is sometimes described in detail in text.
| Language | Full audio |
|---|---|
| English | |
| Polish |
A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
33 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Sep 2023 to Oct 2025 · times in UTC
In the spirit of the upcoming Halloween, KeeperRL is getting an update today featuring a playable witch character! Straight out of classic folk tales, she uses her witchcraft to terrorize the peace-loving inhabitants of the world.The witch…
Michal BrzozowskiFixed a bug preventing AI from using any consumables or casting spells while blind. Fixed telepathy and night vision AI to use them only when blind/in darkness. Fixed incorrectly assigned equipment restriction groups. Fixed crash caused by…
Patch notesFixed issue with game not starting if keybindings were modified. Fixed bug that prevented tricking Death. Allowed medium-sized creatures (such as dwarves) to push Sokoban boulders. Added a message when a creature is too small to push a…
Patch notesImmobile automatons will immediately drop crafted items. Fixed a UI glitch that showed creatures having multiple weapons equipped, when in fact they were holding only one.
Patch notesFixed an issue preventing immobile automatons from performing tasks. Fixed a crash preventing dungeonretirement.
Patch notesFixed a crash when starting the game with some mods.
Patch notesFixed an AI bug that caused creatures to get stuck when applying the "bypass allies" ability.
Patch notesDevelopment of KeeperRL is still going strong, even 1.5 years after the 1.0 launch. I’m always thinking about how to make the game accessible to a wider audience, which is why, over the past few months, I’ve added localization support to…
Michal BrzozowskiHello folks! I'm back after taking a break for a few months. I'm working on a new patch for KeeperRL, which is going to contain a lot of small quality of life improvements (among other things). I thought it could be a great opportunity for…
Michal BrzozowskiMade the game respect a flag that prevents certain creatures from copulating with succubi. Fixed a minor issue with animal fence not having desired effect. Thanks to CSeven and chaoticandy for pointing out the bugs.
Patch notesSince the launch of v1.0, I've been focused on fixing bugs and releasing content patches. As 2024 comes to a close, I wanted to do something fun and share a few facts and stories from KeeperRL's 11-year journey. Let's start from the…
Michal BrzozowskiHi everyone, I wanted to leave you all with a little Christmas gift before the holidays. This year KeeperRL finally went 1.0 and you’ve all shown such incredible support for me and the game. There’s more in store for KeeperRL next year but…
EldaRobsterFixed a crash in the keeper selection menu in Bonus Mod.
Patch notesAdded torture table and gallows to the church faction. Fixed application of bleeding and other effects to steeds, which were previously incorrectly applied to the rider. Fixed tracking of who killed creatures that bled to death (or died…
Patch notesI know that a lot of players have been confused by the newest mods being tagged as Alpha37, which was actually an unfortunately named tag used by the 1.0 builds. Since I don't intend to break mod compatibility from now on, I've marked all…
Michal BrzozowskiIt looks like I'm in an unlucky streak of urgent bug fixes, this time it's to stop crashing in mods that use the previously removed InferniteEffect() macro.
Patch notesThis fixes another two other issues found in 1.1.3. If you find that any other enemies are too hard or too easy to kill with recent changes, please let me know. Made it possible again to cut off hydra's heads. Only up to 20 body parts will…
Patch notesThe previous patch caused excessive limb injuries required to kill living creatures, which this should fix. Thanks to Tooca for bringing up the issue.
Patch notesSome more bug fixes and gameplay improvements incoming. Please note that some of them will only take effect after starting a new game. Coffins will now heal body parts of sleeping undead creatures. Scoring critical hits against undead will…
Patch notesThis patch contains a few minor gameplay improvements and fixes. Ghoul will receive temporary, stackable damage and defense bonuses for eating corpses, instead of permanent stat increases. Added special handling of a scenario where Black…
Patch notesThis small update fixes a few bugs and balance issues. Golden prayer bench training limit is increased to 99. Added missing church tech descriptions. Fixed courtesan and gigolo minions not appearing in the minions menu. Improved level…
Patch notesThe KeeperRL team wishes to entertain you this Halloween by releasing a new playable faction called the "Corrupted Church". Playing either as a Bishop or a Mother Superior, you will build a church for yourself and your congregation, hold…
Michal BrzozowskiA few months ago, I was contacted by a company called Elda Entertainment about a possible collaboration on KeeperRL. Elda is a small publisher based in Sweden, comprised of industry veterans who have worked on games such as Cities…
mikiImproved autosave speed. Prevented copulation with some minions that should never copulate. Fixed showing proper progress on loading and game initialization progress bars. Made gargoyles drop less stone when killed.
Patch notesAdded more UI zoom levels for players with high-DPI screens. Fixed bogus "conquered villain" messages and tech advances when killing hostile fighters after a duel was won. Fixed duplicate Structure group in the Castle building menu. Fixed…
Patch notesFixed an issue with stairs being unavailable in dwarves and necromancer keepers. If you have started a new game under hotfix 17, you'll have to restart to be able to build stairs. Sorry for that.
Patch notesMods are now sorted by the number of up votes. Added two alternative stair types, custom modded stairs are now also supported. Added scrollbars to the building menu pop-up, if the items won't fit on the screen. Added ClaimTile effect for…
Patch notesFixed crash caused by minion being killed while dismounting steed (such as falling into water while blind). Fixed crash caused by a bad main villain number read from game settings. Fixed crash caused by removing a creature's companion…
Patch notesFixed a furniture update frequency bug introduced in the previous patch.
Patch notesAdded back the unlockable Adoxie adventurer, who was temporarily removed before the 1.0 launch. Fixed issue with some villains being forever hidden behind fog of war on the world map. (This fix fix will apply to existing games after any…
Patch notesThe game won't show the upgrade button for workshop items that can't be upgraded. General rendering and gameplay optimization thanks to Robin/Rob2309. Fixed prison and pigsty rendering lag that was accidentally introduced during previous…
Patch notesFixed a crash in the demons enemy introduced in the previous hotfix. Fixed a crash in construction debt calculation caused by a giant spider minion building webs over the player's traps. Fixed laggy messages history list. Increased chance…
Patch notesFixed an issue with the demons enemy being unbeatable if their throne was destroyed. If this happened to you, you can beat this enemy if you return and kill the remaining demons in the throne room. Fixed issue with AI not using same level…
Patch notesFix message boards contents not persisting after saving or retiring the game.
Patch notesFixed crash when generating upper z-levels caused by too little space available to place resource patches. Riders on blind steeds won't enter deep water and other dangerous tiles without a warning. Fixed gargoyle traps not being hostile to…
Patch notesFurniture working efficiency multiplier (based on lighting and luxury) is shown in the map hint. Fixed issue with some enemy team members getting stuck at the edge of the map after retreating from an attack. Made the solo keeper achievement…
Patch notesReduced game start-up time.
Patch notesSquires will retain their special traits after getting promoted to a knight. Luxury will affect minion training and workshop efficiency. Retired dungeons will be saved to temporary files and copied after saving is successful to avoid the…
Patch notesAgain, big thanks to everyone for submitting bug reports! If you run into any trouble playing the game, please get in touch via the comment section, Discord, emailing me at [email protected] or by submitting a bug report using the in-game…
Patch notesAll undead get the swimming skill. Fixed a crash when a summoned spirit is killed and in the same turn the team returns to base. Fixed a crash in the creature choice menu when using keys. Fixed a crash in the polymorph spell. Fixed a UI…
Patch notesFixed a rare crash when capturing prisoners or freeing captured minions.
Patch notesTemporarily disabled loading retired conquered dungeons, which was causing startup crashes if a corrupted dungeon file was present. The feature will be turned on again once I implement a proper fix. Fixed a bug that caused farm animals to…
Patch notesFixed rendering of some of the trap sprites. Fixed issue with some creature not equipping bows. Fixed crash caused by an inconsistency in construction debt following an invasion (?) Fixed lag when a lot of prisoners are available for…
Patch notesI'm very proud to announce that KeeperRL v1.0 is out! In addition to being the most important milestone for the game, this is also a huge update with major gameplay additions. These include a much larger and more interesting world map, a…
Michal BrzozowskiAn unofficial v1.0 build is out on the BETA branch. Check it out if you're an experienced player and want an early glimpse of all the new stuff! Please post your feedback in the comments below. If you are new to KeeperRL, it is strongly…
Michal BrzozowskiKeeperRL will leave Early Access in exactly three weeks. The last major patch was released one year ago, so you can imagine that this will be a pretty huge update. In the August blog post I revealed the major features that will be…
Michal BrzozowskiI have important news for you today. KeeperRL version 1.0 will be officially released on February 29th! More details about the patch will follow, and for now let's celebrate this upcoming milestone with this short clip 🙂
mikiFixed a crash caused by a blind attacker (such as a black dragon) being spawned on a water tile and immediately drowning.
Patch notesFixed possible issue with player's minions breaking down locked doors.
Patch notesFixed a bug that prevented z-level enemies from digging when attacking the player. Swapped the tutorial map so that there is no body of water next to the village.
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| KeeperRL Official Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 26 May 2017 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | keeper.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | keeper_linux.sh | linux | ||
| Launch | keeper | macos | ||
| Clear settings | keeper.exe | --restore_settings | windows |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
gameinstall | . | *.kep |
gameinstall | . | *.ret |
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