78
Literally and figuratively, there’s a lot to dig in Dome Keeper’s mixture of excavation, resource management, and defense stages.
70
The triumphs, however, will have you punching the air: accept that they are sometimes extremely hard-won and you might well consider this a keeper. [Issue#378, p.120]
80
Dome Keeper is a well-disguised time-management game with a great atmosphere and plenty of ways to engage with its content.
9
Dome Keeper one of, if not my favorite, Rougelikes. While it is just a simple dig and defend game, it offers endless replayability. It has struck the perfect balance of progression between meta-upgrades outside of runs and skill-based progression as you learn what combinations of gadgets and supplements work together.
8
Ive played this game a lot more then it says and i can absolutely recommend this game, easy to jump into for 20-45 mins depending on what world size you set it to. The developers seem dedicated to updating the game and the pixelated art style is really good looking and the gameplay is simple enough to master quickly while the skill tree adds in enough thought to make each playthrough feel different especially since each play through the game randomly generates the world. The monsters are neat and make sense/easily identifiable. The dome/miner are very well explained and easy to **** game keeps getting updated to and with mod support it only adds replayability. This wont be in youre all time list most likely but its an easy pick me up game that you can keep coming back to again and again
8
I love this game but it doesn’t run well on Steam Deck ( at least for me). It doesn’t seem that demanding and I have an oled with fastest processor. The game itself is a blast but using an external controller is also kind of hit or miss.
Dome Keeper
Released On:
Sep 27, 2022
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Generally Favorable
7.6
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Oct 20, 2022
80
Dome Keeper is a well-disguised time-management game with a great atmosphere and plenty of ways to engage with its content.
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Sep 1, 2023
10
After finally having some free time after taking a consuming board exam, i went and bought a lot of games; None of them really scratched the itch I was looking for...including baldurs 3, no man sky, armored core 6, diablo 4, (yet another zombie game came close), and about 20 other games. This has this kingdom rush feel as you upgrade; you know each upgrade does something special, not like a skill point...although the New Vegas skill points have a good feel. For me this gave a very original vibe, despite replicating the joys of some marquee games. Essentially you're dropped off on a planet to mine. As you mine your home base gets attacked. So you juggle defending your base with mining. In between there's numerous and a very creative wide array or upgrades (nearly as wide as d4) that are tremendously refreshing compared to the D4 upgrades, where you have to have to follow guides to get something that will carry you through further stages because what the upgrade actually does is vague and modestly increase damage in a vague way, but these upgrades make you feel like you understand the decision you're **** the gadgets you pick up on the annoying stat boosts you see in D4, but do something game-changing. This game is a great time. I did notice some of the other less stellar-reviews saying not enough content, or getting repetitive and that may be true as I've only played for a few hours Update: Been playing this all night and its still pretty fun. But yes, if they added story it'd be better. But gameplay is 10/10
Jun 21, 2023
10
Dome Keeper totally wastes your time. Visual, art, gameplay are ideal. Not a game but a piece of art.
Sep 29, 2022
80
Don’t let Dome Keeper‘s simplicity put you off: in fact, it’s that simplicity that makes it so great in the first place. Free of bloat and complicated mechanics, this game of survival against the odds will keep you coming back for more. And more.
Nov 9, 2022
78
Literally and figuratively, there’s a lot to dig in Dome Keeper’s mixture of excavation, resource management, and defense stages.
Nov 5, 2022
70
The triumphs, however, will have you punching the air: accept that they are sometimes extremely hard-won and you might well consider this a keeper. [Issue#378, p.120]
Sep 27, 2022
70
Dome Keeper is still left wanting for more content to flesh out its addictive gameplay concept. At the ten-hour mark, many players will have seen the breadth of its unlocks and will then decide if simply pumping more time into it for the love or leaderboard placement is worth it; a special “prestige” mode is specifically geared towards a risk/reward competitive score style. It’s hard not to simply want more weapons, base mods, and artifacts, even if the gameplay otherwise remains the same. With enough sales, maybe the game will come even more into its own, but Dome Keeper’s unusual mix of combat, time management, and resource-drilling is a magical combo.
Sep 27, 2022
70
Priced at under $20, Dome Keeper will keep you on your toes for several mining sessions. Its cyclical design is simple and executed fairly well, keeping the tension consistent throughout a run. However, upgrades quickly become restrictive in terms of effective builds, and both mining and defense become predictable in subsequent playthroughs. That said, the game has plenty of room for future updates that could help balance things out. Dome Keeper, without taking too many risks, fits simply and innocuously inside the world of the iterative survival genre.
Feb 22, 2023
10
Times flies when you´re lost in space. Once you enter into the dome, your regular life changes.
Jun 28, 2023
7
Interesting concept, but it currently needs way more content. It just feels repetitive after a while. I am also not that fond of the timer mechanic.
Oct 10, 2022
7
It's a decent rogue-lite miner. You mine for resources, balance upgrades between more efficient resource gathering and being able to defend the base every so often. Presentation is nice and gameplay loop is pretty self explanatory. I did find the game becoming pretty repetitive after 4 hrs or so, so I am just getting a few more achievements before calling it quits. I do not regret buying it, but for a game of this genre it has fairly small amount of content. The runs do feel sorta samey and unlocking new stuff is very few and far between, this could have been done better imho. Still, overall a fairly good game.
Jul 31, 2024
4
I really wanted to like this game, but it was just way too slow, repetitive, and grindy. I just couldn't enjoy it. There's so much back and forth, and there's no real plot progression.
Oct 9, 2023
4
the concept looks cool, but the interface is awful. difficulty is one thing, but tediously inefficient input requirements is another. i like the concept of juggling mining and tower defense, but it's excessively slow to acquire or move resources, and it just feels like i should be able to use the laser at any time if i'm above ground. if they would just make it so that entering the top pod would automatically begin defense mode, or at least not make us hit multiple consecutive keys once there to access it, then maybe i would play for longer. as of now, it doesn't appear to be worth investing time in if they want to pad out the gameplay or make the game artificially dysfunctional in order to create a feeling of difficulty
SummaryDome Romantik has grown to become Dome Keeper with beautiful updated pixel art, atmospheric music and sound and more of everything. Defend your dome from wave after wave of hostile attacks in this roguelike survival miner. Use the time between each attack to dig beneath the surface in search of valuable resources. Use them carefully on ... Read More
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date:Sep 27, 2022
Developer:
- Bippinbits
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