Blood Dungeon

A platforming bullet-heaven from the makers of Nidhogg, with a daily dungeon everyone plays on the same map.

Every day: The Daily: one daily dungeon run on the same map for every player, with meta upgrades switched off and a global high score table for the day. New puzzle: Once a day.

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Blood Dungeon gameplay: a small character fires at a giant pink worm among ladders and stone blocks, with wave and score counters

Blood Dungeon is a 2D platformer crossed with an auto-shooting survival game, made by Messhof, the studio behind Nidhogg. Besides its six arenas it has a daily run behind its own door in the hub, where everyone plays the same map without permanent upgrades and competes for the best score.

About Blood Dungeon

Blood Dungeon came out in August 2026 on Steam and consoles. You run, jump and climb around compact dungeon arenas while your weapon fires on its own, dodging hordes of more than a hundred enemy types: bats, centaurs, exploding eyeballs and stranger things that fly through walls or bounce off ceilings. Killed monsters drop blood, which levels up your build during the run, and bones, which buy permanent upgrades from the Dogmancer between runs.

The daily mode sits behind a separate door in the hub. Reviews describe it as a daily run in which every player gets the same map and posts a score to a shared leaderboard, and your meta upgrades do not apply there so the comparison stays fair. A September 2026 patch tightened how the daily is gated by time, and finishing a daily run returns you to your normal boneshop powers.

Outside the daily you unlock nine characters with their own weapons and movement tricks, six survival arenas, over a hundred quests and over a hundred weapons and upgrades, all set to a drum and bass soundtrack by Thomas Hoey.

It suits players of Vampire Survivors-style games who want more movement and platforming, and score chasers who like one fair attempt a day.

How to play Blood Dungeon

  1. Start the game and walk to the daily run door in the hub.
  2. Survive the waves on the day's map: move, jump and climb while your weapon fires automatically.
  3. Collect blood to level up and pick upgrades during the run.
  4. Your score is posted to the daily leaderboard when the run ends; come back the next day for a new one.

Screenshots

Blood Dungeon Steam header

Tips

  • Keep moving vertically: ladders, chains and grates are your escape routes from crowds.
  • Your bought upgrades do not count in the daily, so practise the base character before relying on it.
  • Learn each enemy's movement pattern: some pass through walls.

Questions

Is the daily run the same for everyone?

Yes, reviews describe it as everyone competing for the best score on the same map.

Do my permanent upgrades work in the daily?

No, meta upgrades are switched off in the daily run to keep the leaderboard fair.

Who made Blood Dungeon?

Messhof, the studio behind Nidhogg.

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