Dungeon Settlers wiki and guides for settlement rooms, recruitment, pause combat, expeditions, skills, gear, and Discord.
Last updated: September 2026
Steam · Windows / macOS · Early Access
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Dungeon Settlers is a colony sim plus pause-tactical dungeon crawler — settle barren land, then lead four members into the dungeon.
Dungeon Settlers is a Colony sim · dungeon crawler · pause-tactical combat on PC (Windows · macOS) · Steam Deck Playable from CanOpener, published with CanOpener, WhisperGames. A dark fantasy strategy game that combines colony simulation and dungeon crawling — build a settlement in barren land, then lead a four-person party into the dungeon that sources every calamity.
Dungeon Settlers is a hardcore strategy game from CanOpener. Train expedition members around equipment, skills, and traits, form a party of up to four, and fight in real-time with pause. Once a member dies, there is no coming back. Early Access (Steam 2798330) launched 4 September 2026 with the first two dungeon regions playable.
This Dungeon Settlers wiki groups pages by the next stuck point. The Dungeon Settlers guides cover the first settlement, recruitment, and expedition; use the wiki cards for resources, research, and inscriptions. Verified September 5, 2026. Not affiliated with CanOpener or CanOpener, WhisperGames.
| Title | Dungeon Settlers |
|---|---|
| Developer | CanOpener |
| Publisher | CanOpener, WhisperGames |
| Platform | PC (Windows · macOS) · Steam Deck Playable |
| Steam app | 2798330 |
| Release | Early Access · September 4, 2026 |
| Genre | Colony sim · dungeon crawler · pause-tactical combat |
| Party | Up to 4 expedition members |
| Mode | Single-player |
| Permadeath | Permanent death — no revival |
| Last verified | September 5, 2026 |
New to Dungeon Settlers — settle the barren land, join Discord, then run your first four-person expedition without wasting a permadeath slot.
Rooms, recruits, mood, and research — the colony questions this Dungeon Settlers wiki answers between dungeon runs.
Walls, indoor rooms, camp effects, and building order for a working colony.
How to recruit, inspect talents, and staff a beginner party of four.
Food diets, mood, stress, and dungeon-stay penalties that kill parties off-screen.
Keep a research node running — unlock recipes and stations in a safe order.
Every Dungeon Settlers session funds the next dungeon run from the colony, then spends dungeon loot to grow the colony.
Place walls and doors, classify rooms, farm, craft, and research on barren land.
Learn more →02Inspect candidates for talents, backgrounds, and skill trees — then fill a four-person party.
Learn more →03Enter randomized dungeon floors, pause combat, loot rare resources, and leave before mood collapses.
Learn more →04Spend loot on gear, inscriptions, and research so the next expedition can go deeper.
Learn more →Expeditions, pause combat, and resource loops — the Dungeon Settlers guides for floors, stay penalties, and loot.
Skill trees, gear ladders, and inscriptions that lock in after each level-up.
Browse every live page as a card directory or search by a system term.
Dungeon Settlers tips verified September 5, 2026.
Keep research running whenever the settlement is idle — a day without research is a lost unlock.
Inspect recruits for talents and background skill trees before you spend the slot; permadeath makes bad hires expensive.
Pause combat to queue skills, items, and positioning — there is no turn timer, but there is also no undo after death.
Watch Mood and Dungeon Stay: long floors punish the party even if you win every fight.
Bring loot home through the dungeon portal with the whole party in the portal room — stragglers can be marked missing.
Match food to race (Elf meat penalties, Lizardman vegetable penalties) or Mood will tank between runs.
Verified Dungeon Settlers milestones from the Steam demo through Early Access — patch detail lands on Steam news and the official Discord.
Dungeon Settlers enters Steam Early Access (App 2798330). The settle → recruit → descend → upgrade loop is live for the first two dungeon regions.
The free Dungeon Settlers Demo previewed settlement building and expedition combat before the paid Early Access build.
Developer roadmap (Notion / Steam): extra regions, races, skill trees, and Workshop modding during a ~two-year Early Access. Treat dates as estimates.
