A dungeon-building defense autobattler with a deckbuilding heart. Carve out your lair, rig it with traps, post your guards — then play powerful cards as wave after wave of “heroes” invade. Take their gold. Build the World Domination Machine.
At the bottom of a very deep dungeon sits a very evil wizard. That's you. The heroes upstairs have swords, prophecies, and a strong opinion about your continued existence. You have a shovel, a stash of traps, and home-field advantage. Make it count.
Two phases, on a loop: prepare your lair, then watch it tear the heroes apart.
Dig the layout, wall off the shortcuts and turn a straight hallway into a winding death march. Drop traps where heroes least expect them and post guards to hold the line. A great dungeon doesn't need you to lift a finger — it just needs you to plan it well.
When the siege begins, the heroes are on their own — and so is everything you built. They break down doors, smash your furniture and trade blows with your guards in real time. Your dungeon is the weapon. The siege is the test of whether you built it right.
You're not defenseless. Use strategic deck building to stack your deck with powerful cards, then play them at the perfect second — spring a trap, shore up a collapsing front, swing the whole battle with one well-timed play.
Every defeated hero brings you gold. Invest it in research, unlock more traps, guards and upgrades, and sharpen your dungeon from round to round. Easy to pick up, genuinely hard to master.
The heroes' gold is the key to your rule. Use it to complete the components of your World Domination Machine. Finish your masterpiece and seize the world.
Build your dungeon, then defend it live.
Your layout, traps and guards do the fighting.
Powerful cards, played under pressure.
Dig, wall, trap and garrison every corridor.
They navigate and fight on their own — no two sieges are the same.
Fail, learn, come back deadlier.
Your growing fame lures bigger threats each round.
Every frame drawn by hand. No generative AI.
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