Thimble Dungeon is an auto-battler roguelite built with Phaser by solo developer VibeDeploy, published by Mooncrust Games. Your party moves, targets, and attacks on its own: no micromanagement, no babysitting. You watch, pick the path, draft upgrades between waves, and at the moment that matters, you fire: the knight's slam, the archer's volley, the wizard's nova. That decision is the game.
How the Auto-Battler Roguelite Loop Works
You start each run by choosing from a map of paths: combat encounters, elite fights, merchants, campfires, and chests. Between waves, you draft ability cards that augment your heroes mid-run, adding new effects to their kits or amplifying what they already do. Die, and the souls your party earned go into a permanent souls tree that grows stronger with every run, win or lose. Then you go again.
The three heroes each fill a distinct role. The Knight tanks, the Archer handles range, and the Wizard casts spells. Each has their own ability on a cooldown. The game includes a slow-time mechanic so you can pause mid-fight to line up a save when things get tight.
Six Biomes and Ascension Mode in Thimble Dungeon
- Slime Caverns
- Goblin Warrens
- Haunted Halls
- Necropolis
- The Frozen Deep
- Infernal Depths
Six themed biomes, six bosses, each nastier than the last. Clear them all to unlock Ascension, the mode where runs never really end.
Pixel Art Style and Wishlist Updates
The game runs in an 8x8 pixel art style with bold, biome-coloured rooms. Every menu, shop and upgrade tree is built in the same chunky pixel style. The Steam demo launched in August and has already received updates including wall variations, eight random weather effects, and controller support in its first few weeks.
Thimble Dungeon is planned for release on Steam in Q4 2026. The demo is available now. Follow @vibedeploy for updates.
Try the Demo and Wishlist Thimble Dungeon on Steam
The demo is free on Steam. Pick a path, watch your heroes fight, fire the clutch ability at the moment that matters. Full release coming Q4 2026.