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Blood Dungeon

From the creators of Nidhogg, murder hordes of monsters in this 2D platforming autoshooter with a killer soundtrack. Collect Blood, gold, and bones to increase your powers. Can you survive the Blood Dungeon?

66 25 August 2026

Blood Dungeon is a fighting developed by Messhof, released 25 August 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.

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What Blood Dungeon is

Blood Dungeon is a fighting game developed by Messhof and released in 2026. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.

The premise, in the publisher's words

From the creators of Nidhogg, murder hordes of monsters in this 2D platforming autoshooter with a killer soundtrack. Collect Blood, gold, and bones to increase your powers. Can you survive the Blood Dungeon?
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Blood Dungeon holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 36% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 12 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4570T / AMD A10-5800K APU, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 650 (1024 Mb) Radeon HD 7750 (1024 Mb), Iris Pro Graphics 580. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it.

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What it launched against

Blood Dungeon launched on 25 August 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Blood Dungeon — frequently asked questions

When did Blood Dungeon come out?
Blood Dungeon was released on 25 August 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Blood Dungeon?
At minimum, Blood Dungeon needs Intel Core i5-4570T / AMD A10-5800K APU, 8 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 650 (1024 Mb) Radeon HD 7750 (1024 Mb), Iris Pro Graphics 580 graphics, 300 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Blood Dungeon?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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