# Dread Rune

> Roguelike Dungeon Crawler

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1568752653](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1568752653)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1568752653`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** James Foward
- **Category:** Roleplaying
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (527 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.20
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-26
- **First published:** 2021-05-25
- **Size:** 340 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dread-rune/id1568752653)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/189MeENn84lrQ4DC5ddjOPSL-U1Ge4kzgqyBhysYiym4/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/189MeENn84lrQ4DC5ddjOPSL-U1Ge4kzgqyBhysYiym4/edit?usp=sharing)

## Description

**Dread Rune** is a 3D roguelike dungeon crawler with seven hero classes, procedural levels, and a vast roster of items and enemies. Each run is unique, rewarding experimentation with weapons, combos, and strategic item use to survive and prosper.

Features include destructible environments, persistent upgrades across runs, multiple dungeon regions and bosses, and updates roughly every six months, delivering fresh content and new challenges to master.

## Rankings

- #71,674 — Overall

## Review summary

Dread Rune delivers fun, varied combat and strong roguelike replayability with appealing visuals and meaningful player choices. Monetization is fair, with optional ads and no heavy paywalls. Repeated issues hold it back: input lag and slow combat, frequent ads, and stability problems (freezes/crashes). Quality-of-life gaps also show up (no save/continue, missing controller support) and players crave deeper loot progression and end-game depth. If stability, controls, and feature polish are addressed, it could become a standout mobile dungeon crawler.

### Pros

- Fun combat with varied weapons and floor-based choices creating different builds.
- Strong replayability from randomized floors and endless runs with runes.
- Appealing visuals, dungeon theme, and exploration feel.
- Meaningful, skill-based progression that works with controllers.
- Fair monetization: optional ads to remove and no heavy paywalls.

### Cons

- Input lag and unresponsive combat controls (slow attacks, stunlock, problematic lock-on).
- Frequent ads after each level (disrupts gameplay).
- Stability issues: freezes/crashes and random kicks/outs.
- Missing save/continue feature and progress retention concerns.
- Lack of controller support or easy controller integration.

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