Initially, Desktop Dungeons It was positioned as a puzzle, but in reality there are elements of several genres at once, which is why the gameplay becomes more exciting. Here, the gamer will have to study the dungeons in the selected kingdom using the card system. At the same time, even despite the fact that the passage of one dungeon takes up to 10 minutes, the number of these dungeons is unlimited, so the process is able to delay for many months.

From the very beginning, Desktop Dungeons is given the opportunity to choose a race and class of a hero. It can be a thief, a fighter, a magician or someone else. Clicking on the icon of each of the representatives, you can familiarize yourself with its properties and characteristics to understand whether it is suitable for the desired game style or not. Further, the system immediately throws the player in the thick of what is happening. Everything happens in blind, and only as you move forward you can understand what units or items are next to the hero. In the bowels of the user's dungeons, different creatures are waiting. Not all of them are hostile, and those who are not dangerous can be bypassed. As for enemies, these include zombies, meat creatures (this is their full name), orcs and other creatures. They are shown in the form of icons, and above each icon there is a figure indicating the level of unit. So, the user can determine whether he will be able to defeat him in battle, or is it better to go around this creature. At the same time, during each next launch, the dungeon is generated randomly, so previous tactics and methods of passage used by gamers may not work.