Dungeon Automata is scheduled for January 26, 2027 on Windows via Steam, moving beyond its planned 2026 release. Medium-Rare Games says improvements following demo feedback took longer than expected. A free demo is available now, so the wait comes with a way to try the game’s central idea: programming a dungeon-crawling party instead of directing every move.
The developer’s November 12 announcement gives the date, and the full game’s Steam listing matches it. Kakehashi Games and Raw Fury are listed as publishers. Dungeon Automata and Algolemeth are names for the same game.
Write the rules, then watch the party
The party consists of golems whose behavior is set through visual, node-based logic. According to the developer, the idea extends beyond combat to exploration and return trips. You prepare instructions, observe the results and revise the plan. That makes the question more specific than whether you like dungeon RPGs: do you want to design the party’s decisions before it sets off?
These are the maker’s descriptions, not findings from our own playtest. The delay explanation also does not establish which problems have been fixed or how the finished game will perform.
What you can try for free
The separate Steam demo describes the first two floors, more than 30 nodes for building instructions, and catalysts for customizing golems. Its listed contents include enemies, hidden treasures, traps and bosses.
Medium-Rare Games / Kakehashi Games / Raw Fury, official press kit. Publisher-supplied pre-release image, not our capture.
That is a bounded sample, not a promise that every system or the full game’s difficulty is represented. For someone curious about the programming premise, it is a practical place to check whether planning and observing feels appealing before considering a purchase.
As checked on November 14, the full-game listing does not show a retail price, and the sources reviewed do not establish demo-save carryover. Neither should be assumed. For a different dungeon-game loop, our Novus Orbis launch analysis examines its combo countdown; more releases sit in indie games coverage. Here, the useful next step is simply the free demo, with January 26 as the announced full-release target.
