Dreadstone: The Immortal Prisoner

unreleased canceled

Developer / Publisher: Tortuga Software

Coming soon

Visual

pixel
side scroll

Structure

interconnected map
non linear

Features

equipment
leveling

Themes

fantasy

Sub-Genre

Summary

Dreadstone – The Immortal Prisoner is an upcoming indie 2D Metroidvania platformer. Especially important to us are the game elements “looting” and “leveling“. The goal is to create a combination of our favorite games.

Last updated August 17, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam
- itch.io

Resources

Links

Website

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- Demo Available
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- Differences
- Demo Available
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- Differences
- ability gated
- exploration
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- equipment
- fantasy
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- Differences
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- ability gated
- exploration
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- Similarities
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- equipment
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- equipment
- fantasy
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- RPG
- Differences
- new releases
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- exploration
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- interconnected map
- non linear
- side scroll
- equipment
- fantasy
- leveling
- RPG
- Differences
- ability gated
- exploration
- hand drawn
- action
- puzzle heavy

Dreadstone: The Immortal Prisoner

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