How Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (WebTiles) plays
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a turn-based roguelike. You build a character from a species, background and god, then explore procedurally generated branches, fight monsters, manage equipment and descend towards the Orb of Zot. Death is permanent and every run is different.
Who might enjoy it
For players who like deep character building, tactical combat and reading a lot of in-game information. The browser client shows the map, the message log and the character sheet at the same time.
Controls and device requirements
Use the keyboard: hjklyubn or the arrow keys move and attack, Tab targets, g picks up items and ? opens help. The WebTiles interface also accepts mouse clicks and has an on-screen command menu. A keyboard is strongly recommended.
Play requires a free account on one of the official Crawl servers; live games can also be watched from the watch page. The game runs on the server and streams to the browser, so no download is needed.
Hands-on status: Loaded the WebTiles client, watched a live game and checked the map, message log and minimap render in the browser.
What to try next
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Creator, sources and verification
This guide is based on the browser release and a session checked on 12 November 2026. DCSS is an open-source project; code and art licences are recorded in its repository. This listing links to the browser release and does not host the game.
Availability and the hosted build can change. Suggest a correction or read how to choose a browser game.