Play Dragon Riddler Demo

About This Demo

In this turn-based word puzzle adventure, you are a Dragon Riddler: an adventurer who desires fabled dragon gold.

Journey through a fantasy land in a world where words hold power. Obstacles and foes make your progress dangerous, but loot and mysteries await as you search for the dragon's lair. Then, enter and defeat the fearsome beast in a deadly word duel. Once victorious, take the gold, then make a decision: retire in fame and splendor, or push your luck and seek out a more challenging dragon for its treasures.

The land is represented by a grid of letters, but some are blocked by encounters: obstacles, foes, loot, mysteries, and the dragon's lair itself. Build words using the unoccupied letters to gain Control and Reach points, then use these to interact with encounters.

• Obstacles are passive, immobile roadblocks that can be used for tactical advantage, but beware, unknown dangers might lurk behind them.

• Foes are monsters and enemies whose actions are determined by the letters they are standing on.

• You already know what Loot is: more gold for your coffers.

• Mysteries are almost always good for you, but some might present danger.

• The dragon's lair starts hidden somewhere on the far side of the land, and you must bring it to the first column to enter by using up the letters between it and you.

When you face the dragon, a deadly word duel begins. Using letters from the Shared Letter Pool, each turn, the dragon builds a word first, but you only see its length. Build your own word to counter-attack, then observe how the letters clash in pairs as the turn resolves. Opposed letters represent both attack and defense, while unopposed ones directly damage the Life of the opponent! You can spend Energy to build words longer than your current natural ability allows. Some Energy is regained each turn, but know that Energy is also used for defense.

• Dragons get smarter, stronger, and more vile with advanced age categories.

• You get XP for your words, with which you can purchase extra boons to upgrade your adventurer.

If you defeat your opponent, its gold is immediately yours. Then, if you dare, you may venture on, seeking a more challenging dragon – after receiving boons to make your adventurer even more powerful and resourceful.

Are you timid and stop too soon? Are you wise enough to know when not to push your luck? Can you resist the temptation of dragon gold?

While the adventures in the game are procedurally generated – which means Dragon Riddler has almost infinite replayability – the demo has the following limitations:

• Level limit: Only the first 3 levels of the offered adventures can be played: after defeating the 3rd dragon, your adventurer will retire automatically, as if you have chosen this option instead of venturing forth to the next level. In the full game, theoretically there is no upper level limit.

• Limited set of adventures: When you are starting a game, only the weekly challenge, and 3 preset adventures are available. In the full game, in addition to the weekly and daily challenges, instead of preset adventures, you can have as many unique adventures as you like.

• No practice mode: In the full game, you can practice the word duels against dragons up to the level you have beaten during a standard adventure or a challenge. This game mode is not included in the demo.

• Only a single dragon breed and no breath weapons: In the demo only the “Tyrant” dragon breed is present, and neither dragons use any kind of breath weapons. In the full game, there are 6 dragon breeds, each having their own advantages, weaknesses, abilities and tactics.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some visuals are based on graphics created by generative AI.