Deep Dish Dungeon launched on October 13, 2026, from publisher Raw Fury and developer Behold Studios. The dungeon crawler is available on Xbox Game Pass from day one, as well as Xbox on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Cloud and Steam.
It also supports Xbox Play Anywhere and is Xbox handheld verified. In practical terms, Play Anywhere means eligible players can use one digital Xbox purchase across supported Xbox console and PC environments, while handheld verification signals that the game has been assessed for Xbox handheld play. Cloud availability adds another route for playing within the Xbox ecosystem, subject to the service and access available to the player.
Behold Studios is known for Knights of Pen & Paper and Chroma Squad. With Deep Dish Dungeon, the studio is presenting a dungeon-focused adventure built around curiosity, gathering and deliberate preparation rather than a straight march through combat encounters.
A dungeon designed for searching, not simply clearing
The central premise is exploration of a handcrafted dungeon: corridors, rooms and passageways hold enemies, treasure, doors and puzzles. Players are encouraged to inspect the environment closely, including its darker and less obvious spaces, in search of secrets and a route forward.
That description matters because “handcrafted” generally refers to areas arranged by designers rather than assembled anew through procedural generation. Here, it points to a dungeon where puzzle solutions, hidden details and the placement of challenges can be intentionally connected. The stated emphasis on patience and persistence suggests that progress may depend on observing the layout, testing possibilities and returning with better preparation, not merely defeating every enemy encountered.
The game’s enemies are described as having diverse behaviors. No individual enemy types or combat systems have been detailed, so players should not assume a specific weapon system, character class structure or difficulty model. What is clear is that the dungeon is meant to combine hostile encounters with exploration problems and valuable finds, creating several reasons to pay attention to each new space.
Camp is the preparation layer
Exploration trips feed back into a campsite. While travelling underground, players forage and scavenge resources. Between journeys, those materials can be used at camp to plan the next expedition, make tools and prepare food.
This loop gives resources a purpose beyond simple accumulation. Tools are intended to help players advance through dungeon challenges, while meals provide boosts to player stats. Stats are the numerical traits that affect a character’s effectiveness; the specific stats and the size or duration of food effects have not been outlined. Still, the system establishes food as part of planning, rather than just a cosmetic activity or a background survival meter.
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Recipes unlock over time, and different dishes have different statistical results. That makes cooking an apparent progression system: expanding the recipe list should broaden the available preparation choices. Players facing a difficult stretch may therefore have reason to think about what they cook before leaving camp, alongside which crafted tools they bring.
Crafting, in this context, is the conversion of gathered materials into useful equipment. It is distinct from the act of finding resources in the dungeon. The game’s loop can be read in four connected stages:
- Explore rooms, corridors and passageways.
- Forage and scavenge materials while looking for secrets and solutions.
- Return to camp between trips.
- Turn those resources into tools and meals before heading back underground.
That structure could be especially useful for players who prefer an exploratory pace. Rather than presenting a single uninterrupted descent, the game explicitly makes room for regrouping and preparation. The available details do not establish whether resources are lost on defeat, whether camp facilities can be visually upgraded, or how often players will need to return, so those particulars remain unknown.
Solo play or a three-player expedition
Deep Dish Dungeon can be played alone or with up to two friends, for a maximum group of three players. Co-op is framed around collaboration to uncover the dungeon’s mysteries.
The announcement does not specify whether multiplayer uses online play, local play, cross-platform matchmaking or any combination of those options. It also does not spell out how crafting duties, resources, puzzle interactions or meal benefits are shared in a group. Those are meaningful questions for a co-op game, but they should be treated as open until further details are provided.
What the design does make clear is that co-op is an alternative to solo exploration, not a separate mode with a different stated objective. The same dungeon-searching, resource gathering, camp preparation and puzzle-solving framework sits at the heart of both ways to play. A group may naturally divide attention between surveying routes, managing enemies and locating materials, but that is an implication of the stated cooperative format rather than a confirmed role system.
Where it is available
The launch spans several PC and Xbox access points: Steam on PC; Xbox on PC; Xbox Series X|S; Xbox Cloud; and Xbox Game Pass on day one. Xbox handheld verification broadens the listed Xbox options for players who use a handheld device, while Xbox Play Anywhere is relevant to players moving between an Xbox console and a supported PC setup.
Day-one Game Pass access is particularly notable for subscribers who want to sample the exploration-and-camp loop without treating Steam as the only PC option. At the same time, Steam availability provides a direct PC storefront route for players who prefer that platform.
No price, downloadable-content plans, performance targets, controller details, cross-save specifics or other platform distinctions were included in the launch information. Players comparing versions should therefore focus first on their preferred ecosystem and whether they use Game Pass, then check the relevant storefront for current purchase and service details.
What the launch information establishes—and what it does not
There is enough detail to identify the game’s core pitch: a moody dungeon crawler where careful searching produces resources, resources support tools and meals, and those preparations help open the way to deeper challenges. Its progression is tied to campsite activity as much as to forward movement through rooms and passages.
There are also firm reasons to avoid over-reading the premise. The available information does not identify a narrative setup, a final objective, a character roster, enemy names, exact recipe effects, tool categories or the structure of individual puzzles. Nor does it promise randomized layouts, a roguelike reset system, elaborate building mechanics or specialized multiplayer roles. Those features are not part of the confirmed launch description.
For players looking through the wider Steam release calendar, another PC game has a Steam demo ahead of its own October launch, while Deep Dish Dungeon arrives as a full release across both Steam and Xbox platforms.
The game is available now. Its clearest appeal is to players who enjoy investigating a deliberately made space, collecting what is useful, and turning that haul into a more capable next attempt—either independently or with two friends alongside them.
