UNDER THE SAME SUN YOU FIND EITHER RICHES OR DEATH

Join the arena, buy gladiators, stake them on risky gambles, and be crowned the champion. Dunestake is a single-player strategy auto-battler, where winning the battle is important, but what's more important is gambling successfully.

STAKE YOUR UNITS

Gold is scarce, and if you want to reach the top, you'll have to, well, gamble. Stake a gladiator's soul, and place a bet. Can you guess which gladiator will die first? How about who will deal the most damage? Win and gain enough gold to make it through, or lose, and your gladiator is sent into oblivion, permanently dying. Staking a gladiator will always pose a risk, for each battle is unpredictable and filled with many surprises.

BARTER FOR GLADIATORS & BEADS

If you manage to get your hands on any gold, slave caravans pass by every now and then, willing to sell your their finest exhibits. Purchase gladiators, and then buy beads, powerful items that grant unique abilities. As each gladiator is unique, and so is each bead. Use those two elements appropriately and build a strategy, by utilizing the many possible combinations that exist. A savage slow brute, equipped with a bead that allows them to attack faster, and even perform double attacks? Or a spellcaster that can now tank? Use your combinations not only to succeed in battle, but weight the bets in your odds. A bet that requires you to guess who will kill first? Maybe a bead that executes enemies will be of help....

KNOCK OUT WARLORDS

Match against powerful Warlords that have specific strategies and unique gladiators - some prefer assassins, while others focus on spellcasters. Find their weaknesses and win them enough times, to challenge them to a boss battle.

Each Warlord has their own unique Champion, a powerful gladiator that will be tough to take down. Kill them and take their heads as trophies while you climb the ladder.