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Deep Dish Dungeon sources and versions

This page lists the sources behind the Deep Dish Dungeon pages on NPC Tips and the game versions they describe. Each of those pages links to its own section below.

Versions and patches

Official Deep Dish Dungeon Demo releases and updates. The full game releases on October 13, 2026; its patches will be added here once they are announced. Pages that use data from the game files name the build in the line under their title; this list explains that build number.

  1. Demo launch · Version Demo · · Steam announcements

  2. Demo update · Version v0254 · · Patch notes

  3. Demo update · Version v0271 · · Patch notes

  4. Demo update for Steam Next Fest · Version v1013 · Steam build 23712006 · · Patch notes

    Current baseline. Game-data statements on this site were read from this build, extracted October 4, 2026.

Official sources

The publisher's and developer's own store pages and channels. Pages also cite the official Behold Studios Discord, where the Deep Dish Dungeon channels live; Discord messages are named by date and are not linked, because they can only be read after joining the server.

How we read the game files

Values read from the game files come from the Deep Dish Dungeon Demo, Steam build 23712006 (Demo update v1013), extracted on October 4, 2026 from a local installation. We read which keys open which doors, what chests hold, which damage breaks each obstacle, recipes and item names, and the demo's English in-game text. They describe the demo only: the full game had not been released when they were read, and pages give places by landmarks and distance because the files carry no room names.

How each evidence label is used, how conflicting sources are handled and how to report a mistake are explained in the Editorial Policy.

Sources by page

Each page below lists every source it cites, what that source supports on the page, and its limits.

Break Bars

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo game files, build 23712006 · Checked

    Supports: Which damage breaks each obstacle (the Hammer for the rusty metal fences, an axe for roots, a pickaxe for goo piles, explosives for rock piles, the Torch for spider webs), the War Hammer counting as a sword, the demo's only Hammer lying in the sewers beside a fence with a Handwheel and a small chest nearby, and the demo's axe being disabled, and the Rope recipe (2 Vines and 1 Stick) with the wall Nail that holds it.

    Limits: Demo build only; the files give no room names, so places are described by landmarks and distance, and objects can change while you play.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: Roots needing a tool that is not in the demo but will be in the full game (February 28, 2026).

    Limits: A developer statement in chat; Discord messages are not linked.

  • Steam Community discussions for Deep Dish Dungeon, February to April 2026 · Checked

    Supports: Players calling the fences "metal bars" or "rusty metal fence", the Hammer route through the flooded sewer room (turning a Handwheel, swimming, crouch-jumping on a pipe), spider webs burning with a torch, and roots, goo and rock piles staying shut in the demo.

    Limits: Individual player posts on the demo, not checked against a full playthrough.

  • Steam Community discussions for Deep Dish Dungeon · Checked

    Supports: The rope down into the sewers from the second floor (February 2026).

    Limits: Individual player posts on an earlier demo build.

Clay

  • Developer reply in the Steam discussion "where to find clay?", June 14, 2026 · Posted · Checked

    Supports: Clay, the pickaxe and the axe not being in the demo, and Clay arriving with the full game.

    Limits: A short reply on a discussion board; it does not say how Clay or the pickaxe is obtained in the full game.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: No Clay in the demo (February 20 and March 1, 2026), and the v0247 patch note naming a goo pile in the sewers.

    Limits: Developer statements in chat from earlier demo builds; Discord messages are not linked.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Dev Blog #3 on Steam, November 12, 2025 · Published · Checked

    Supports: Pickaxes being among the full game's tools, and tools opening new paths and gathering resources.

    Limits: A design overview written before the demo; it does not say how the pickaxe is obtained or mention Clay.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo game files, build 23712006 · Checked

    Supports: Clay dropping only from goo piles, goo piles taking damage only from a pickaxe, no pickaxe anywhere in the demo (no recipe, placement, chest or drop), the Oven, Smelter and Water Pot recipes, breakable pots dropping nothing, and the big smelter needing Coal, Scrap Metal and a mold but no Clay.

    Limits: Demo build only; the files give no room names, so goo piles are described by area, and they do not show what the game displays when you hit one.

  • Steam Community discussions for Deep Dish Dungeon, February to April 2026 · Checked

    Supports: Players listing Clay among the items the demo never gives, and goo piles staying shut to everything they tried.

    Limits: Individual player posts on the demo.

  • Splattercatgaming on YouTube, March 7, 2026 · Uploaded · Checked

    Supports: A player trying to burn a goo pile without success, and reading the Smelter's Clay cost from the crafting menu.

    Limits: One playthrough of an earlier demo build.

  • Jade PG on YouTube, March 6, 2026 · Uploaded · Checked

    Supports: A player smashing a vase in the hope of finding Clay.

    Limits: One playthrough of an earlier demo build.

Deep Dish Dungeon

  • Deep Dish Dungeon on Steam · Checked

    Supports: The genre and pitch, the developer and publisher, solo or co-op with up to two friends, and the October 13, 2026 release date.

    Limits: A pre-launch store listing; it shows no price yet.

  • Official Deep Dish Dungeon announcements on Steam · Checked

    Supports: Steam Deck Verified status (September 30, 2026) and more than 440,000 wishlists (October 1, 2026).

    Limits: Pre-launch announcements.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon on Xbox Store · Checked

    Supports: The Xbox version and its October 13, 2026 release.

    Limits: The listing showed no price yet.

  • Raw Fury press release, August 27, 2026 · Published · Checked

    Supports: The launch platforms and Xbox Game Pass from day one.

    Limits: A pre-launch announcement; it gives no price.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: The $14.99 USD price (September 16, 2026), the developer's description of the full game's size and contents (May and July 2026), and the hand-built dungeon with some random placements (August 2025).

    Limits: Developer statements in chat, not store listings; not linked.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo on Steam · Checked

    Supports: The free demo and its Very Positive rating from 1,003 reviews.

    Limits: Covers the demo only; the review count changes over time.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo on the Microsoft Store · Checked

    Supports: The free demo on the Microsoft Store, a Windows PC package.

    Limits: Lists no Xbox console package.

Demo

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo on Steam · Checked

    Supports: The demo being free on Steam since February 19, 2026, the store's "around one hour of content", the 11 languages, the 2 GB storage line, and the store description that still says there is no save and load.

    Limits: The store description dates from February 2026 and predates the June save update.

  • Steam download data for the Deep Dish Dungeon Demo · Checked

    Supports: The public demo being Windows-only, its download and install size, and the current public build dating from June 13, 2026.

    Limits: Shows the public branch only; it does not show what is on the private test branch.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo on the Microsoft Store · Checked

    Supports: The free Microsoft Store demo, listed since June 15, 2026, being a Windows PC package with no Xbox console version.

    Limits: The listing's player-count text is not used on this page.

  • Official Deep Dish Dungeon announcements on Steam · Checked

    Supports: The demo having no time limit and no bosses or big puzzles (February 19, 2026), the content removed in the March 4 update, the languages added on March 30, the save system and the save not carrying over to the full game (June 12), the June 15 Next Fest update, and the demo staying "for the next weeks" (June 23).

    Limits: Announcements describe each update, not every change in the build.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo game files, build 23712006 · Checked

    Supports: The demo's save and load menu wording, the sleeping bag spawn-point message, and the END OF DEMO screen text quoted on this page.

    Limits: Demo build only; the text shows what the menus say, not how many save slots there are.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: The demo's length (45–60 minutes, February 6, 2026; average 1 hour, June 16, 2026), no Clay, no spiders and no full-game weapons in the demo (February 2026, June 22), the demo not being the start of the full game (February 11), the demo staying up (February 23), a console demo being planned (August 24), a macOS demo build in progress (October 1) and a test build with macOS posted on October 2, the full game's size (July 30 and September 12), the June patch notes, and some treasures and keys being placed at random (August 22, 2025).

    Limits: Developer statements in chat; Discord messages are not linked.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, community manager reply · Checked

    Supports: The Microsoft Store demo being the same as the Steam demo (July 10, 2026).

    Limits: A community manager's chat reply, not a developer statement.

  • Steam Community discussions about the Deep Dish Dungeon Demo, February 2026 · Checked

    Supports: Players' playtimes, such as two players finishing in about an hour and a half and another playing for two and a half hours, players getting stuck at the barred fences, and the end-of-demo message as players describe it.

    Limits: Individual player posts on the February 2026 demo, before saves were added.

Leather

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo game files, build 23712006 · Checked

    Supports: The small chest in the sewers holding 2 Leather and a Bone Club, the workbench recipe turning 2 Animal Hide into 1 Leather and needing Leather to unlock, the extra Animal Hide from turning a rat into Raw Meat, the Rat Trap recipe and description, the workbench already standing in the dungeon, and the recipes that use Leather with the Pouch description.

    Limits: Demo build only; the files give no room names, so the chest is described by its contents, and objects can change while you play.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: Each player unlocking a recipe by grabbing one of its items (March 7, 2026), how to sneak up on a rat (February 28, 2026), and some treasures being placed at random (August 22, 2025).

    Limits: Developer statements in chat; Discord messages are not linked.

  • Steam Community discussions for Deep Dish Dungeon · Checked

    Supports: A player's answer that the Leather recipe appears at the workbench once you find some Leather, and the rope down into the sewers from the second floor (February 2026).

    Limits: One player's reply on the demo.

  • Steam Community discussions for Deep Dish Dungeon, February to April 2026 · Checked

    Supports: Rats slipping under debris when players are not fast enough (April 2026).

    Limits: One player's post on the demo.

Multiplayer

  • Deep Dish Dungeon on Steam · Checked

    Supports: Play "solo or with up to two friends", and the Single-player, Online Co-op and Cross-Platform Multiplayer features.

    Limits: The store lists features without explaining which platforms can join each other.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon on Xbox Store · Checked

    Supports: Single player, online co-op, Xbox cross-platform co-op, Xbox Play Anywhere and cloud saves.

    Limits: Feature labels only; it does not say whether Steam players can join.

  • Raw Fury press release, August 27, 2026 · Published · Checked

    Supports: Play "solo or with up to two friends".

    Limits: A launch announcement; no details on how co-op sessions work.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon on Raw Fury's website · Checked

    Supports: The older "up to three friends" wording this page explains.

    Limits: Undated, and contradicted by the newer press release and both store pages.

  • Official Deep Dish Dungeon announcements on Steam · Checked

    Supports: Demo update v1013 (June 15, 2026): players can rejoin a lobby, and failures to find lobbies, create a game or join a game show an error message, and the developers' June 12, 2026 Dev Blog #9: the demo can save and load, and demo saves do not carry over to the full game.

    Limits: Describes the demo; the full game's menus are not covered.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: Three players at the same time with any number of players sharing one save (February 23 and March 9, 2026), no plans to balance for four (March 7 and September 15, 2026), the reasons given (August 28, 2025), and recipes unlocking per player (March 7, 2026).

    Limits: Developer statements in chat; Discord messages are not linked.

  • Steam Community discussions for Deep Dish Dungeon · Checked

    Supports: A developer reply confirming three players at once and unlimited players per save, and player reports of joins stalling after the loading bar reaches 100% (February 2026, demo).

    Limits: The join reports are individual demo posts with no official answer.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo game files, build 23712006 · Checked

    Supports: The demo's public and private games, the 8-character password rule, friend invites, the sleeping-bag spawn point and the exact invite and connection error messages quoted on this page.

    Limits: Demo build only; the text shows the messages exist, not when each one appears.

Prison Key

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo game files, build 23712006 · Checked

    Supports: Which key opens which door, the chests holding the Small Key and Prison Key, the Hammer being the only damage that breaks metal fences, the smelter needing 5 Coal, 10 Scrap Metal and a mold, spider webs breaking only to torch damage, the disabled Key Piece mold, and the demo's in-game messages quoted on this page.

    Limits: Demo build only; the files give no room names, so places are described by landmarks and distance, and objects can change while you play.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: The Iron Key opening the door beside the Jaguar puzzle (February 11, 2026), the Small Key door beside the crates of the main camp leading toward the prison (February 25, 2026), the prison being the end of the demo (February 23 and August 7, 2026), roots needing a tool that is not in the demo (February 28, 2026), and some keys, treasures and passages being randomized (August 22, 2025).

    Limits: Developer statements in chat; the randomization comment predates the demo; Discord messages are not linked.

  • Steam Community discussions for Deep Dish Dungeon · Checked

    Supports: Player routes to the sewers and the Hammer, and how players filled their stomach for the first door (February 2026).

    Limits: Individual player posts on an earlier demo build, not checked against a full playthrough.

Release Date

  • Deep Dish Dungeon on Steam · Checked

    Supports: The October 13, 2026 release date, the Windows and macOS versions, the eleven listed languages, the PC requirements, and that the store page showed no price yet.

    Limits: Gives the date without a launch time and does not cover the Xbox versions.

  • Official Deep Dish Dungeon announcements on Steam · Checked

    Supports: The August 27 release-date announcement, Steam Deck Verified status (September 30) and the October 1 update counting more than 440,000 wishlists, and the developers' June 12, 2026 Dev Blog #9: the demo's save system and that demo saves do not carry over to the full game.

    Limits: The announcements give no price and no launch time.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Steam Deck Verified page · Checked

    Supports: Steam Deck Verified status.

    Limits: Covers the Steam version on Steam Deck only.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon on Xbox Store · Checked

    Supports: The October 13, 2026 14:00 UTC release timestamp, the ESRB T and PEGI 12 ratings, Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox cross-platform co-op and cloud saves.

    Limits: The listing showed no price yet; it does not give a Steam launch time.

  • Raw Fury press release, August 27, 2026 · Published · Checked

    Supports: The October 13 launch on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Cloud and PC via Steam, Xbox handheld verified, and Xbox Play Anywhere support.

    Limits: A pre-launch announcement; it gives no price.

  • Deep Dish Dungeon Demo on the Microsoft Store · Checked

    Supports: The free demo on the Microsoft Store, a Windows PC package.

    Limits: Lists no Xbox console package; its description still says the demo has no save and load, which predates the June 2026 update.

  • Official Behold Studios Discord, developer replies · Checked

    Supports: The $14.99 USD price with standard Steam regional pricing and the same Xbox price (September 16, 2026); PlayStation 5 "likely, not confirmed" (March 17, 2026); Linux not supported yet (June 16, 2026); saving and loading in the full game (February 12, 2026).

    Limits: Developer statements in chat, not store listings; Discord messages are not linked.