Dungeon Empires is a free to play MMORPG/MMORTS hybrid title from popular MMO publishers Gamigo. The unique combination of typical MMORPG character creation and progression, mixed with elements of dungeon master titles, has made Dungeon Empires one of the most innovative browser games in recent years.

The MMORPG aspect allows you to create a character from any of the available classes, Mage, Warrior and Thief, each with their own playstyle and abilities. As you kill more enemies, explore and complete more dungeons, your character gains experience points which allows you to distribute points to the various stats for your class. A few points get allocated automatically but every level you gain more points that you can place yourself, allowing for total control over your character.

The combat uses an active turn-based battle system similar to the early Final Fantasy titles. Each ability takes a certain amount of time to activate, by using your abilities wisely, you can time your attacks to get multiple turns before your enemy has a chance to counter-attack.

The Dungeon Master system is what makes Dungeon Empires truly unique. As you invade other players dungeons, you can find materials, rooms and monsters for your own dungeon. After each successful raid you can add these things to your own dungeon. The dungeon creation system allows players to totally customize their own dungeon, adding rooms and corridors, choosing what monsters appear in each room and even placing traps. There are dozens of variations of monsters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. By collecting large amounts of the same monster, you can improve the quality of your summoning spell increasing the amount of monsters you can summon and the level they're summoned at.

Players can invade other players dungeons at any time, if they're victorious, they'll loot some items from your dungeons treasure chest. If they fail, you're able to loot the remains for items and gear.