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Jaboc · Published by Jaboc
Content notice: partial nudity, suggestive themes, mild language, cartoon violence, drug and alcohol references
6 user reviews — 100% positive (6 reviews) · 22 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Tattoo Dungeon is an action-adventure style platformer, where you play as a tattoo apprentice who gets thrown into the midst of an invasion of other-dimensional tattoo monsters, all while trying to find your mentor's lost tattoo flash!
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Price history
Action, Adventure, Indie · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
About this game
Tattoo Dungeon is an 8-bit action-platformer with some metroidvania influence. It's an indie homebrew gameboy color game, ported to play easily on PCs. This version of the game retains it's original retro 8-bit "charm" just as if you were playing on the original handheld.
Features
• Lost Flash: Recover 20 hidden tattoo designs to fill your gallery.
• Tattoo Skin Maps: Tattoo skin maps to reveal secrets and a hidden power.
• 12 Bosses: Defeat bosses and minibosses to save your town from invasion.
• 4 Weapons: Smash monsters using your trusty chain and 3 special weapons.
• Power-Ups: Discover upgrades to unlock new areas and track down secrets.
The Ultimate Challenge: Players who achieve 100% completion will unlock the true final boss. May require 2 play throughs.
PC Only Features
• Optional Shaders: gbc style grid, scanline shader, with CRT options.
• Resolution Options: Upscaled full screen and art bezel options.
Estimated Playtime: ~5+ hours for first play through; 2+ hours for optimized speedruns.
Physical cartridge release is planned for later in the year. Best way to support is by buying the game here while waiting for the cartridge.
Credits
Development, art, design by Jaboc
Music by ExtremeJay, Jaboc
SFX by Tronimal, Beatscribe
Created in GB Studio
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Dual core 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics, OpenGL 3.3/Vulkan compatible
- Storage: 200 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
1.3
1.3 - Fixed an issue involving full screen mode clipping some visuals for those possibly using different aspect ratios. - An issue on Game Over where the player could end up at the home base instead of the last save when spamming the “A” button when entering the game over screen”. More of a GB Studio issue, but I added a safe guard in that scene to hopefully stop it from happening, or at least minimizing the chance of it happening. - I also tried to make some of the dialogues around the “Tattoo Machine”, “learning to tattoo”, and 100%ing the game a little more clear. While it’s totally possible to get 100% on the first play through, this game was designed to learn from your first play through, making the second go faster and easier to get 100% completion. This update will make your current game save start at the home base on first launch, but you will not lose actual progress.Read full article on Community Announcements (jaboc)Patch NotesOfficial
1.2 update
1.2 This version should be in line with the gbc cartridge version that is releasing soon. - Fixed Stained Glass Jesus boss from being able to take damage when returning to the boss room. - Fixed a glitch where the player could dash at the start of a new game if they had already completed the game. This only happened if a new game was started right after killing the final boss without resetting or exiting the game. - Fixed spelling errors - Changed the format of some text boxes that were not sized correctly. - Fixed some player visual placement glitches when returning to a scene after chatting. - Fixed some minor things that no one was ever going to notice. In progress game saves will send the player to the player house on first boot of this update. No save data will be lost.Read full article on Community Announcements (jaboc)Patch NotesOfficial
1.1 update is live
1.1.0On updates where the game boy game gets an update, the player will load their save at the player's house. You will not lose any progress.Godot Wrapper updates- Dash can now be done with Right Trigger as well as the original method- Added Controller layout to the in game Options Menu- Changed the Options Menu fontGB Studio updates- Fixed the bird from possibly getting stuck after dropping the Air Gordon shoes- Changed breakable block collision area so the player cannot get stuck on accident- Added a couple of tips for finding the Weed- Added a better warning before the final bossThe GB Studio game updates will also be pushed to the other platforms soon.Read full article on Community Announcements (jaboc)Patch NotesOfficial
Small updates
1.0.2 - Left analog stick now controls movement. Keyboard and D-pad input unchanged. - Fixed the window not going full-screen on first boot on PC. 1.0.1- Fixed achievements not firing correctly. 1.0- Initial release.Read full article on Community Announcements (jaboc)AnnouncementsOfficial
Steam deck support and info on the Steam release
Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know that Tattoo Dungeon Steam version is almost ready to launch. I wanted to let you all know what this version will have and what it won't have...Steam releaseSteam Deck supportCloud savesBezel art and proper scaling of the game so everything fits nicely on Steamdeck and modern computer monitors. Making sure the buttons in game match the buttons on an xbox controller and Steamdeck.A couple of video shader options.Extra menu to adjust resolution, volume, bezel on/off... stuff like that. What this version won't haveExtra downloadable art.GBC rom to play on game boy or other handhelds.Printer supportI'm still unsure if I will be able to add Steam achievements, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there. The planned Steam release by mid July still seems very possible and with a lower price than the Itch version do to not getting extra art and rom files. Thanks to everyone who has wishlisted or bought on itch already, I really appreciate it!- JabocRead full article on Community Announcements (jaboc)
