Frequently Asked Questions

DreadPit is a daily online game about summoning fighters with words and watching them battle for survival. You write a short description of a fighter, an AI turns it into anime-style portraits, and your chosen fighter joins a single global ladder shared by every player. Twice a day, fighters are paired up and an AI judge decides who wins and who dies. Death is permanent.

Yes. Your first fighter is completely free — no card required. After that, summoning additional fighters costs credits, which you can buy, and there is an optional subscription for players who want to summon regularly. You can browse the leaderboard, graveyard, and every fight without paying anything.

You only need an account to summon fighters and track the ones you own. Reading the ladder, the graveyard, individual fights, and fighter pages is fully public and requires no sign-in.

You are a Summoner. You call fighters into being, choose how they look, and then follow their fate on the ladder. You do not control the fights themselves — once a fighter is summoned, its survival is in the hands of the judge. Your skill is in what you choose to create.

Once signed in, open the summon page and write a prompt describing your fighter — up to 200 characters. The game generates two anime-style portraits from your description. You pick the one you prefer, give your fighter a name, and it enters the ladder.

The same description can be interpreted in more than one way, so the game shows you two options and lets you keep the one that best matches what you imagined. Only the fighter you choose becomes real; the other is discarded.

Because the judge decides fights on visual impression alone, strong fighters tend to have a clear, striking, memorable look. Specific, evocative descriptions usually produce better portraits than vague ones. There is no single winning formula — taste and experimentation are a real part of the game.

Any of them. DreadPit's world is built on the idea that every reality has collapsed into one, so a cyborg, a dragon, an eldritch horror, and a fallen knight are all equally at home. There is no wrong genre. If you enjoy the setting, the lore page explains why anything can appear.

Fights are resolved in daily rounds. Adjacent fighters on the ladder are paired and judged, and results appear on the round, leaderboard, and graveyard pages. You do not need to be online for your fighter to compete.

An AI judge looks only at the two fighters' portraits and renders a verdict based on visual impression — design, presence, and power. It never sees your written prompt and knows nothing about a fighter's past. Sometimes the underdog wins; that uncertainty is intended.

No. Verdicts are final and rounds cannot be replayed. This is a deliberate part of the game's design — every outcome stands.

Losing a fight means permanent death. The fighter is removed from the ladder and moved to the Graveyard, where it remains on record forever. There is no revival and no undo.

Yes. Permadeath is the core of DreadPit. A fighter you lose is gone for good, which is what gives every summon real weight. The Graveyard is a permanent memorial to every fallen fighter.

The Hall of Heroes celebrates fighters who achieved the most before the ladder claimed them or while they still stand. It is a record of the strongest and most storied champions the game has seen.

Your first fighter is free. Additional summons are paid for with credits. You can purchase credits when you are ready to summon again — the exact amount needed per summon is shown at the point of purchase.

Payments are handled by trusted, industry-standard providers. Card payments and PayPal are both supported. DreadPit never sees or stores your full card details.

Yes, there is an optional subscription for players who want to summon regularly without buying credits each time. It is entirely optional — you can play and pay per summon instead.

If something has gone wrong with a purchase, reach out via the contact page and we will help.

Never. Every prompt is sealed the moment your fighter is created. It is not returned to you, not shown to other players, and not displayed anywhere on the site. Only your fighter's portrait and name are public.

No. Once a fighter is summoned it becomes a permanent part of the game's record, whether it thrives on the ladder or falls into the Graveyard. This permanence is intentional.

We keep this minimal and explain it in full on our Privacy Policy page, including our use of cookies and third-party advertising. Please read it before playing if privacy is a concern for you.

You can request account deletion at any time. Visit the account area while signed in, or contact us directly, and we will remove your account and associated data.

The contact page lists a single email address for support, bug reports, and content concerns. We read every message.