Dome Keeper: The Lost Keepers

I jumped back into Dome Keeper for The Lost Keepers expecting a few cosmetic trinkets and some music—and instead got two wildly different playstyles that actually change how I plan every run. The Infiltrator zips around like a chaotic ninja-platformer grafted onto a mining sim, while The Beastmaster turns your mine into a slow, satisfying conveyor belt of catgoblin chaos. If you like your base-defense mixed with a little platforming skill and tiny creatures doing your chores, this DLC scratches an itch the base game left open.

Moving Like a Thief in the Deep

Playing as The Infiltrator feels like sneaking a platformer into a resource-management game. You’re flinging kunai, grappling with a rope and chaining zippy returns to the dome; success rewards planning your tunnel paths like a speed-run puzzle. It’s high-skill and high-reward: when you click, hook and bounce perfectly you can loop resources at ridiculous speed. That same speed is what frustrates some players—there’s a learning curve and occasionally unclear aim assists or input quirks on certain control setups. For me, those moments felt thrilling more than annoying once I stuck with it. The Infiltrator forces you to rethink the “mine in straight lines” meta and embrace vertical movement.

Pets, Tentacles and Tactical Linearity

The Beastmaster is the polar opposite: slow, methodical and beautifully practical. Its tentacles and catgoblin minions turn mining into a choreography of sending minions down corridors and setting up efficient collection highways. This is the keeper you pick when you want automation and long-term planning over frantic dexterity. The catgoblins are charming and often hilarious as they sprint off to fetch loot, but they can also expose performance problems on larger late-game maps—lots of units moving and pathfinding sometimes hiccup. Still, the net effect is a satisfying new approach to resource loops: less twitch, more orchestration.

Sound, Skin and Frame-Rate Realities

Visually the DLC blends perfectly with the base game's aesthetic—cute, angular, slightly chunky pixel-ish models with neat animation flourishes (the Beastmaster’s arms are gloriously specific). The new skins and cosmetics are tasteful and the two OSTs are generally excellent additions; several users praised them as highlights. Performance-wise there’s a mixed bag: small maps are rock-solid, but the creature-heavy late game has documented stutters that the devs seem to be addressing. Accessibility-wise, the game now exposes useful settings like twin-stick aim which helps the Infiltrator a lot if you dig into options. Overall presentation is charming, occasionally rough around the edges, but heartfelt.

The Lost Keepers is a high-quality expansion that adds real mechanical variety to Dome Keeper. It’s not flawless—the Infiltrator needs tweaks and big late-game maps can stutter—but the Beastmaster and the new assignments add serious replay value, and the OSTs plus co-op are lovely bonuses. Recommended for existing fans and anyone who likes intelligent, character-driven sandbox challenges.