diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/smpq/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/smpq/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02275055c406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/smpq/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, StormLib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "smpq";
+  version = "1.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/smpq/trunk/1.6/+download/smpq_1.6.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1jqq5x3b17jy66x3kkf5hs5l322dx2v14djxxrqrnqp8bn5drlmm";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DWITH_KDE=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ StormLib ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "StormLib MPQ archiving utility";
+    homepage = "https://launchpad.net/smpq";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aanderse karolchmist ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/StormLib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/StormLib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bf9ba63dc48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/StormLib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, bzip2, libtomcrypt, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "StormLib";
+  version = "9.22";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ladislav-zezula";
+    repo = "StormLib";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1rcdl6ryrr8fss5z5qlpl4prrw8xpbcdgajg2hpp0i7fpk21ymcc";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    "-DWITH_LIBTOMCRYPT=ON"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ bzip2 libtomcrypt zlib ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ladislav-zezula/StormLib";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    description = "An open-source project that can work with Blizzard MPQ archives";
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aanderse karolchmist ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/devilutionx/default.nix b/pkgs/games/devilutionx/default.nix
index fa457b1f1bcc..04559d656281 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/devilutionx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/devilutionx/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,87 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_ttf, libsodium, pkg-config }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, fetchurl
+, fetchzip
+, cmake
+, pkg-config
+, gettext
+, SDL2
+, SDL2_image
+, fmt
+, libpng
+, smpq
+}:
+
+let
+  # TODO: submit a PR upstream to allow system copies of these libraries where possible
+  asio = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/diasurgical/asio/archive/ebeff99f539da23d27c2e8d4bdbc1ee011968644.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vhb4cig40mm0a98i74grpmfkcmby8zxg6vqa38dpryxpgvp5fw8";
+  };
+
+  SDL_audiolib = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/realnc/SDL_audiolib/archive/aa79660eba4467a44f9dcaecf26b0f0a000abfd7.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0z4rizncp6gqsy72b3709zc9fr915wgcwnlx1fhhy7mrczsly630";
+  };
+
+  simpleini = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/brofield/simpleini/archive/7bca74f6535a37846162383e52071f380c99a43a.zip";
+    sha256 = "07kf1jjbc9v04hsysa6v2wh1m9csf5qz0b1wmlkf9sj00kf47zj7";
+  };
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "devilutionx";
-  version = "1.2.1";
+  version = "1.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "diasurgical";
     repo = "devilutionX";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-PgYlNO1p78d0uiL474bDJOL++SxJfeBLK65czdaylHU=";
+    sha256 = "0acrkqi0pr3cbr5i1a1vfrnxv1n3xmql5d86bm2gywvpdb94xads";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # allow building with system SDL2_image instead of vendored version
+    # this patch can be removed on the next release of devilutionx
+    # see https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/pull/3386
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/commit/41ff03e94c02477bffb2d62764e8624c0e06854d.patch";
+      sha256 = "1lrnb9d0dcdyd78rix5rl4p8kkwbnl91llr9fgb86ysm3q58qkvj";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Source/init.cpp --replace "/usr/share/diasurgical/devilutionx/" "${placeholder "out"}/share/diasurgical/devilutionx/"
-  '';
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
-    "-I${SDL2_ttf}/include/SDL2"
-    ''-DTTF_FONT_PATH="${placeholder "out"}/share/fonts/truetype/CharisSILB.ttf"''
-  ];
+    # download dependencies ahead of time
+    substituteInPlace 3rdParty/asio/CMakeLists.txt --replace "https://github.com/diasurgical/asio/archive/ebeff99f539da23d27c2e8d4bdbc1ee011968644.tar.gz" "${asio}"
+    substituteInPlace 3rdParty/SDL_audiolib/CMakeLists.txt --replace "https://github.com/realnc/SDL_audiolib/archive/aa79660eba4467a44f9dcaecf26b0f0a000abfd7.tar.gz" "${SDL_audiolib}"
+    substituteInPlace 3rdParty/simpleini/CMakeLists.txt --replace "https://github.com/brofield/simpleini/archive/7bca74f6535a37846162383e52071f380c99a43a.zip" "${simpleini}"
+  '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DBINARY_RELEASE=ON"
     "-DVERSION_NUM=${version}"
+    "-DPACKET_ENCRYPTION=OFF" # FIXME: build with libsodium
+    "-DDISABLE_ZERO_TIER=ON" # FIXME: build with libzt
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ libsodium SDL2 SDL2_mixer SDL2_ttf ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+    gettext
+    smpq # used to build devilutionx.mpq
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    fmt
+    libpng
+    (SDL2.override { withStatic = true; })
+    SDL2_image
+  ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
@@ -36,10 +91,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv devilutionx.app $out/Applications
   '' else ''
     install -Dm755 -t $out/bin devilutionx
-    install -Dt $out/share/fonts/truetype ../Packaging/resources/CharisSILB.ttf
-    install -Dt $out/share/diasurgical/devilutionx ../Packaging/resources/devilutionx.mpq
-
-    # TODO: icons and .desktop (see Packages/{debian,fedora}/*)
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/share/diasurgical/devilutionx devilutionx.mpq
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/share/applications ../Packaging/nix/devilutionx-hellfire.desktop ../Packaging/nix/devilutionx.desktop
+    install -Dm755 ../Packaging/resources/icon.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/devilution.png
+    install -Dm755 ../Packaging/resources/hellfire.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/devilution-hellfire.png
   '') + ''
 
     runHook postInstall
@@ -50,7 +105,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Diablo build for modern operating systems";
     longDescription = "In order to play this game a copy of diabdat.mpq is required. Place a copy of diabdat.mpq in ~/.local/share/diasurgical/devilution before executing the game.";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.karolchmist ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ karolchmist aanderse ];
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.windows;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f728d2ceb805..6016444b239e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9448,6 +9448,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   smu = callPackage ../tools/text/smu { };
 
+  smpq = callPackage ../applications/misc/smpq { };
+
   sn0int = callPackage ../tools/security/sn0int { };
 
   snabb = callPackage ../tools/networking/snabb { };
@@ -19557,6 +19559,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   stb = callPackage ../development/libraries/stb { };
 
+  StormLib = callPackage ../development/libraries/StormLib { };
+
   stxxl = callPackage ../development/libraries/stxxl { parallel = true; };
 
   sqlite = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/sqlite { });