Dark Gates

Dark Gates

DFour Games · January 26, 2015 · RPG, Indie, Perma Death, Comic Book, Turn-Based Combat

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$2.13-47%
lowest tracked $0.77
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Dark Gates price by region

Dark Gates costs £1.33 in the United Kingdom, €1.52 in Europe (EUR), $2.13 in the United States, $2.13 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.49 in Canada, NZ$4.99 in New Zealand, A$5.95 in Australia, R$8.39 in Brazil and zł8.41 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Dark Gates offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.33 −52% £2.79 £1.33 3
Europe (EUR) €1.52 −54% €3.29 €1.52 3
United Statesyour region $2.13 −47% $3.99 $2.13 3
Georgia (USD) $2.13 −18% $2.59 $2.13 3
Canada CA$4.49 CA$4.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$4.99 NZ$4.99 — 1
Australia A$5.95 A$5.95 — 1
Brazil R$8.39 R$8.39 — 1
Poland zł8.41 −35% zł12.99 zł8.41 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Dark Gates

Dark Gates is a game which tries to capture classic tabletop RPG experience. As a player you need to assemble a party of six heroes, select spells for them and send them on the quest to the labyrinth. Somewhere in that maze an evil mage created Dark Gates and now gates are open. Your party have to find and destroy those gates as darkness pours into this world through them.

Task is not easy, labyrinth is different every time you start a new adventure. As you play a map unfolds before you and is never the same. In the maze you will find monsters which you can negotiate with, fight or try to bribe it with gold. There is also many items hidden in the depths of the labyrinth. Some can help you in your quest while others are there just to hurt your team.

An evil mage, Unnamed have hidden Dark Gates behind mirrors. Party needs to find a pair of them to reveal the gates. In order to do so, party have to explore chambers. Each chamber is locked and entering into a chamber is always dangerous. Traps are everywhere. Remember to have in your party someone who can pick locks and disarm traps.

Talking about skills. Who you chose into a party is important. Balanced team is a key to make sure you will survive. Remember that if hero dies only a Resurrection spell can bring him/her back if you are quick enough. Don?t despair though, even if all party dies, you can continue current adventure with a new party?assuming you still got some heroes alive.

What to expect from Dark Gates?
  • Classic tabletop experience
  • Turn based combat
  • Truly unique labyrinth
  • Permadeath

Dark Gates — game info

Platforms
Windows, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players are divided on this dungeon crawler. Those who enjoy it appreciate the retro board game aesthetic and find it a light diversion for a couple of hours, while others criticize the lack of meaningful progression through gear and leveling, overpowered healing mechanics that make combat trivial, and slow, repetitive gameplay that feels more like a cheap flash game. There are also serious concerns raised about the publisher removing encryption keys and forcing repurchases of previously owned copies.

Not recommended Dec 25, 2017
Sadly the game is not very good even for the price. The controls are keyboard only, movement and combat is slow, there is no gear to find or level up your party (undermining the dungeon crawl aspect), and the magic system is easily exploitable for infinite healing. It feels like a simple, cheap flash game. Wander around the dungeon until you find one of your objectives, and then smash it. Your characters aren't leveling up almost at all, no gear, so it is very repetitive quickly. The artwork and animations I thought were endearing for the style. The music and sound effects were not great. Sadly, not a good entry in the dungeon crawling genre.
5 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 2, 2019
Do Not Buy!!!! Company takes your money then removes the encrypt key to play. I purchased this game a couple of years ago and obviously paid for it. I went to replay it again and found that the company now does not honor the key so they want you to pay for the game again. They are trying to blame a 3rd party for their own error. Somehow Steam is allowing them to continue to do business. STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME OR ANY FROM THIS COMPANY.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 22, 2017
[h2]I did enjoy some of the time playing this retro styled RPG.[/h2] I don't remember playing any RPGs quite like this before but then I guess I haven't really played any RPGs that came out before the late 80s. It's more like a board game with RPG elements. It's easy to 100% so I reccomend to achievo hunters. This game could've been a lot better I guess it's just ok, but still worthy to recomend. [h2]6/10[/h2] [h3][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45905648-Gork%2527s-Game-Grind/]Check out my curated list of games[/url][/h3]
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Recommended Sep 23, 2026
Dark gates open wide Brave heroes battle onward Monsters guard the way
Recommended Feb 18, 2022
Entertaining little game. It is a wonderful port of Deathmaze & Citadel of Blood. Some people seem to have been expecting a more involved CRPG. This is based on a solo boardgame from the early 1980s. It is naturally limited. Even so, it retains the charm of the original game system and is a light diversion. Kudos to the developers for translating the games to a digital format. I would love to see other games from that same time period given a similar treatment.
Not recommended Aug 27, 2019
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