Dark and Darker

Dark and Darker

IRONMACE · 2024 · Dungeon Crawler, Multiplayer, Loot, Medieval, Extraction Shooter

PC
Mixed69% · 72
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About Dark and Darker

An Unforgiving Hardcore First-Person Fantasy Dungeon Adventure.
Unfathomable fortunes await the brave and the foolish willing to delve into the devastated depths of an ancient citadel. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters. Once you’ve plundered your riches, now comes the hard part, getting out alive. Find the hidden escape routes before the ever-expanding darkness reclaims your riches and your corpse to her irresistible hoard.
Irresistibly Classic
Dark and Darker aims to capture the wonder and awe of classic fantasy adventure games. We stand on the shoulders of giants and strive to pay respects to the traditions of the genre. We hearken back to the old worlds where danger lurks around each corner, but where courage and adventure are rewarded with untold riches.

Choose a role, party up!
Team up with friends and assemble a party to increase your chances of survival. Choose from a wide array of timeless fantasy roles and build the perfect three-person squad. Play as a brawny barbarian holding the frontlines while your sharp-eyed ranger friend fires arrows from afar and your merry bard sustains morale with a lively tune.
Unforgivingly Hardcore
Dark and Darker is a world of high risks and high returns. Explore a mystical underground fortress where the dangers are unrelenting and even the smallest misstep can result in death. Sound judgement reaps huge rewards, but death carries a heavy penalty with the loss of all your loot.

A focus on First-Person Combat
Dark and Darker strives for high immersion. Adventurers must use their eyes and ears like you would in the real world. Players must target, track, and aim against the countless challenges they encounter. We supply a wide array of close combat weapons that each have unique patterns to learn and master. Strikes to the head and back do critical damage. Knowing how to properly wield each weapon gives the player an edge to survive in this harsh world.
Old Magic
Magic is a powerful but unwieldy force in the world of Dark and Darker. Mastery requires long incantations, special skills, the right channeling equipment, and a tactical eye. Spells must be timed and aimed for maximum effect. For the magically uninclined, tinkering, knowledge of special equipment, and a little foresight can help level the field.

Comfort in the Shadows
The darkness is your friend in this unrelenting setting. Turn off lights and use the darkness to hide from foes or set up ambushes. If the tides of battles take a turn for the worse, blending into the darkness can lead to a stealthy retreat.
Escape!
Discover hidden portals to delve deeper and deeper underground and uncover the most hideous monsters and invaluable artifacts. All the riches you collect are for naught if you can’t make it out alive. Find a rare exit before the dark swarm comes to collect your soul.

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What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jul 8, 2026
This is a fun game.
Recommended Jul 8, 2026
For a free game, it's pretty cool. It's an extraction shooter but instead of shooting you do DnD ♥♥♥♥.
Recommended Jul 8, 2026
its fun
Recommended Jul 8, 2026
good
Recommended Jul 8, 2026
its the perfect dungeon crawler. and yah ppl say the solo que is unbalanced but this game is made for 3 party fights. logicly a mele fighter get dunked on by any ranged and vise versa. solo que can be fun when u just focus on making money and buy gear for trios. what i think makes this game special is that u can play it literally for just 30 minutes and have a blast or grind the whole week through. its a rare game for any situation or time scedual. its on a good way to have a consistend player base. on time writing this its almost end of the wipe and still over 6000 player actively online wich is one few k short of a fresh wipe. i love this game and i wish many years more of epic fights. and yah sometimes its unfair or just broken. in my eyes thats a part of the fun.
Recommended Jul 8, 2026
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