Darkest Dungeon®
Red Hook Studios · 2016 · Turn-Based Combat, Dungeon Crawler, Dark Fantasy, Roguelike, RPG
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About Darkest Dungeon®
Lead a team of flawed heroes through dark dungeons in this gothic roguelike where managing stress and sanity is just as crucial as defeating monsters. With striking hand-drawn art, innovative tactical turn-based combat, and permanent character deaths, every decision carries weight in your quest to reclaim your cursed ancestral estate.
Reclaim Your Ancestor's Estate
Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system.
Core Features
- The Affliction System – battle not only monsters, but stress! Contend with paranoia, masochism, fear, irrationality, and a host of gameplay-meaningful quirks!
- Striking hand-drawn gothic crowquill art style
- Innovative turn-based combat pits you against a host of diabolical monsters
- Narration system to celebrate your successes...and failures
- 16 (and counting!) playable hero classes, including Plague Doctor, Hellion, and even the Leper!
- Camp to heal wounds or deliver inspiring speeches.
- Rest your weary, shell-shocked characters in town at the Tavern or the Abbey to keep their stress in check.
- Classic CRPG and roguelike features, including character permadeath, procedural dungeons, and incredible replay
Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family’s ancestral estate?
Descend at your peril!
Awards and Honors
- PG Gamer: Best RPG of 2016
- Game Informer - Best RPGs of 2016: 3 Awards
- IGN - Best of 2016: 2 Nominations
- IGF 2016 - 3 Nominations
- Rock Paper Shotgun - 50 Best RPGs of All Time
- PAX 10 - 2015
- Game Debate Best Indie Game 2016
- SXSW Gamer's Choice Nominee 2015
- MMORPG - Best Indie RPG (Pax East 2014), Best RPG Nomination PAX Prime 2014
- Indie Megabooth Selection - PAX East 2014, PAX Prime 2015
DLC & expansions
🎁 Complete the collection
Base game + 3 of 5 DLC at today's best prices (some DLC unpriced).
-50%Darkest Dungeon®: The Shieldbreaker
-50%Darkest Dungeon®: The Color Of Madness
-50%Darkest Dungeon®: The Crimson Court
Free to playDarkest Dungeon©: The Butcher's Circus
Free to playDarkest Dungeon®: The Musketeer
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players praise the game's excellent design and challenging difficulty that rewards engagement, with many appreciating how it respects its genre conventions. However, the game is notably punishing and demanding, which some find frustrating or emotionally taxing rather than enjoyable. Despite the steep difficulty curve, players show strong long-term engagement, suggesting the core gameplay loop is compelling enough to keep dedicated fans returning.
fun but it is hard
This game made me extremely gay, and depressed.
745 Hours.. If i was looking for some excuses, i'd say - it makes a lot of sense to just leave the game running overnight instead of quitting and reloading. But I am a grown man i don't need any excuses :)
This game does its genre justice and more.
One of the best designed brutal games made. Play it on blood moon like its meant to be played.
Una patada en los cojones duele menos
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