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You inherit a ruined estate beset by supernatural horrors and take charge of restoring it. Recruit a roster of heroes from different classes and send them into dangerous regions to gather resources and push back the threat. Expeditions center on turn-based battles where party composition, hero positions and skills shape your tactics. Enemies can inflict wounds and stress, while heroes may suffer from disease, quirks and psychological afflictions. Use expedition rewards to develop the estate and prepare future teams. Manage supplies, treat stressed or injured heroes in town, and decide when to press on or retreat; dungeons are procedurally generated, and fallen heroes can be lost permanently.

Lead flawed heroes through randomized dungeons, managing stress, supplies and turn-based battles as you reclaim an ancestral estate.

Released 19 Jan 2016

92%positive of
162k player reviews
$24.99 $3.74
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Manage Hero Stress

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Build Tactical Parties

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Rebuild the Estate

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Developed by Red Hook Studios · Published by Red Hook Studios

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Punishing Random Outcomes
  2. Permanent Hero Loss
  3. Steep Learning Curve
  4. Late-Game Grinding
92%
positive of 162k player reviews
84/100
Metacritic

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Back of the Box

Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements 126
Age ratings
  • ESRB T — Alcohol Reference Blood and Gore Mild Language Partial Nudity Suggestive Themes Violence
  • PEGI 16 — Violence
  • USK 12
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 12 — Drogas lícitas Linguagem imprópria Medo
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya Horor Penggunaan bahasa
  • OFLC M — Mature themes and violence
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Alkohol / Tabak Gewalt Schimpfwörte
Controller support PlayStation, Xbox
Controller required No
DLC / extras 7 listed on Steam
DRM / EULA
  • Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Darkest Dungeon EULA
Content notices
  • Alcohol Reference
  • Blood and Gore
  • Mild Language
  • Partial Nudity
  • Suggestive Themes
  • Violence
  • Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic 84/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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