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Darkest Dungeon®
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?
Released:
Jan 19, 2016
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Developer:
Red Hook Studios
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Publisher:
Red Hook Studios
Turn-Based Combat
Dungeon Crawler
Dark Fantasy
Roguelike
RPG
Lovecraftian
Difficult
Turn-Based
Singleplayer
Perma Death
Strategy
Atmospheric
Dark
Indie
2D
Roguelite
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Kickstarter
The Developer Says...
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.
Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family’s ancestral estate?
Descend at your peril!
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
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Back of the Box Details
Steam Deck
Verified
DLC
6
DRM/EULA Notices
Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA
Darkest Dungeon EULA
Achievements
None
Ratings
None
Demo
None
Metacritic
84 — View
Content Notices
Alcohol Reference, Blood and Gore, Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Suggestive Themes, Violence, Age rating for: ESRB
Controller Support
PS Xbox
Reviews
92%
Very Positive
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