Game overview
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?
- Players now
- 2,183
- All-time peak
- 7,695
- 24-hour change
- -1.71%
- Steam reviews
- 91.7% positive 149,456 reviews · via SteamSpy
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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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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows XP
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended
Recommended
Recommended:- OS *: Windows 7+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: OSX 10.9+
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: OSX 10.9+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended
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Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 18.04
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Ubuntu 18.04
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Red Hook Studios
- USK rating
- 12
- Brazilian rating
- 12
- Steam Germany rating
- 12
- Achievements
- 126
- Controller support
- partial
- Metacritic
- 84
- Features
- Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, DualShock Controller Support, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese
*languages with full audio support - Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected] Support site ↗
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features
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Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (12)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | No | Yes |
| Czech | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Third-party requirements shown by Steam
Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Darkest Dungeon EULA
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Player Health
Healthy — 3.9K daily average.
Stable player base with low churn risk.
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Update Momentum
Actively Updated — 4 patches in last 30 days.
20 patches and 20 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
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4 patches this month
Value Score
Fair Value — 100th percentile.
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 100th percentile. Priced as Premium at $24.99.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Darkest Dungeon® worth buying right now?
Wait — $24.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Darkest Dungeon® go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
How many people play Darkest Dungeon®?
Healthy — 3.9K daily average. Stable player base with low churn risk.
Is Darkest Dungeon® still getting updates?
Actively Updated — 4 patches in last 30 days. 20 patches and 20 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
How many players are currently playing Darkest Dungeon®?
2.6K players are currently in-game on Steam.
Is Darkest Dungeon® free to play?
Darkest Dungeon® costs $24.99 on Steam.
What genre is Darkest Dungeon®?
Darkest Dungeon® is a Indie, RPG, Strategy game.
Who developed Darkest Dungeon®?
Darkest Dungeon® was developed by Red Hook Studios and published by Red Hook Studios.
What platforms does Darkest Dungeon® support?
Available on Steam for Windows, macOS, Linux.
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