Key Game Information

Short Summary

“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, famine, disease, and the ever‐ encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?”

Long Summary

“Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic RPG about the stresses of dungeon crawling. You will lead a band of heroes on a perilous side‐scrolling descent, dealing with a prodigious number of threats to their bodily health, and worse, a relentless assault on their mental fortitude! Five hundred feet below the earth you will not only fight unimaginable foes, but famine, disease, and the stress of the ever‐encroaching dark. Darkest Dungeon focuses on the humanity and psychological vulnerability of the heroes and asks: What emotional toll does a life of adventure take?

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.

Darkest Dungeon is not a game where every hero wins the day with shiny armor and a smile. It is a game about hard trade‐offs, nearly certain demise, and heroic acts.” Accolades

Original 2016 awards

Independent Games Festival – Grand Prize Nominee 2016 PC Gamer – Best RPG 2016 Rock, Paper, Shotgun – Bestest Best 2016 Total Biscuit – Best Thing To Come Out Of Early Access – 2016 Game Informer – Best RPG setting, Combat Setting Innovation 2016 Current Market Standing

By the end of 2017, the game had sold over 2 million units.

86 Metacrtitic (Nintendo Switch) Amazon.fr Switch wishlist, currently #22 and #40 in all video games Official Nintendo chart position, currently #9 93% Prestigious Review Scores: • 93% Game Informer • 91% IGN • 90% GameSpot • 90% USGamer • 8/10 Polygon • 8/10 Edge