Review lizhuhwhat 5/5 · Apr 13, 2024
Grueling, punishing, exciting, rewarding - a lot of fun; a lot of stressful fun
Darkest Dungeon (2016)
Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Xbox One · iOS
3.72 from 1420 ratings
5384 members have it in their collection · 284 playing now · 2077 backlogged · 482 wish listed
How long? Main story 72h · with extras 66h · 100% 25h (from 24 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Red Hook Studios
- Publishers
- Red Hook Studios
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Themes
- Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Mystery
- Series
- Darkest Dungeon
- Events
- PlayStation E3 Experience 2015 Press Conference, PlayStation Experience 2014 Keynote
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Feb 03, 2015 (Early Access) (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Jan 19, 2016 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Mar 27, 2016 (Beta) (Worldwide) Linux
- Apr 26, 2016 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Linux
- Sep 27, 2016 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
- Aug 24, 2017 (Full Release) (Worldwide) iOS
- Jan 18, 2018 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
- Feb 28, 2018 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Xbox One
Also available on
- Darkest Dungeon: Crimson Edition (2017) · PS4, VITA, XONE
- Darkest Dungeon: Tablet Edition (2017) · iOS
- Darkest Dungeon: Collector's Edition
Related
Bundled in
- Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition (Oct 2018) · LIN, MAC, NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
DLC
- Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court (Jun 2017) · LIN, MAC, NSW, PC, PS4, VITA, iOS
- Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker (Oct 2017) · LIN, MAC, NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
- Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness (Jun 2018) · LIN, MAC, NSW, PC, XONE
- Darkest Dungeon: The Musketeer (Jun 2018) · LIN, MAC, NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
- Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus (May 2020) · PC, PS4
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
302
4 stars
593
3 stars
378
2 stars
126
1 star
21
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review Gobelin_Powa 2/5 · Feb 29, 2024
4/10 J'aurais aimé adorer ce jeu, mais franchement on se fait trop chier. C'est d'une lenteur ohlalala.
Review thevioletcow 4/5 · Jun 4, 2022
Certainly Addicting
I've more or less played this game twice. It's good! It's pretty good. If you have a lot of time, play it like normal. If not, I highly recommend cheating so that you have essentially infinite money and heirlooms. At some point, maybe 15 hours in, you begin to feel the resource grind, and it sucks! To be fair, I …
Read moreI've more or less played this game twice. It's good! It's pretty good. If you have a lot of time, play it like normal. If not, I highly recommend cheating so that you have essentially infinite money and heirlooms. At some point, maybe 15 hours in, you begin to feel the resource grind, and it sucks! To be fair, I like to play a lot of games and finish them. I very much appreciate a succinct experience. This is not that. Anyways, the vibe, gameplay, art, music, all that stuff is quite good. Give it a shot! Or perhaps head straight to the sequel?
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Review ivanivanovich 4/5 · Jan 4, 2022
Although at first this game REALLY stressed me out, I got back into it after a few months and had a blast for a good 100-200 hours. That said, as a rogue-like dungeon crawler, it is very repetitive. Hard was a nice challenge, but too RNG dependent for me to really enjoy.
Review BloodFlowers 4/5 · Jun 17, 2018
A devilish dive into the deepest depths of depravity
Alliteration aside, this Rogue-like horror RPG will push more than just your party onto the brink of insanity - it may just drive you mad as well. Let me just say that this game is at times oppressively difficult and almost always oozing with foreboding atmosphere. When your characters succumb to their Lovecraftian enemies, they die for good. This dynamic …
Read moreAlliteration aside, this Rogue-like horror RPG will push more than just your party onto the brink of insanity - it may just drive you mad as well. Let me just say that this game is at times oppressively difficult and almost always oozing with foreboding atmosphere. When your characters succumb to their Lovecraftian enemies, they die for good. This dynamic makes every choice and every chance you take in or out of battle a tense one. In Darkest Dungeon, the player must tread carefully but there is always a risk of disaster or death around each corner so even the most careful player will lose characters eventually... all this said, the game is gripping and addictive as it is at times frustrating. The sense of accomplishment when keeping your party alive throughout a tough dungeon is very gratifying. There exist few games that demonstrate such artful environments and atmospheres while also pushing the player to the limit of their own mental capacities. I would recommend this game to anyone interested in survival horror or rpg games, as long as they have the stomach for a very hardy challenge.
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