SummaryDarkest Dungeon is a gothic roguelike RPG dungeon crawler about the psychological stresses of adventuring. You will lead a band of four 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 wi... Read More
Developer:Red Hook Studios
Darkest Dungeon
Released On:
Feb 3, 2015
Metascore
Generally Favorable
84
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
84
95% Positive
53 Reviews
53 Reviews
5% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Jan 31, 2016
98
Darkest Dungeon is one of the most intense and immersive games out there. A product of creative genius and flawless design, it delivers, with simplistic perfection, a difficult yet addictive experience.
Feb 9, 2016
90
Darkest Dungeon plays the long game. It builds you up for a grand bout that will test everything you've learned, as well as your ability to plan several in-game weeks out. The pay-off for this constant offensive comes in short bursts--just enough to keep you going, just enough to keep you hopeful for the next excursion. It's an extraordinary cycle that bears a special teacher--rewarding your cleverness and punishing your foolishness. It transfixes and binds you to this grand journey, dotted with failures and successes. And because you endured, because you thought your way through it, the final victory against the unimaginable evil you face at the bottom of the Darkest Dungeon is personally valuable.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
72% Positive
881 Ratings
881 Ratings
19% Mixed
231 Ratings
231 Ratings
9% Negative
105 Ratings
105 Ratings
Jul 16, 2026
10
Ruin has come to this family....alongside a lot of grinding. I really enjoyed it though, maybe play on the easy mode.
Jun 27, 2025
10
Darkest Dungeon is one of those games that hooks you fast and doesn’t let go. It’s brutal, dark, and full of gothic horror vibes, but the real star is its crazy challenging turn-based combat. Managing your crew’s stress and quirks adds a whole new layer of strategy—sometimes the hardest battles aren’t against monsters, but your own team’s fears and **** art style is creepy and amazing, and the soundtrack sets the perfect mood for every grim crawl through the dungeons. It’s punishing, for sure, but that’s part of the fun—when you finally overcome a brutal run, it feels **** you like tough tactical RPGs with a dark twist and don’t mind some serious challenge, Darkest Dungeon is a must-play. Just be ready to lose… a lot. But hey, that’s what makes victory so sweet.
Jan 23, 2016
90
There is a lot of grinding involved in this game, but the grind is generally pretty fun. It is surprisingly addictive and great to play in the wee hours of the night.
Jan 25, 2016
85
Darkest Dungeon's sanity system is worth the entire experience. Try it, but don't expect a good story or a traditional RPG.
Mar 7, 2016
80
It's a surprise to find that this relentless numerical tangle of a dungeon crawler is a human story. [March 2016, p.118]
Jan 27, 2016
80
Despite the grind, despite the perhaps undue commitment to brutality, and despite what I feel is a joke at the player's expense at the end, Darkest Dungeon still manages to be one of the most engaging and intriguing roguelikes I've ever played and I'll probably still be diving dungeons and trying new party compositions weeks from now. After all, it would be madness to stop at this point.
Feb 26, 2016
50
It would be a mistake to call Darkest Dungeon a roguelike game. It is, in fact, a more elaborate version of Cookie Clicker. You play with numbers instead of playing a game.
Jun 5, 2025
10
it's a psychiatric ward but everyone has access to either magic or medieval weaponry & they know how to use them. absolute gaming, hatsoff
Jul 29, 2025
7
Tough as nails and uniquely oppressive, though RNG and grind-heavy loops can become exhausting.
Jun 4, 2024
7
Darkest Dungeon is a fun crossbreed between a roguelite and a football manger. Should you heavily invest in one of your heroes and treat all his ailments or just replace him with a new one? Decisions, decisions... The game gets a little repetitive though and a lot of the initial difficulty comes from obscurity. Once you know your way around it is rather easy. The Linux versions sometimes fails to initialize audio after startup. Restarting the game usually helps.
May 14, 2023
4
A game that is full of bad design decisions. A sequel that is missing most of the things that made the first game great. A rogue-lite with mechanics and RNG hell that force you to suffer many hours before you manage to achieve some meaningful progress. And that is the main difference, where the first game makes you struggle this is make you suffer. And it's simple, not fun.
Aug 27, 2021
4
A stuffy toy, dropped, unable to bear to lose your favorite fighters after hiking, torches one love
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation Vita
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Initial Release Date:Feb 3, 2015
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