About
Darkest Dungeon came out on January 19, 2016 for Mac and PC, then for Linux on April 26, 2016 and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on September 27, 2016. On Steam, 92% of 141,744 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 2,969 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 7,006 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 48 hours, doing everything about 98 hours.
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?
Story
The player inherits a gothic estate from an Ancestor who, in his pursuit of ambiguous ambitions, excavated the dungeons beneath his manor and unleashed terrible creatures upon the surrounding lands. Now the new owner must recruit adventurers and mount expeditions into the corrupted grounds to cleanse them. As the player explores deeper, they uncover their Ancestor's memoirs detailing the horrible deeds he committed in pursuit of knowledge and power. The path leads eventually to the Darkest Dungeon itself, the source of all the corruption, where something ancient and world-ending stirs beneath the surface.
What is happening now
Darkest Dungeon is an acclaimed roguelike strategy RPG that arrived in 2016 and has since found its way across numerous platforms. The game tasks players with managing expeditions into procedurally generated dungeons while grappling with the psychological toll the experience takes on their party. Nearly a decade after its initial release, developer Red Hook Studios is breathing new life into the original game with "The Fire's Edge," marking the first substantial DLC expansion in roughly six years. The expansion reportedly borrows character classes from Darkest Dungeon 2, which launched in 2023 to a more mixed reception than its predecessor. Beyond the game itself, the franchise is expanding into other media - a graphic novel adaptation is in development through Vault Comics, with crowdfunding expected to commence in October, while creative direction is being handled by talent known for work on Dark Souls.
How long to beat Darkest Dungeon
from 3 playersMore in the Darkest Dungeon series
1 other title
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same kind of game, other series
Media
Releases
Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.
PC and Steam Deck
Steam store pageSteam Deck: Verified works great out of the box
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 31, 2026.
Darkest Dungeon player count
concurrent players on SteamPlayers counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.
Darkest Dungeon achievements
126 achievements on SteamRarest
All 126 achievements by how many players unlocked them
Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.
In the news
All 14 storiesMore headlines - the next 6
- Darkest Dungeon Is Getting an Expansion from a Dark Souls Veteran Aug 10, 2026
- Nearly a Decade After Launch on PS4, the Original Darkest Dungeon Is Getting New DLC Jul 22, 2026
- Darkest Dungeon "The Fire's Edge" DLC Announced Jul 22, 2026
- Darkest Dungeon is getting its first new bit of DLC in six years, borrowing a couple of classes from its sequel Jul 21, 2026
- Darkest Dungeon is getting its first dollop of DLC in several years, as the gloomy old RPG celebrates its 10th birthday Jul 21, 2026
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