Darkest Dungeon
Recruit heroes for turn-based dungeon expeditions, then manage the stress that can undermine their obedience. Training skills, improving equipment and arranging recovery all contribute to preparing the next party.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.3 / 10
About this game
Darkest Dungeon puts you in charge of recruiting and training heroes for expeditions through changing dungeons. You direct turn-based fights, but the team's mental condition also matters: excessive stress can make heroes act against your wishes. Preparing a party involves more than deciding who can deal damage. Between expeditions, the guild develops combat skills and the blacksmith improves weapons and armor. The tavern and abbey provide ways to relieve stress before further adventures. This connects the next expedition to the condition and preparation of your roster. Hand-drawn gothic artwork and narration responding to success and failure frame the journey as a dark account of vulnerable adventurers.
Collected in series
Darkest Dungeon is a dark-fantasy RPG series about keeping a vulnerable party together under pressure. You choose skills and positions in turn-based battles while managing stress and limited supplies; surviving a fight can still leave your heroes struggling with the next one.
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For players who want party management to include psychological strain.
Stress can complicate a battle plan even when its basic tactics make sense. Recovery facilities and upgrades give those complications a management context beyond the next encounter.
Strengths
- Stress connects individual battles to decisions about recovery and preparation.
Weaknesses
- Heroes acting against your wishes may grate if precise control is your main priority.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy tending a roster and adapting plans when characters become unreliable.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Town recovery and upgrades can give preparation its own role between expeditions, appealing to players who enjoy management pauses. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Stress-driven disobedience can make managing the party's condition as compelling as selecting combat actions. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Gothic drawings and reactive narration may make success and failure feel like parts of the same ominous chronicle. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Touchscreen support provides an additional input option for players who prefer interacting directly with the screen. | Reviewed | 6.3 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Red Hook Studios
- Publisher
- Red Hook Studios
- Release date
- 2018
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- FantasyLevel ProgressionTurn-based CombatStory-drivenMain Story 20–50 HoursSolo-friendly3D GraphicsThird PersonExplorationLong-term Progression
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2016
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2018
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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