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IndieRPGStrategyTurn-Based CombatDungeon CrawlerDark FantasyRoguelikeLovecraftian

Darkest Dungeon®

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?

Developer
Red Hook Studios
Publisher
Red Hook Studios
Franchise
Release date
Jan 19, 2016
Store page updated
Sep 11, 2026
Price
$24.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

76.5/ 100

Based on 403 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 86% of 1,223
All time 😄 Very Positive 92% of 162,513
“10/10 rating and recommendation despite frustrations”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
-0.24
Difficulty +0.20
“challenging difficulty that reviewer enjoyed overcoming” (50)
游戏很好玩,如果想自己摸索游戏内容不看攻略的话建议先把明耀难度通关后再去挑战高难度。看攻略对游戏体验的提升很大,虽然难度还是比较高就是了。还有,请各位给我一些steam点数(。・ω・。)这对我真的很重要,谢谢你们

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Story & World
+3.16
World +3.87
“character virtue shines like light in darkness, beautiful moment” (56)
辛苦养成的角色面临死亡抉择的时候爆发的美德简直就像是黑暗里的一束光,实在是太耀眼美丽了。

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Content Volume
+1.15
Variety -2.56
“repetition emerges mid-campaign during necessary grinding for city and hero upgrades” (25)
Darkest Dungeon: Uma Obra-Prima que Extrai Beleza do Desespero Deixe-me ser claro desde o início: Darkest Dungeon não é um jogo para todos. É uma experiência brutal, um teste de fogo para sua estratégia, sua paciência e, principalmente, para sua sanidade. Mas para aqueles que se dispõem a enfrentar as trevas, ele se revela um dos RPGs táticos mais recompensadores e únicos já criados. A primeira coisa que salta aos olhos é a atmosfera. A arte gótica e cartoonizada, inspirada em H.P. Lovecraft e H.R. Giger é excepcional. Cada ambiente é sombrio, detalhado e sufocante, criando um mundo onde a dec

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Visuals & Sound
+4.01
Audio +4.00

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Multiplayer
+1.25

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Community +2.00

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Fairness
-1.74
Balance -3.62
“unfair RNG and balance issues trivialize player strategy” (26)
Как же я люблю, когда твой ИДЕАЛЬНЫЙ поход разбивается о то, что на твоего Наёмника рыгнула свинья. Как же я люблю, когда рандомно залетевший стан при 70% резиста к нему же обсыкает всё твое прохождение. Как же я люблю, когда существо в доспехах ворует чертежи или триньки. Как же я люблю, когда бафф уклонения от Антиквара благополучно игнорируется скелетиками. Как же я люблю, когда случайно встреченная шайка слизняков перемешивает твой отряд в обратном порядке. Как же я люблю, когда ВЕСЬ урон влетает в одного твоего персонажа, и тому остается только попёрдывая дожидаться своей участи. Как же я

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Tech & Ops
-1.03

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Stability -2.80

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
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Feb 2015Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,203 reviews, peak 73/day
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Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 403 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English32%
  • Chinese20%
  • Russian15%
  • Portuguese10%
  • Spanish7%
  • Korean7%
  • Other10%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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