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Darkest Dungeon (2016)

Darkest Dungeon cover
Developer
Red Hook Studios
Platforms
PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.1 of 5, 448 player ratings
Main story
about 85 hours
Completionist
about 128 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A grueling, gothic descent where every flawed hero you send into the dark may crack under the strain before the dungeon kills them.

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About

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?

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Screenshots

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