Striking hand-drawn gothic crowquill art style The Affliction System – battle not only monsters, but stress! Contend with paranoia, masochism, fear, irrationality, and a host of gameplay-meaningful quirks! Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark.
Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. 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.' -GAMESPOT (9/10)ĭarkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. ***'It transfixes and binds you to this grand journey, dotted with failures and successes. Success is a gambler’s thrill, addictive and illicit. ***'Darkest Dungeon is a mean, capricious game. ***'The game brings Lovecraftian lore to new heights with cool classes, powerful narration, stylish art, and addictive gameplay that will keep you crawling back to battle slithering monstrosities even as your favorite heroes become corpses.' -GAME INFORMER (9.25/10)