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?
- Released
- 2016
- Developer
- Red Hook Studios
- Platforms
- 2 systems
- Critics
- 84
- Steam Deck
- verified
- Download
- 2 GB
What is 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?
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 1 January 2016 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Red Hook Studios |
| Publisher | Red Hook Studios |
| Platforms | PlayStation Vita, Steam Deck |
| Genres | Roguelike, Role-Playing |
| Languages | 12 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q16259390, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Darkest Dungeon received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Partial Controller Support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | partial support |
| Cloud saves | Yes |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | verified |
| Download size | 2 GB |
| Add-on content | 7 DLC listed |
| Age gate | None |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Darkest Dungeon on 30 August 2026 looking for recurring complaints. Nothing came up often enough to report: no theme was mentioned by more than 3% of them. That is not a claim that the game is bug-free, only that the people who disliked it were not agreeing about why.
Games like Darkest Dungeon
24 games overlap with Darkest Dungeon on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Iratus: Lord of the Dead, Darkest Dungeon II and Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden.
Common questions about Darkest Dungeon
What platforms is Darkest Dungeon on?
Darkest Dungeon is available on PlayStation Vita, Steam Deck. It first released in 2016.
How much does Darkest Dungeon cost?
$3.74 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Darkest Dungeon?
92% of 161,942 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for Darkest Dungeon?
84 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
Does Darkest Dungeon work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Darkest Dungeon as verified on the Steam Deck, from its own testing. That means it works out of the box with no configuration.
How big is the Darkest Dungeon download?
2 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.