Darkest Dungeon®

A masterpiece, the ambiance is perfect. The narrator is perfect. The gameplay loop is addictive and it is one of the few games where losing your heroes is not a massive setback (as in, it doesn't feel like losing your best team of heroes translate in a game over).

Dark, Gritty, great VA. Soundtrack bangs.

i started out rough, but once i managed to get a hang of the game, it became incredibly fun. granted, the rng still whoops my ass, but when it does work out in my favour, i swear by the light, i feel like a god. definitely nerve-racking and rage inducing at times, but is pretty well put together. not to mention the writing and the art, they're so well done that alone makes the pain worth it.

10/10 game, honestly if you are up for the challenge, this is your game!!!

In radiance, may we find victory.

-the voice in my head after a party wipe

37 weeks in. Built Reynauld up since day one. Legend status. Very Rare trinkets. Amazing tank. Death Door saves from mortal wounds only to die from a disease. 10 outta 10 highly recommend

Great game, but a bit too long and grindy for me, so I won't play the DLC.

Even when playing on the easiest difficulty, this game still requires you to take it seriously. The dark atmosphere, sending your team into gruelling dungeons, taking increasing risks just for a nudge of progress, it's incredible!
I recommend modding some skins over the different characters if you want to personalise your gameplay a bit, but the base-game characters look awesome as well.

Its quite good if your lucky if your unlucky you play the first quest the guy crits you for 16 damage then gives you bleeding killing the first of your characters then your second one gets bleeding and dies form another crit,
its fun yes and I got it for cheap, so its ok but if your not lucky its the bigest pile of shit some times, oh and how dare you miss click out of combat now your entire party dies of a heart attack.

one of the best games every made... if you play with mods and boy there are alot of mods, keep adding so much mod that you can't start your game and then go into workshop and fine tune your subscriptions until you can , rinse and repeat

really cool game to lose yourself in and get mad or frustrated with 10/10 will buy next one

Little bit of a learning curve but once you figure it out it's a lot of fun.

This fun game will teach you that you always need to be prepared for surprises.
After all, this game is about:
When you can beat all the heroes one monster at a time for three rounds, and never get hit.
When you can return from cleaning the crypt, and see that your hero has contracted diarrhea from skeletons.
When you sent a character to a tavern to relieve stress, and that fool drank your legendary item.
When you sent a Hero to pray, and then it turns out that he fled the city.
When you, saving your hero from death, heal him to a powerful 0, and then the saved one dies from bleeding, which was caused by this incredible trick.
When in the midst of the battle, your character can hit you in the back, because he is stressed, and he needs to be taken somewhere).
When you took a new character on a hike, where during a halt, he dreamed of snakes that killed the entire squad, including himself.
When your character is made into a delicious soup, while everyone else can only watch, because he was the only one who was able to deal normal damage.
This is one of many that awaits you when you dare to descend into the darkest dungeon.

So hard, so difficult and so challenge !!!

its a difficult and challenging game that is fun if you like challenges. Cause you will loose character in fights. and it works beautifully on the DECK!!

I'm not usually one for rogue-likes but what makes this one of my most-played games is that it is dripping with gothic atmosphere. The music, the characters and subtle hints at their backstories through item descriptions, the brief moments of calm camping in a dungeon, and best of all the stellar narration by Wayne June, RIP.

Bought this game on PS5 initially and it consumed my time for weeks, probably the most fun and unique turn based strategy game I have ever played. Combining the incredible base game and DLCs with Steam Workshop support and you have a masterclass that will never get old.

Let my thumbs down not dissuade you, I can feel that I have a poor temperament for this game. There's probably someone out there that loves the meticulous planning, being able to lose a dude you poured countless resources into you, surviving the harsh RNG.

I am not that person.

If you like roguelikes and want a reasonably hard one, this one should be quite good. I like the art, and music. Narrator is great too though talks a bit *too* often for my tastes.

Definitely recommend if you like a challenge. Don't get too attached to your characters as it is likely a lot of them will die. I like the challenge, it has been a while since I have had a game that I can really feel the consequences.

Superb game.
I like the crimson court dlc but be warned that it does add a layer of difficulty.
The farmstead is very boring. I like the new enemies and the roaming boss but i am not a fan of endless mode.
There is a lot of very good mods.

just mod the game. its very easy to add, modify, and alt characters to make the game more "tasteful" both visually and gameplay wise. in all honesty the base game is fun but after modding it with extra classes , some UI changes, and new skins for the characters it makes a world of difference. (yes those kind of skins)

Unlike any other roguelike i've ever played. The gameplay is so ADDICTING, even when dying and full wiping over and over and over. Not to mention the niche things that games dont really dive deep on anymore. Your character might be a hero, but they are flawed, every human is. This is shown in the form of bad quirks, ranging to being weaker in the dark, or being an alcoholic. Stress also plays a huge roll. Stress affects everyone, even the most veteran of people. And at some point, people break. Whether they are virtuous or afflicted just come down to the person, and other factors. The announcer is just spectacular, RIP unfortunantly. The music also goes so good with the theme and setting, not the mention the gritty artstyle. The game is hard, expect to lose and die over and over, but thats the fun of it. 11/10 would recommend to ANYONE

Love the gameplay loop, sound and aesthetics although I hate grinding which I was able to mitigate thanks to some mods.

Great game - simple controls and combat with complex stradegy and tactics. Love all the classes and finding new combinations of 4 heroes. The difficult keeps the game interesting.

Game doesn't launch, all I get is a tiny window with "wglMakeCurrent(): The handle is invalid" reinstalling/revalidating doesnt help, would really like to play the game I paid for.

a perfect game just like life.. trying to balance health and stress while going out into the worst place to work

Darkest Dungeon is a grueling dungeon crawler that demands dedication and strategy. With great writing, stunning art direction, and superb voice acting, it immerses you in a grim, merciless world. Perfect for players seeking a punishing yet rewarding challenge.

It's a neat game, but it's just too hard for me to recommend to the average person. Even the "easiest" difficulty has provoked more gamer rage tears than the rest of my gaming history combined.

10/10 One of the best games Ive ever played.
If youre a fan of dark fantasy settings and eldrich horror - its a must play
If not YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE MISSING MY GUY!! THE NARRATOR GOES SOO DAMN HARD!!!

Very fun game, sometimes it can be frustrating or repetitive, but it is good. I suggest this to anyone who may be into rougue-lite games, especially if you are into turn-based combat style.

My entire team of resolve level 6 crusaders got killed in a champion level weald quest because I forgot that over confidence is a slow and insidious killer. 10/10

Really great game and voice acting. I really dislike the blood dlc.

What I enjoy about this game is the old school turnbased RPG nature of it. It reminds me of the games I played growing up as far as the mechanics are involved. The complexities of the town building upgrades and everything that goes along with it is a welcome addition and it keeps me pushing through the bite-size 15-20 minute runs through levels to try to get that "thing" to get the stat boost I want.

A fun game with great art design and gameplay loop.

The game finally became just too much, too much of the same. It is a 2D game crawling through dungeons fighting similar battles over and over. It is challenging with many opportunities of your team being eliminated. Like others in this genre of game, it is very easy to enter a death spiral that is impossible to escape. I spent hours searching for a baron in one dungeon and never found him, despite going through many dozens of rooms and corridors. There were only two rooms left but I could not enter because I could not find the keys. IKt just became way too tedious. 40/100

Fun game, if you like: turn based combat, interesting systems, immaculate style/atmosphere, and good music you will enjoy darkest dungeon :)

Gorgeous art, really fun and creative mechanics, plus I love the music and the flavour text! Great game if you just want to chill out for the afternoon.

By the gods themselves, this game is HARD. When i tell you i've played this on Xbox, PlayStation and PC, this game and its.... many... many unique instances, events and challenges even modded characters aren't even close to being overpowered should say my spite for me. This game consists of four things i have noticed: Character choices making a difference (cant and shouldn't run same party even twice in a row), Stress almost number one killer in the game (funny how similar to real life it is),
Being prepared and RNGesus still saying... mmmm.. Nahhh (hurts to bring in sooo many torches and enough food for your party to still die of stress in the dark or of hunger at a camp site), And last but surely not least the pure RNG of trying to gather the materials needed for the many upgrades needed (however as you aren't guaranteed even 1 of them, you could spend several runs just trying to gather meager portions of what you need) Overall very well made game have enjoyed it even through the struggles and will continue to do so even through the second game too. 8)

Fun game, you're gonna lose a lot but that's part of the fun. Spent way too much time on this :)

Don't get attached, don't grow over confident, and always pack a torch. Great game if consequences don't bother you.

Inventory size drives me nuts. Luckily there are mods for that. Otherwise nice game with simple mechanics and surprising depth of gameplay.

Very punishing but in a way where you feel fully in control of your mistakes and deaths of your team. Amazing art, sound design, and top notch voice acting from the ancestor.. I want an audio book read by him!

i really love the mechanics of Darkest Dungeon-they're intricate yet well-designed,and the characters are constantly driven to madness

Beautiful art combined with resource and party management in a gritty and tense dark fantasy. Turned based combat with unique elements such as stress management and roguelike elements for dungeons, party members and the positive/negative traits of the characters. Can lead to some morbidly funny situations, such as party members gaining phobias, but can also be pretty unforgiving and brutal. Overall, a great time.

Absolutely addicting game and really emotional at moments. Going through a dungeon with a team that plows through just to get massacred by some boss (just happened to me with the Brigade 8 pounder, nearly lost 15k in gold) is a truly great experience

this game is so fun and addicting. art direction is great!

absolutely time consuming story about a turn based dynamic position battler adventure becomes a deep journey down a path of curiosity and exploring your ancestors secrets as you dive into the Darkest Dungeon.

I really like this game in concept, but in practice a lot of little things annoy me and make me lose interest in a playthrough within a few hours.

BUT there's thousands of mods, which can fix more or less any problem you've got with the game. So I recommend it, just don't be too afraid to get some QoL mods.

Art style is phenomenal. Narrator is amazing. Gameplay is just randomized dungeons with random encounters, which can be kind of annoying, but decisions in combat matter a lot and the randomly generated missions mean you never truly know what's coming next. Great game, I suck at it.

If you don't find grinding out hours to learn strategy and preparing for all scenarios(and still failing due to RNG) fun then consider this recommend poisonous, stay away from the game. It's meant to frustrate you and challenge you to do better. Lots of people don't find joy in that sort of challenge for a video game.

Your characters arrive, grind, expire or are in dire need of therapy. The story is a nice setup but quickly gets lost in the grind. My god, are you going to grind in this game. Even updating your Stage Coach to bring in more characters at higher levels will do little to stop the never ending need to grind up characters because of the games systems. Whether it by dying to stress or bad rolls. The non-character mechanics(ex. Town Events, torch light, spawning of mini-bosses) in the game are nice and not only match the themes of dire times but also keep the player constantly managing more than just character gear. Leveling up things in your town home base was wildly helpful, but nothing screamed over powered. There's a variety of characters and each has their own move set(with the exception of Arbelast and Musketeer, they're identical. Musketeer is a reskin and DLC that as of right now is free), gear, and 'trinkets'(items that go into one of two slots per character that can influence them. generic or class-specific). The quirks your characters can get from the dungeon add even more to consider, or to cure, anytime they delve and get stressed out. The narration is nice even if it starts to sound mocking after a certain amount of time with the same advise, and the designs overall are very cool.

This game isn't perfectly balanced, but it has so much going for it. I highly recommend it for players like me who enjoy being constantly challenged and beating the odds. If that's not your preference the game goes on sale often for under $5 USD, and even then I would recommend it for it's interesting mechanics for a short while. The DLC aren't anything I would rave about enough to mention in the base game review.

Generic tips and tricks for the interested;

-Upgrade your Stage Coach early! It brings in new characters to use, the more slots it can show the better the odds of showing a class you want to use. Even better, there may be above level one so you don't invest as much time into a fresh prospect for the dungeons

-Watch out for your Stress. It can drag a team down and be deadly, as you'll soon find out. How do you manage Stress besides the obvious of 'keep light nearby'? Kill enemies that begin in positions 3, and 4. They tend to have more Stress-based abilities

-Stun is you most powerful friend, if you can get an enemy to have that condition

-Trinkets are always underrated

-The Cove is a deadly area on Stygian, just flat out avoid it

The most stressful, yet rewarding boss fights since playing any of the dark souls for the first time

Good game. Also fuck the collector. Garbage boss fight with dumb mechanics