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Darkest Dungeon®
Developer Red Hook Studios
Darkest Dungeon is a roguelike role-playing video game developed and published by Red Hook Studios. The game was first released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in January 2016, which followed a year-long early access development period. Later that year, it was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Linux, with a port for iOS being released in 2017, and ports for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One being released… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
487 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
390 positive · 59 negative
95% range 83–90%
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| Steam reviews | 390 | 59 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 2 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
60,119 of 66,215 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
86% recommend · 237 yes, 37 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 274 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (149,404 of 163,006 positive).
Players praise the game's tactical depth and atmosphere, calling it a masterclass in dungeon crawling. [1][2][3] Many describe the game as brutally punishing, with RNG causing frustrating losses of high-level heroes. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note the game requires embracing failure and learning from mistakes to enjoy it. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [12]
It's difficult to rate this game. On one hand, it's fun, has solid mechanics, it's got a good atmosphere. On the other, it's very repetitive, slow, grindy, brutally harsh, swingy in range results and not an interesting story/premise. I feel like the game simply doesn't respect your time enough. And because of that, I can't recommend it. To back up my point. Only about 20% of players has even managed to get 4, 6th …
- [4]
Level 6 Hero got absolutely wombo combod by a random group of spiders in a random hallway. I have lost more high level heroes in this manner than to bosses. This game makes me want to swallow glass. Anyway, 10/10, Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer. And so are hallway bugs.
- [2]
This game will break your mind, but you'll keep coming back for more. Forget RPGs that handhold you Darkest Dungeon 1 is a masterclass in tactical depth. If you want punishing mechanics where every decision actually matters, this is it. Why the mechanics and gameplay are brilliant: 1. Stress & Affliction System : HP isn't your only resource. At 100 Stress, heroes break—gaining game-ruining debuffs (Paranoid, …
- [8]
The difficulty was off-putting at first. Once I accepted the inevitable demises of some of my characters it really became enjoyable. In a game like Fire Emblem where character death is permanent I felt more compelled to restart the level every time i lost someone. I would get a similar feeling at first with this game and it led me to drop it after losing an experienced character. I kept coming back though and now …
- [1]
An absolute masterpiece. Ignore the comments saying that the game is too hard or too RNG based, they are nonsense. The game is the definition of "easy to learn, hard to master". Your main enemy is lack of information and lack or preparation. When you go into a dungeon without knowing what you're going to encounter, what are the appropiate curios interactions, what's the boss mechanic, etc, you'll get recked. But …
Summarised from 34 of the 304 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
86% of the 274 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Darkest Dungeon®. The complaint that keeps coming up: rNG can feel unfair and ruin runs. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received generally positive reviews on its full release in 2016, holding a score of 84 out of 100 on Metacritic. The Escapist awarded it a score of 4 out of 5, saying "Darkest Dungeon will kill your party, drive you insane, and leave you a gibbering mess at the Sanitarium. Yet it's so compelling and rewarding at the same time, you won't be able to resist diving back in for one more quest." IGN awarded it 9.1 out of 10, saying "Darkest Dungeon is a punishing and awesome game of tactics, management, and pushing your luck to the breaking point." PC Gamer awarded it 88%, saying "A wonderfully executed, brilliantly stressful reinvention of party-based dungeon-crawling, Darkest Dungeon…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 487 · most liked firstDarkest Dungeon was released 9 years ago today! We’re curious - when did you first discover Darkest Dungeon - did you play during early access, or have you recently picked up the game? Let us know in the comments. #darkestdungeon
neutral · AI labelView post →if you like stardew valley, you need to give darkest dungeon a try. they're basically the same game considering how in both stardew and DD you start the game by receiving a large plot of land as inheritance from your deceased grandfather.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Gangrenous bestial wretches. They have no claim to this land.” Get a closer look at some of the Beastmen who have stormed your Kingdom. Kingdoms, our new FREE game mode, releases to Darkest Dungeon II on January 27. #darkestdungeon
neutral · AI labelView post →Level 6 Hero got absolutely wombo combod by a random group of spiders in a random hallway. I have lost more high level heroes in this manner than to bosses. This game makes me want to swallow glass. Anyway, 10/10, Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer. And so are hallway bugs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's difficult to rate this game. On one hand, it's fun, has solid mechanics, it's got a good atmosphere. On the other, it's very repetitive, slow, grindy, brutally harsh, swingy in range results and not an interesting story/premise. I feel like the game simply doesn't respect your time enough. And because of that, I can't recommend it. To back up my point. Only about 20% of players has even managed to get 4, 6th (full) level characters, which you need to go into the hardest/main dungeon of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have tried to like this game for years. I go through it, I get to the end game and then when I eventually get bad RNG and lose a bunch of heroes I stop playing. I can understand the game being "hard" but poor RNG like several crits in a row from an enemy that eat a level 6 hero is blood boiling. It's not that the hero dies it's that the game has 0 respect for player time. Want to regrind a million dungeons because there no system in place in end game to make resolve level XP increase? ♥♥♥♥…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An absolute masterpiece. Ignore the comments saying that the game is too hard or too RNG based, they are nonsense. The game is the definition of "easy to learn, hard to master". Your main enemy is lack of information and lack or preparation. When you go into a dungeon without knowing what you're going to encounter, what are the appropiate curios interactions, what's the boss mechanic, etc, you'll get recked. But that's the thing, it's not knowing what you're dealing with what constitutes most…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels like 50% skill and 50% pure luck. Your hero has 5 Speed and the enemy has 1? Doesn't matter. The enemy can still act first, sometimes even twice before your team gets going. Then comes the chain of bad luck: attacks miss despite having high accuracy, enemies land multiple critical hits in a row, and suddenly a run you've invested 20 hours into is over. The biggest problem is that Darkest Dungeon often feels like it punishes the player regardless of their decisions. You can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game's so good, they released a sequel, realized people liked the first game a lot more, then went back and released new DLC for the first game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game isn't difficult-- it's a waste of time. The game acts like it is just really challenging but really any setbacks from losing heroes can be easily overcome by spending hours grinding other heroes up to that level through easier quests. And that is just not something I want to do. Other hard games like elden ring can be overcome by getting better, but this game must be overcome by grinding heroes up and dumping them into the challenges until the RNG allows a breakthrough. I have better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my favorite strategy game of all time. (Which means it's the best, obviously.) "Darkest Dungeon is about making the most of a bad situation. Quests will fail or must be abandoned. Heroes will die. And when they die, they stay dead. Progress autosaves constantly, so actions are permanent. The game expects a lot out of you. How far will you push your adventurers? How much are you willing to risk in your quest to restore the Hamlet? What will you sacrifice to save the life of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was really liking this game, but I can't recommend this game to anyone that respects their time. To be more specific my main complaint is about the restriction of my characters being "too strong for dungeon", like wtf is that stupid restriction??? If I farm, get strong and allocate skills/upgrades in a smart way that ♥♥♥♥ is on me, I BUILT THAT ♥♥♥♥ and the game decision is to tell me "no fam, you can't bring those mfs here, they too nonchalant". THATS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, IDK WHAT YALL MASOCHIST THINK,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are typically two kinds of people who play this game: 1. Those who figure out a winning strategy and enjoy the ride. 2. Those who can't figure one out and blame RNG.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darkest Dungeon is less of a dungeon crawling game and more of a 'team building' experience builder. All of these bitches hate each other and no matter how many games I throw at them, they're stabbing each other mid boss battle. #darkestdungeon
negative · AI labelView post →This game gave me IRL stress related sleep issues, fear of managing, schizophrenia, trauma, and depression. i have 12 hours playtime.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate this game with a passion, it will ruin your day, you will lose your jester due to 3 crits in a row and have the whole squad go insane. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →latest tresca-in-video-game-art-style: darkest dungeon #darkestdungeon
neutral · AI labelView post →8.5/10 Really good game, i feel like its not for everyone though. You really need to understand what you need in a party early on and look up knowledge online because this game is full of knowledge checks. RNG is in a weird place some times it got me frustrated sometimes it got me excited when i got virtue. Overall I think its a really good turn based game with a good amount of grind.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game will break your mind, but you'll keep coming back for more. Forget RPGs that handhold you Darkest Dungeon 1 is a masterclass in tactical depth. If you want punishing mechanics where every decision actually matters, this is it. Why the mechanics and gameplay are brilliant: 1. Stress & Affliction System : HP isn't your only resource. At 100 Stress, heroes break—gaining game-ruining debuffs (Paranoid, Abusive) or clutch buffs (Virtue). Managing mental health adds a whole new tactical…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Darkest Dungeon II: Anniversary Edition releases March 10, 2026! The Darkest Dungeon II: Anniversary Edition includes a PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch physical copy of the base game. #darkestdungeon2 #darkestdungeon
neutral · AI labelView post →The Darkest Dungeon II: Anniversary Edition releases March 10, 2026! The Darkest Dungeon II: Anniversary Edition includes a PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch physical copy of the base game. #darkestdungeon2 #darkestdungeon
neutral · AI labelView post →Late January reward due to the cat health stuff - two months in a row working on Darkest Dungeon stuff has REALLY made me want the second game #darkestdungeon
positive · AI labelView post →- Begin playing - love the game - get trinkets - buy dlc - watch your favorite hero die - watch your party die - cry - go on 10 moth break - rediscover game - load game - watch your favorite hero die again because you left after it happened - cry - be sad - start new save repeat 11/10 would recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some people love the punishment. I do not. There doesn't actually seem to be all that much to the gameplay itself and success and failure can feel like a complete flip of the coin. The game absolutely oozes style and atmosphere but that can only carry it so far before your session can become an exercise in relief that you made it through or frustration that the RNG resulted in your party getting rolled and wasting your time. There are some things you can learn for your next run but the RNG…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stop shoving DLC advertisements into the core gameplay. It’s intrusive, obnoxious, and makes the game feel like a vehicle for selling DLC rather than a complete experience. This kind of monetization reflects poorly on both the game and you as a developer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everyone and their dog has played this, so you most likely have played this to. In the event you haven't, it's great. I played about an hour of it a long time ago and couldn't get past the fact that everyone will most likely die. I know that's part of the game, but I just couldn't warm up to it. I came back to it and now love it. Remember you are leveling up your Hamlet (town) and that's where the persistence factors in. Remember, even if your best character died, you still have the Hamlet…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Posting a negative review not because I didn't like it, it IS a good game, but it has a few quite big design flaws that make the experience a lot worse. The biggest ones imo: 1. It's really grindy in an annoying/boring way, quest reward isn't the problem, but how long it takes to finish those quests for the rewards you're getting, all the slow animations, moving around the map (mid-quest) makes it so each quest takes at least 20 minutes, bigger ones could take up to an hour, and you have to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this one so badly. The art and atmosphere is great. But the grindiness combined with the degree of randomness in such a punishing setting is simply too much for me. It just feels like an excercise in frustration. I don't want to spend hours leveling and gearing a hero for them to die in seconds to no fault of my own. Only 4.6% have completed the game and that includes the easiest difficulty. I think that tells you all you need to know.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game as long as you remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Name all your heroes IRL friends. One of them dies after a 100hr run due to insane RNG. Crashes out and quits for 4 years, now I'm back at it again. 10/10 would crash out again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darkest Dungeon 2 Plague Doctor fanart! Good game but I am really bad at it lol, but here is best girl. #Darkestdungeon #Fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing game, I finished it several times outside of Steam. Couldn't buy it when I first played cuz I was broke, bought later to support the creators.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate this game with burning passion, whoever created this game has an humiliation fetish. Would NEVER play again, 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A harsh, gloomy turn-based strategy game. Very interesting intense battles. Lots of bosses. Various dungeons to choose from. There are many characters with different characteristics in the game. There are many options for creating a team and many combat strategies. The game does not forgive mistakes. One mistake and you will lose the entire team that you have been leveling for a long time, which is cool, hahaha. The style and graphics are excellent, as well as the music. It creates an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Touched an object and then a horror beyond my imagination wiped me. 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most people who do these things make an actual attempt to write a proper review, offering an honest and fair moral critique based on healthy critical thought, meant to serve the reader with the objective state of things. Others prefer to write a one-line statement with humorous intent. But I would like to bring only one thing to this board of digital notices — this game has made me sick. I have felt things in my intestines which I could not have imagined sensing during the course of my life.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is an awesome game for which it saddens me to leave a negative review, but it would be irresponsible of me as a fan of the original devs and their vision to not comment on what has happened to Red Hook in the past year: DD1 is, again, awesome! however, it has largely been abandoned in favor of its cash cow sequel after DD2 left Early Access, and is on the way to ruin after being sold off to BHVR, the owners of Dead by Daylight and other such notorious slopified live service games. the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The difficulty was off-putting at first. Once I accepted the inevitable demises of some of my characters it really became enjoyable. In a game like Fire Emblem where character death is permanent I felt more compelled to restart the level every time i lost someone. I would get a similar feeling at first with this game and it led me to drop it after losing an experienced character. I kept coming back though and now after my 3rd or 4th time returning I have embraced that inevitable death of my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game made me have an emotional roller coaster in 2 hours of "WE'RE SO BACK!" to "its so over" and "HE'S THE GOAT" being in tough situations and coming back is a phenomenal feeling.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A masterclass in dungeon crawler gameplay. An epic journey worth the time as you train your heroes and gather loot to prepare yourself for the namesake Darkest Dungeon in the endgame. The voice of the sadly passed Wayne June for the Ancestor turns the makings of a great game into a legendary one. The atmosphere of the game really shows the terrifying nature of venturing into these dungeons.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My experience with the Darkest Dungeon can be likened to a really dizzying rollercoaster ride. I received the game from a great friend of mine and decided to go in completely blind to the experience. On my initial playthrough I quickly fell in love with the amazing hand-drawn artstyle, the superb Lovecraftian inspired creature and environmental design, the soundtrack and the marvelous voice acting of the Ancestor (RIP Wayne June) however, the gameplay to me was extremely decisive. The combat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Took me 8 years of installing, modding, and uninstalling for me to finish this game. I'm happy I finally did
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I started this game because I was courageous and finished it because I was masochistic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I always come back to this game for some reason. Darkest Dungeon 2 just doesn't compare to this masterpiece
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →>built a high lvl team in 6h with nice trinkets just to get fully squad wiped by a random group of zombie grunts that kept stunning my healer. 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My holy healer is paranoid gambling addict with beast phobia who steals food and is obsessed with dark magic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maggots from the Darkest Dungeon board game #darkestdungeon #miniaturepainting #bugs
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is really good even if you never get close to beating it. The design of the world and its enemies as well as the iconic narrator are so good and unlike any other game. The turn-based combat is also highly enjoyable, which is extremely high praise. I usually hate turn-based combat and big portion of that is how unengaging and meaningless each individual combat usually ends up being. The expectation in most games is that you can lose any amount of health in a fight and heal up outside…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Flesh Hound. A hound. Made of, flesh? For the Darkest Dungeon board game! #darkestdungeon #minis #miniatures #tabletopgames
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is one big beautiful ragebait sesh and I quote the ancestor all the time. But do not repeat DO NOT get too attached to your heroes (RIP Jonkler the Jester, you were a real one)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe there are people that enjoy this sort of RNG defined time-waster, but I'm not one of them. If you don't want to be perpetually frustrated and annoyed, and you want to enjoy your limited gaming time, give this one a wide berth.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would start on the "radiant" or 'easy' difficulty when playing this game for the first time (I wish I had). It takes a while to get a sense of which characters synergize, what the challenges and rewards of each biome are, how to manage your money, etc. As the game suggests after the opening credit, this learning curve can mean you lose a lot of characters, money, and progress... often. However, once you understand the mechanics and gimmicks, the losses and successes feel genuinely earned, the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The dungeon is a lil bit dark, it's quite the fun experience though!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the best rogue-like and party/resource management games ever made. The reason why this game has so much depth and challenge is because trade-offs are built into every decision. Deciding between trade-offs may very well be 99% of the game. There are dungeons of varying difficulty and length that require different builds and resources. Deciding on one of these can be choosing between a sure-thing and risking a lot for a greater reward that will make the rest of the game much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun stressful game with enemy's that pull ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ moves out their asses when you start wining
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Objectively it's a very well-made game, and I can see why others would enjoy committing hours upon hours to the grind DD presents. However, I have never once been in a good mood after a session. This game just beats you down with payoff that feels ungratifying. I've played other games that are extremely difficult or stressful on a session-to-session basis, but this just isn't fun to me. Every so often though I get the itch to try again, so maybe it'll click for me in the future. Until then, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you enjoy adhd, late night adderall driven gaming sessions of carefully grooming and training your squad to end the night in a fast forward death session.. this game is for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never go in with overconfidence. Oh, you`ve got an awesome Leper who you love and take care of like your own child which tanks many hits and also does big damage? Yeah have 3 crits back to back and its dead. Awesome game but maan i miss my old Leper. I`ll never forget you big man!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 My Highwayman hero has been missing for a few weeks now. My Vestal is not welcome at the brothel because of her deviant tastes. The Hellion lost her trinkets gambling at the tavern.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I'm not playing, I want to play, when I play I want to perform unspeakable acts on myself. Love this game 10/10 wouldn't recommend! Not for the weak hearts out there
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