Darkest Dungeon® overview

Overview

Darkest Dungeon® comes from Red Hook Studios and is published by Red Hook Studios. It arrived on Steam on Jan 19, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, DualShock Controller Support, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Darkest Dungeon®'s latest SteamPulse observation recorded 4,746 players at 12 September 2026 - 22:11:29 UTC, with a tracked peak near 19,737. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 92% positive across 159,175 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Darkest Dungeon® is available in 12 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, oflc, usk, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Darkest Dungeon® has sold up to 4,700,000 units and has 140,647 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $70,400,000. On Twitch, 16 streamers are live with around 604 total watchers.

Darkest Dungeon® overview details

Darkest Dungeon® combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Supported Languages Please note that the game currently supports the following languages only in-game: English, German, French, Russian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese. About the Game Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Reclaim Your Ancestor's Estate Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system. Core Features The Affliction System – battle not only monsters, but stress! Contend with paranoia, masochism, fear, irrationality, and a host of gameplay-meaningful quirks! Striking hand-drawn gothic crowquill art style Innovative turn-based combat pits you against a host of diabolical monsters Narration system to celebrate your successes...and failures 16 (and counting!) playable hero classes, including Plague Doctor, Hellion, and even the Leper! Camp to heal wounds or deliver inspiring speeches. Rest your weary, shell-shocked characters in town at the Tavern or the Abbey to keep their stress in check. Classic CRPG and roguelike features, including character permadeath, procedural dungeons, and incredible replay Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family’s ancestral estate? Descend at your peril! Awards…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Darkest Dungeon® is listed as a game with $24.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, DualShock Controller Support, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie, RPG, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 4,746 players at 12 September 2026 - 22:11:29 UTC, a tracked peak of 19,737, and 92% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Turn-Based CombatDark FantasyDungeon CrawlerRogue-likeRPGLovecraftianDifficultTurn-BasedSingleplayerPerma DeathStrategyAtmosphericDarkIndie2D

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